Death and graves
When you die in the survival worlds (the Claiming World, the resource worlds, the Nether and the End), your things do not scatter on the ground. They go into a grave where you fell: a headstone with your head on it and your body lying beside it, glowing red so you can spot it.
Getting your things back
Section titled “Getting your things back”- Read your death message. It gives the world and coordinates of your grave.
- Head back. While you are within 96 blocks, a beacon column only you can see rises over your grave.
- Click the body (right or left click) to open the grave. Take what you want. Your armor and off-hand go straight back on first.
A hologram over the grave shows how many items and how much XP it holds, and how long it has left.
New sailors: your first 3 hours
Section titled “New sailors: your first 3 hours”For your first 3 hours of playtime, dying is gentler:
- Free recall.
/graves tpworks for you before Swordfish rank, and costs nothing. The 5 second warm-up and 30 second cooldown still apply. - You wash ashore near your land. If you have no bed and no home, you respawn a few blocks from your latest Set Sail landfall instead of in Pailhaven. If you have a home,
/hometakes you back. - Your death message tells you where the grave is, how far away it is, and how long it lasts.
Grave rules
Section titled “Grave rules”| Rule | Value |
|---|---|
| A grave lasts | 3 hours, then it is gone (it spills its contents) |
| Protected from other players for | 5 minutes (a player who killed you can open it right away) |
| Graves you can have at once | 5. A 6th death empties your oldest grave onto the ground, so go get it before the items despawn. |
| XP | Stored in the grave. You get 50% of it back. |
| Items with Curse of Vanishing or Binding | Not kept |
Underwater deaths: your grave sinks to the bottom. Recalling to an underwater grave is free.
Commands
Section titled “Commands”| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/graves | Opens your graves: each one’s world, coordinates, contents, distance and time left. |
/graves tp <#> | Teleports you to grave number #. Unlocks at Swordfish rank (free for your first 3 hours of playtime). Costs a fee, has a 5 second warm-up and a 30 second cooldown. |
There is no /back to your death point. Finding your way back is part of the game, and the coordinates, menu and beacon are there to help.
Places where you keep your inventory
Section titled “Places where you keep your inventory”Some fights are tough enough that losing your gear would be unfair. In these places you keep everything when you die and no grave is made:
- The Root Delve
- Rimeback’s floe
- Hollowfield, during the Hollow Captain fight (but you only get one life per night)