" Keeps safe your inventory items in graves on death, with many features for better survivability and exploration, in a medieval fantasy atmosphere related to the decorative grave & the haunting souls. "

Description

Corail Tombstone handles your death in Minecraft by providing tons of configuration options, many features to encourage to discover the world and several compatibilities between mods.

It also introduces a perk system : the Knowledge of Death, and a magic system based on some enchantable items with the help of the Souls haunting the Decorative Graves and waiting for a way to be freed for their eternal sentence.
A screen in game allows to configure player preferences, access a Compendium of infos and the selection of the perks.

There're several commands related to death and dimensional teleportation.
The mod works fine with dedicated servers. The main supported languages are French & English (but multiple languages are provided).

Special thanks to Gegy, Barteks2x, Raycoms & Runemoro for their advices

Decorative graves

The decorative graves are special blocks with a fog particle only during the night.
They can be harvested with shovel/pickaxe and can be engraved with the anvil (see below).
The decorative graves can be haunted by a soul, depending on the chance set in the config.
The soul stays until used and allows some enchants like magic scroll/tablet, or upgrade the grave's key.
Dark and white graves has no difference for the gameplay (as the chosen model).
To build a decorative grave, you will need to collect Grave's Dust (the common way to obtain them is by killing undeads or with Cat Morning Gift), and one Essence of Undeath being an ingredient obtainable through the advancements (the first one is by finding how to select your favorite grave in the config in game) and rarely foundable on undeads, Cat Morning Gift and by fishing in deep water (but don't hope to find them by theses ways except by luck).

Inscription on decorative graves

By using the anvil, you can combine a grave plate with an iron ingot to set a name on that plate.
This can be used then to set or change the name on your decorative graves. A config allows to prevent to switch the names.
In older versions, grave plates were not present and the decorative graves needed to be combined in the anvil.

Grave Guardian

Rarely, a Grave Guardian can appear near a decorative grave. This guardian will protect the surroundings from hostile creatures and will offer to trade with the players. This is one way to obtain Essence of Undeath. During special events, the trades may differ.

Abandoned Graves

Abandoned Graves can be found in Overworld on the world surface and in the ocean (only in Minecraft version 1.20.1+).
They come in 5 differents colors and are lootable graves, the loots being configurable in "config/tombstone/loottables" folder.
You can use the structure tag "#tombstone:abandoned_grave" to search for them with command.
The biome tags "tombstone:has_structure/abandoned_grave_land" and "tombstone:has_structure/abandoned_grave_ocean" allows to edit the available biomes (with a datapack or a tweaker mod).
The equipement loots can be configured with the 3 item tags: "tombstone:lootable/armor", "tombstone:lootable/weapon" and "tombstone:lootable/tool".
    

Forgotten Knowledge

Recent versions of Corail Tombstone introduce some mysterious readable scrolls providing forgotten knowledge to those who resolve the riddles hidden within (a ritual flute can be found as loot to start some of them).
For example, "Elyra's Diary" will allow you to cast enhanced prayers on graves, and the "Rite of Silent Bound" archives will provide an affinity with undeads under some conditions.

Knowledge of Death

Players earns knowledge points each time they use a grave's soul to enchant an item, when they free a soul from a receptacle, by praying near a decorative grave with a special item called Ankh of Pray (with a cooldown of 6 in-game hours), or by accomplishing the tombstone advancements.
Theses points allow you to unlock some perks in a special gui "Knowledge of Death" (the keybind in "misc" is not defined by default).
The perks are small bonus related to all the features of tombstone, instead of providing them by default (some of them will be displayed based on what is allowed in the config).

Compendium

The compendium is a special section of the gui of the Knowledge of Death that provides infos, linked between them, about Tombstone.

How to configure the mod

You have 3 files in the run/config folder all prefixed by "tombstone" that can be edited.
Most of features, items, enchantments can be disabled in this config (and some are disabled by default like 'pvp')

Client Config in game

The client config can be accessed directly in a screen in game by using the command /tbgui or by setting a keybind.

