Death messages

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Death messages are messages shown on the death screen and sent in the chat to either all players or a specific player to announce the death of a player or pet. These messages communicate how the entity died, and some are intended to be humorous. Some death messages are harder to get than others, and are therefore sought after by players.

Upon the death of a player, a death message is broadcast to everyone on a server. Upon the death of a pet wolf, cat, parrot, nautilus or zombie nautilus the message is broadcast to the pet's owner in Java Edition or to all players in the world in Bedrock Edition.^[1] In Bedrock Edition, death messages are also produced upon the death of a pet horse, zombie horse, donkey, mule, llama, or trader llama.^[2]

In Java Edition, death messages are automatically recorded in the game's logs. The death of a villager or a renamed mob is recorded in the game's logs, but not broadcast in chat.

Death messages can be made not to appear in chat (and therefore broadcast to other players) with the game rule show_death_messages‌^{[JE only]} or showdeathmessages‌^{[BE only]}. This also affects the notification of a pet's death. This does not affect whether death messages for villagers and renamed mobs appear in the game's logs.

<player> was pricked to death

death.attack.cactus

• Appears when the player is killed because they were touching a cactus.

<player> walked into a cactus while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.cactus.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by touching a cactus.

<player> drowned

death.attack.drown

• Appears when the player runs out of air underwater and is killed from drowning damage.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named blaze, enderman, strider, snow golem or bee takes lethal damage from being in water, and when a named fish, squid, glow squid or tadpole takes lethal damage from being out of water.

<player> drowned while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.drown.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then dies from drowning.
• Also appears in the game's log when one of the aforementioned mobs is hurt by a player or mob, then dies from drowning.

<entity> died from dehydration

death.attack.dryout

• Appears when a tamed nautilus dies to being out of water.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named dolphin or axolotl dies to being out of water.

<entity> died from dehydration while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.dryout.player

• Appears when a tamed nautilus is hurt by a player, then dies to being out of water.
• Also appears in the game's log when one of the aforementioned mobs is hurt by a player or mob, then dies to being out of water.

<player> experienced kinetic energy

death.attack.flyIntoWall

• Appears when the player is killed by hitting a wall while flying with elytra on.

<player> experienced kinetic energy while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.flyIntoWall.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then hits a wall while flying with elytra on.

<player> blew up

death.attack.explosion

• Appears when the player is killed by TNT activated by redstone mechanisms, fire, dispensed out from a dispenser, by an end crystal triggered by the ender dragon re-summoning sequence finishing, by a minecart with TNT that wasn't triggered by a player or mob, or by the explosion of a fireball or wither skull summoned with /summon.

<player> was blown up by <player/mob>

death.attack.explosion.player

• Appears when the player is killed by a mob that exploded (e.g. creeper), including TNT inside a sulfur cube, by TNT activated by a player or mob, either by using flint and steel or a fire charge on the block or shooting it with an arrow that is on fire, by the explosion of an end crystal triggered by any entity, by the explosion of a minecart with TNT triggered by a player shooting it with an arrow that is on fire, or by the explosion of a fireball or wither skull shot by a player or mob.

<player> was blown up by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.explosion.player.item

• Appears in any of the cases for the previous death message, when the killer player or mob (if any) is holding a renamed item.

<player> was killed by [Intentional Game Design]^{[string 1]}

• Appears when the player is killed by a bed exploding in the Nether or the End, or by a charged respawn anchor exploding in the Overworld or the End.
• Includes a click-event link to MCPE-28723.
• In Bedrock Edition, this message can mistakenly be triggered when the player is killed by an end crystal or other block explosion.^[3]
• This message can also show up in Bedrock Edition when a tamed mob despawns.

<player> hit the ground too hard

death.attack.fall

• Appears when the player is killed by a less than 5 block fall, ender pearl damage, or falling while riding an entity that died due to fall damage.

<player> hit the ground too hard while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.fall.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by either a fall from less than 5 blocks, ender pearl damage, or when riding an entity that died due to fall damage.

<player> fell from a high place

death.fell.accident.generic

• Appears when the player is killed by a greater than 5 block fall.

<player> fell off a ladder

death.fell.accident.ladder

• Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a ladder.

<player> fell off some vines

death.fell.accident.vines

• Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a vine.

<player> fell off some weeping vines

death.fell.accident.weeping_vines

• Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a weeping vine.

<player> fell off some twisting vines

death.fell.accident.twisting_vines

• Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a twisting vine.

<player> fell off scaffolding

death.fell.accident.scaffolding

• Appears when the player is killed by falling after traversing up or down through scaffolding.
  • If the player falls from scaffolding that doesn't have scaffolding below it, it just counts as a greater than 5 block fall ("fell from a high place").

