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Graves & Backpacks

Never permanently lose items on death. Graves save your inventory where you died — backpacks add portable bonus storage.

What you'll learn

  • →When you die, GravesX saves your full inventory in a grave at your death location
  • →Only you can loot your own grave — other players cannot steal from it
  • →You're handed a tracking compass on respawn that points to your grave
  • →Backpacks are craftable storage items you carry and right-click to open
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    What happens when you die

    A grave spawns at your death location containing your entire inventory

    • GravesX automatically creates a grave block at your death location
    • Your entire inventory — armour, hotbar, everything — is locked inside
    • Only you can open it. Other players cannot loot your grave
    • Graves never expire — your items are safe even if you log off
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    No need to panic-run back. Your items are safe — take your time and come prepared if you died somewhere dangerous.
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    Retrieve your items

    Walk back to your death spot → right-click the grave block → all items return

    Walk back to where you died and right-click the grave block to retrieve everything at once.

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    If you died underground or in lava, the grave spawns at the nearest safe surface location nearby.
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    Find your grave if you're lost

    You get a tracking compass on respawn — or open /graves to see and teleport

    When you respawn after dying, GravesX automatically hands you a recovery compass that points toward your grave. It works for a few minutes after death — follow it back.

    You can also open a grave menu:

    • Run /graves to open a menu listing all your graves and their locations
    • From that menu you can teleport straight to a grave
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    The compass is a temporary item — if you wander off and lose track, open /graves to find your grave again.
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    Use a backpack for extra storage

    Craft a backpack item, then right-click it in your hand to open it

    Backpacks are physical items you craft and carry — not a command. Right-click a backpack while holding it to open its storage.

    See the crafting recipes in-game with:

    /backpack recipes

    Backpacks come in tiers — Members start with a golden backpack recipe for more slots. Like the rest of your inventory, a backpack you're carrying is stored in your grave when you die, so it's recovered together with everything else.

    • Use a backpack as overflow storage when mining — fewer trips to base
    • Keep food and potions in it to keep your hotbar clean
    • The backpack travels with the item — hand it to someone and they get its contents, so don't lose it

Quick Reference

Commands at a glance

(right-click grave block)Retrieve all your items from the grave.
(recovery compass on respawn)Auto-given item that points to your grave.
/gravesOpen the grave menu — view locations and teleport to a grave.
/graves listSame as /graves — view your grave list.
(right-click backpack item)Open a backpack you are holding.
/backpack recipesShow the backpack crafting recipes in chat.

💡 Tips & Tricks

  • ✓Graves are locked to you — no other player can loot them, even in PvP zones. No rush.
  • ✓Graves never expire, but retrieve them promptly if you died in a dangerous or hostile area.
  • ✓If you died in lava or underground, the grave spawns at the nearest safe surface — check around the area.
  • ✓The recovery compass only lasts a few minutes after respawn — open /graves if you lose your bearings.
  • ✓A backpack you're carrying goes into your grave on death — so its contents come back with everything else.