Commands

• TBTeleport: dimensional teleportation (position, player, village, biome, your respawn, your last grave, your last death point)
• TBShowLastGrave : shows the last player's grave position
• TBRestoreInventory : click your grave at distance restoring the inventory
• TBRecovery : manually backups all players (or one), or rollbacks a player from an old save
• TBKnowledge : modify the knowledge points of a player or reset its ankh's cooldown
• TBSiege : allows to launch/stop a Zombie Siege
• TBReviveFamiliar : bring back to life your last dead familiar
• TBRequestTeleport : send authorization request to teleport to another player with a custom cooldown
• TBGui : client command to open the Tombstone screens

Enchantments

• Soulbound: preserves the item on death
• Shadow Step: move discreetly reducing the distance to be detected by creatures based on darkness
• Magic Siphon: absorbs beneficial effects from enemies hit
• Plague Bringer: applies negative effects to enemies hit
• Blessing: chance to receive a beneficial effect when hit
• Curse of Bones: chance to reflect damage when hit
• Frostbite: freezes and damages enemies hit
• Spectral Bite: chance to trigger an area attack when hit
• Spectral Conjurer: chance to conjure a Spectral Wolf when hit
• Incurable Wounds: reduces healing done to enemies hit
• Decrepitude: reduces the health of enemies hit by a percentage over time
• Sanctified: The weapon deals holy damage and slightly regenerates health on hitting
• Ruthless Strike: Increases critical damage

Effects

• 'tombstone:ghostly_shape': ghostly appearance received after a death
• 'tombstone:diversion': preserves experience and beneficial effects on death
• 'tombstone:preservation': keeping your beneficial effects after your death
• 'tombstone:unstable_intangibility': prevents damage for a full second every five seconds
• 'tombstone:feather_fall': slows down your falls
• 'tombstone:purification': dispels negative effects over time
• 'tombstone:true_sight': lets you see in the dark, underwater and in lava and reveals invisible creatures
• 'tombstone:reach': increases the range to hit creatures or to harvest
• 'tombstone:lightning_resistance': reduces damage taken by lightning by 75%
• 'tombstone:frost_resistance': prevents to freeze and reduces damage taken by frost by 75%
• 'tombstone:bait': attracts aggressive creatures
• 'tombstone:bone_shield': protects against melee damages and reflects a part
• 'tombstone:aquatic_life': allows to move freely and breathe in the water
• 'tombstone:frostbite': freezes and damages enemy
• 'tombstone:earthly garden': makes the surroundings more flowery
• 'tombstone:discretion': improves stealth speed and reduces range detection
• 'tombstone:mercy': share beneficial effects among nearby allies
• 'tombstone:restoration': heal all wounds
• 'tombstone:incurable': the heals have no effect
• 'tombstone:decrepitude': reduces health by a percentage over time
• 'tombstone:weaver_walk': allows you to move quickly over cobwebs
• 'tombstone:giant_strength': your strength increases as well as your height
• 'tombstone:little_world': your height decreases and makes you faster
• 'tombstone:beyond_the_grave_bond': undeads consider you as one of their own 

LootTables

LootTables (related to this mod) can be edited in your config folder (in "tombstone/loottables). It just needs reload the save (or use the command /reload) after modifications.
Theses lootTables are lost treasures (for unlucky fishing in 'openwater'), chest treasures (for structure chests), cat morning (when tamed cats offer a present on player wake up), undead loots (including undead boss) and archaeology (in 1.19.4+).

Statistics

Some statistics are used in this mod and can be used for objectives in scoreboard (via the vanilla command /scoreboard), they can be viewed from the game menu.

Tombstone API

Corail Tombstone includes an api, with source, exposing some features of the mod.

Compatibility

The mod provides multiple compatibilities with others mods. Players' graves are indestructible, only creative players can destroy them.
In a general way, don't use another grave mod on the same time.

Supported Versions

Only the latest and the most popular versions receive updates (1.20.1/1.21.1/26.1.2).

Licence

Corail Tombstone is All Rights Reserved. Being a Minecraft contribution, the license obviously doesn't apply to its creator Mojang Studios.
The mod is hosted on CurseForge (and recently on Modrinth) and cannot be redistributed for any reason.

Corail Tombstone

"Let death be a chapter, not an ending."

Description

Corail Tombstone keeps your inventory safe in a grave when you die, while enriching your survival and exploration with a wealth of features, all set in a medieval fantasy atmosphere where haunting souls linger around decorative graves.

Deep configuration, a perk system, soul-bound magic, and exploration driven by forgotten knowledge waiting to be rediscovered: the mod builds a complete experience around death, without ever making it punishing.

Available on Forge and NeoForge, the mod works just as well in singleplayer as in multiplayer/dedicated servers, and offers many compatibilities with other mods. Main supported languages: English and French (several other languages provided).

