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custom death messages

replace the default death messages with custom colored variants. different message per damage type (pvp, fall, lava, drown, etc.)

vanilla Skriptno addons required.
death-messages.sk15 lines
on death of a player:
    set the death message to ""
    if attacker is a player:
        broadcast "&c☠ &f%victim% &7was slain by &c%attacker%"
    else if damage cause is fall:
        broadcast "&c☠ &f%victim% &7hit the ground a bit too hard"
    else if damage cause is lava:
        broadcast "&c☠ &f%victim% &7tried to swim in lava"
    else if damage cause is drowning:
        broadcast "&c☠ &f%victim% &7forgot how to breathe"
    else if damage cause is suffocation:
        broadcast "&c☠ &f%victim% &7suffocated in a wall"
    else:
        broadcast "&c☠ &f%victim% &7died"

get it running

death-messages.sk · 15 lines · vanilla Skript
  1. 1

    copy or download

    grab the .sk file with the buttons up top.

    death-messages.sk· ready to drop in
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    drop it in your scripts folder

    save it exactly here on your server — no typos, just copy the path:

    …/plugins/Skript/scripts/death-messages.sk
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    reload in-game

    run this in chat or console — your script goes live instantly:

    /sk reload death-messages
that's it — your script is live. hop in-game to try it.
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