<player> fell while climbing

death.fell.accident.other_climbable

• Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a climbable block that is not one of the aforementioned ones.
  • Only cave vines fall into this category in the vanilla game,^[4] however one can make more blocks climbable using data packs.
• Also appears when the player falls from any climbable block, changes dimension before dying, and then dies to fall damage.
  • This assumes there being no climbable block in the exact same position in the dimension the player teleported to, as the climbable block the player fell from. For instance, if a player falls off a ladder at x=0, y=100, z=0 in the overworld and they teleport to the End before they die, it must be the case that the block at x=0, y=100, z=0 in the End is not climbable, for this death message to appear.
    • If that block is climbable, then the death message for that block appears instead. In this example, if the block at those coordinates in the End is a vine (instead of a ladder), the death message <player> fell off some vines appears instead of <player> fell off a ladder.

death.fell.accident.water

• Appears when the player dies to fall damage in water, which is ordinarily impossible because water cancels all fall damage.
• Currently replicable by:
  • taking fall damage on a waterlogged slab in a minecart,
  • using an ender pearl to leave a water body then taking fall damage,
  • or by having a trident enchanted with an insanely high level of Riptide, then trying to use it inside deep water bodies.
• This death message is untranslated due to MC-195467.
  • Before 1.16, this message was translated as <player> fell out of the water.

<player> was doomed to fall

death.fell.killer

• Appears when the player takes any environmental damage (i.e. damage not caused by entities) other than void damage, then dies to a greater than 5 block fall.

<player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob>

death.fell.assist

• Appears when the player takes any damage caused by an entity, then dies to a greater than 5 block fall.
  • This includes all entities, including non-mob entities, which means that, apart from a player or mob, <player/mob> in this case can also be any of the following, if the entity does not have a player or mob as its owner (if shot by a dispenser or summoned with /summon): arrow, spectral arrow, trident, fireball, small fireball, firework rocket, primed TNT, minecart with TNT, falling block (appears as "Falling <block name>").
    • Lightning bolts would be included in the list if they didn't deal environmental damage.
    • Thrown snowballs, eggs and ender pearls could theoretically also be included in the list, but they currently don't deal damage.
    • Wither skulls could theoretically also be included in the list, but they deal environmental damage when they don't have an owner.
    • Shulker bullets, thrown splash potions of harming and area effect clouds could theoretically also be included in the list, but strangely, the death message for dying to fall damage after being hit by one of those entities if they don't have an owner is <player> was doomed to fall.
    • Llama spits could theoretically also be included in the list, but they do not deal damage when they don't have an owner.

<player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> using <item>

death.fell.assist.item

• Appears when the player takes any damage caused directly or indirectly by a player or mob holding a renamed item, then dies to a greater than 5 block fall.

<player> was impaled on a stalagmite

death.attack.stalagmite

• Appears when the player falls on a pointed dripstone stalagmite and dies.

<player> was impaled on a stalagmite while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.stalagmite.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then falls on a stalagmite and dies.

<player> was squashed by a falling anvil

death.attack.anvil

• Appears when the player is killed by an anvil falling on their head.

<player> was squashed by a falling block

death.attack.fallingBlock

• Appears when the player is killed by a falling block (other than an anvil or pointed dripstone) modified to inflict damage.
  • Is unobtainable in regular vanilla survival gameplay.

<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite

death.attack.fallingStalactite

• Appears when the player is killed by a falling stalactite.

<player> went up in flames

death.attack.inFire

• Appears when the player is killed because they were in a fire source block.

<player> walked into fire while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.inFire.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then enters a fire source block.

<player> burned to death

death.attack.onFire

• Appears when the player is killed because they were on fire, but not in a fire source block.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named snow golem dies because of being in a hot biome.

<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.onFire.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed because they were on fire.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named snow golem is hurt by a player or mob, then dies to the heat in a hot biome.

<player> went off with a bang

death.attack.fireworks

• Appears when the player is killed by the explosion of a firework rocket.

<player> went off with a bang due to a firework fired from <item> by <player/mob>

death.attack.fireworks.item

• Appears when the player is killed by the explosion of a firework rocket shot by a player or mob holding a renamed item.

<player> tried to swim in lava

death.attack.lava

• Appears when the player is killed because they were in lava.

<player> tried to swim in lava to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.lava.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then enters lava and dies from it.

<player> was struck by lightning

death.attack.lightningBolt

• Appears when the player is killed by a lightning bolt.

<player> was struck by lightning while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.lightningBolt.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by a lightning bolt.

<player> discovered the floor was lava

death.attack.hotFloor

• Appears when the player is killed because they were standing on a magma block.

<player> walked into the danger zone due to <player/mob>

death.attack.hotFloor.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by magma block damage.

<player> died because not just the floor is lava

death.attack.sulfurCubeHot

• Appears when the player is killed by touching a sulfur cube with a magma block inside.

<player/mob> showed <player> that not just the floor is lava​^{[until: JE 26.3]}

death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by touching a sulfur cube with a magma block inside.

death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.item​^{[upcoming: JE 26.3]}

• Appears when the player is killed by touching a sulfur cube with a magma block inside holding a renamed item.
• This message is untranslated due to MC-309024.

<player> was killed by magic

death.attack.magic

• Appears when the player is killed by Instant Damage given with /effect, by an evoker fang summoned with /summon or by an arrow of harming shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named hostile mob dies to magic damage dealt by an active conduit.