- Safe inventory recovery on death
- Knowledge & perk progression system
- Souls, magic, enchantments and rituals
- Exploration with forgotten scrolls and hidden lore
- Tame undead companions & ride a flying carpet
- Customize your grave's look and engraving
- Deeply configurable, from solo tweaks to server rules
- Multiplayer friendly
- Broad mod compatibility
- Actively maintained since 2016

You can contact me on CurseForge in private message if you need informations.

Decorative graves

When you die, a decorative grave appears: a special block giving off a faint fog at night, harvestable with a pickaxe or shovel, and customizable through the anvil (see below). It comes in several models and colors, with no gameplay difference between them — purely a matter of taste. After a while, a soul will often come to haunt the grave (the config lets you adjust how often this happens) and stays until it's freed — it then enables certain enchantments (magic scroll/tablet) or an upgrade to the grave's key.

To build your own decorative grave, you'll need Grave's Dust (obtained by killing undeads or through the Cat Morning Gift) and an Essence of Undeath, an ingredient unlocked through the advancements (the first one is obtained by picking your favorite grave in the in-game config) and rarely found on undeads, through the Cat Morning Gift, or by fishing in deep water — though don't count on it without a bit of luck.

Engraving a grave

At the anvil, combine a grave plate with an iron ingot to engrave a name onto it, which you can then apply or change on your decorative graves (a config option allows disabling name changes). In older versions, grave plates didn't exist and graves had to be combined directly at the anvil.

Grave Guardian

Rarely, a Grave Guardian may appear near a grave. It protects the surrounding area from hostile creatures and offers trades to players — one of the ways to obtain Essence of Undeath. Its trades may differ during special events.

Abandoned Graves

Lootable abandoned graves can be found on the Overworld surface or in the ocean (only in Minecraft 1.20.1+). They exist in 5 different colors, and their loot is configurable in config/tombstone/loottables.

• Locate them using the structure tag #tombstone:abandoned_grave
• Adjust available biomes with the tags #tombstone:has_structure/abandoned_grave_land and #tombstone:has_structure/abandoned_grave_ocean (via datapack or a tweak mod)
• Configure equipment loot through the item tags #tombstone:lootable/armor, #tombstone:lootable/weapon and #tombstone:lootable/tool

Forgotten Knowledge

Recent versions introduce mysterious readable and scrollable scrolls, revealing forgotten knowledge to those who solve the riddles hidden within (a ritual flute, found as loot, can be used to start some of them). Elyra's Diary, for example, lets you cast enhanced prayers on graves; the Rite of Silent Bound archives grant an affinity with undeads under certain conditions.

Ankh Prayers

The Ankh of Prayer lets you perform various prayers, depending on your alignment, earning you knowledge points along the way. Among other things, it can grant beneficial effects when praying at decorative graves, or charm certain creatures such as undeads, turning them into adventuring companions.

Knowledge of Death

Earn knowledge points by using a grave's soul to enchant an item, by freeing a soul from a receptacle, by praying near a decorative grave with the Ankh of Prayer (default cooldown: 6 in-game hours, adjustable in config), or by completing the mod's advancements.

These points unlock perks in the dedicated Knowledge of Death screen (keybind not set by default, under "misc"). Each perk is a small bonus tied to one of the mod's features — rather than granting it by default, it's yours to unlock (some perks only appear if the related feature is enabled in the config).

The Compendium

A dedicated section of the Knowledge of Death screen gathers information about the mod, cross-linked for smooth reading.

Configuration

Three files, all prefixed tombstone, live in the run/config folder. Most features, items, and enchantments can be disabled there (some, like PvP, are disabled by default).

In-game configuration

Accessible directly through a dedicated screen, via the /tbgui command or a customizable keybind.

Commands

Enchantments

Effects

Loot Tables

The mod's loot tables can be edited in config/tombstone/loottables. Simply reload the save (or use the /reload command) after making changes. They cover: lost treasures (unlucky fishing in open water), chest treasures (structures), tamed cats' morning gifts, undead loot (including bosses), and archaeology (1.19.4+).

Statistics

The mod exposes several statistics that can be used as scoreboard objectives (via the vanilla /scoreboard command), viewable from the game menu.

Compatibility

The mod offers many compatibilities with other mods. Players' graves are indestructible — only creative-mode players can destroy them. As a general rule, avoid using another grave mod alongside this one.

Supported Versions

Only the latest and most popular versions receive new content updates (1.20.1 / 1.21.1 / 26.1.2 / 26.2).

License

Corail Tombstone is All Rights Reserved. As a Minecraft contribution, this license obviously doesn't apply to its creator, Mojang Studios. The mod is hosted on CurseForge (and recently Modrinth) and cannot be redistributed for any reason.