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Death Plus Wiki
Public setup, DeathMessages, DeathSpectate, integrations, and admin troubleshooting for Death Plus.
Getting Started
Start here for installation, file generation, and the admin command surface before you tune either module.
DeathMessages
Configure message routing, templates, and placeholders before you move into spectator-camera tuning.
DeathSpectate
Set up the cinematic death camera, tune the spectator flow, and use the in-game editors safely.
Integrations and Ops
Connect Death Plus to Duck Shot, VehicleMC, and DeadBody, then use the maintenance and troubleshooting docs when something drifts.
DeathPlus supports Paper/Spigot 1.21 through 1.21.11 on Java 21.
Install
- Place
DeathPlus.jarinplugins/. - Start the server once.
- Confirm generated files in
plugins/DeathPlus/:
config.ymldeath-messages.ymldeath-spectate.yml
Optional runtime files:
death-messages-overrides.ymldeath-spectate-overrides.ymldeath-spectate-data.yml
Reloading safely
/deathplus reloadreloads both modules./deathmessages reloadonly reloads DeathMessages./deathspectate reloadonly reloads DeathSpectate.
Overrides load order
The overrides files always load after base YAML files. If a base edit looks ignored, check the overrides file first.
Version note
DeathPlus uses Maven filtering to write the version into plugin.yml. Always build with:
mvn -q clean packageIf you see InvalidDescriptionException: version is not defined, the jar was not built with Maven filtering.