<player> was killed by magic while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.magic.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by Instant Damage or an evoker fang that didn't originate from a player or mob.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named hostile mob is hurt by a player, then killed to magic damage dealt by an active conduit.

<player> was killed by <player/mob> using magic

death.attack.indirectMagic

• Appears when the player is killed by a potion or arrow of Harming shot by a player or mob, by an evoker fang summoned by an evoker or by the extra damage from a guardian's or elder guardian's laser.
  • If the player was killed by a splash potion of Harming shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was killed by Potion using magic.
  • If the player was killed by the cloud created by a lingering potion of Harming shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was killed by Area Effect Cloud using magic.

<player> was killed by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.indirectMagic.item

• Appears when the player is killed by one of the aforementioned ways but the player or mob is holding a renamed item during the player's death.

<player> froze to death

death.attack.freeze

• Appears when the player is killed because they were in powder snow for too long.

<player> was frozen to death by <player/mob>

death.attack.freeze.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then dies from freezing damage.

<player> was slain by <player/mob>

death.attack.mob / death.attack.player

• Appears when the player or mob is hurt by a player or mob and killed.
• This death message is actually two different death messages: <player> was slain by <mob> and <player> was slain by <player>.
  • This means they can be customized completely independently of each other using resource packs.
• <player> was slain by <player> also appears when a parrot is fed a cookie.
  • If the parrot was named, the message appears in the game's log. If it was tamed, the message is sent to its owner.
• <player> was slain by <mob> also appears when the player is killed by a shulker using a shulker bullet, a llama using its llama spit or a breeze using a wind charge.
  • If the player was killed by a shulker bullet summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was slain by Shulker Bullet. This doesn't work with llama spits, since they don't deal damage when they don't have an owner.
  • If the player was killed by a wind charge fired from a dispenser or summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was slain by Wind Charge.

<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.mob.item / death.attack.player.item

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob holding a renamed item and killed.
• This death message is actually two different death messages: <player> was slain by <mob> using <item> and <player> was slain by <player> using <item>.
  • This means they can be customized completely independently of each other using resource packs.
• <player> was slain by <player> using <item> also appears when a parrot is fed a cookie by a player holding a named item in their main hand.
• <player> was slain by <mob> using <item> also appears when the player is killed by a shulker holding a renamed item using a shulker bullet, a llama holding a renamed item using its llama spit or a breeze holding a renamed item using a wind charge.

<player> was stung to death

death.attack.sting

• Appears when the player is killed by a bee.

<player> was stung to death by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.sting.item

• Appears when the player is killed by a bee that was holding a renamed item during the player's death.

<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek

death.attack.sonic_boom

• Appears when the player is killed by a warden using its sonic boom.

<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek while trying to escape <player/mob> wielding <item>

death.attack.sonic_boom.item

• Appears when the player is killed by a warden holding a renamed item using its sonic boom.

<player> was smashed by <player/mob>

death.attack.mace_smash

• Appears when a player is killed by a mace smash attack.

<player> was smashed by <player/mob> with <item>

death.attack.mace_smash.item

• Appears when a player is killed by a renamed mace performing a smash attack.

<player> was speared by <player/mob>

death.attack.spear

• Appears when a player is killed by a player or mob using a spear.

<player> was speared by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.spear.item

• Appears when a player is killed by a player or mob using a renamed spear.

<player> was shot by <player/mob>

death.attack.arrow

• Appears when the player is killed by an arrow shot by a player or mob using a bow or crossbow.
• When the player is killed by an arrow shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was shot by Arrow/Spectral Arrow.

<player> was shot by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.arrow.item

• Appears when the player is killed by an arrow shot by a player or mob using a renamed bow or crossbow.

<player> was pummeled by <player/mob>

death.attack.thrown

• Is coded to appear when the player is killed by a snowball, egg or ender pearl shot by a player or mob. This is practically impossible, as these projectiles do not deal damage.
  • Blazes take damage from snowballs, which means that naming a blaze and killing it with snowballs sends this message to the game's log.
• Theoretically, when the player is killed by a snowball or egg shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon, or an ender pearl summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was pummeled by Snowball/Thrown Egg/Thrown Ender Pearl.

<player> was pummeled by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.thrown.item

• Is coded to appear when the player is killed by a snowball, egg or ender pearl shot by a player or mob that is holding a renamed item during the player's death. This is impossible, as these projectiles do not deal damage. However, as stated above, blazes take damage from snowballs. If the killer in each case is holding a renamed item, this message appears instead.

<player> was fireballed by <player/mob>

death.attack.fireball

• Appears when the player is killed by a fireball shot by a player or mob.
• When the player is killed by a fireball shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> burned to death.

<player> was fireballed by <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.fireball.item

• Appears when the player is killed by a fireball shot by a player or mob that was holding a renamed item during the player's death.

<player> was shot by a skull from <player/mob>

death.attack.witherSkull

• Appears when the player is killed by a wither skull shot by a player or mob (only possible with the wither).
• When the player is killed by a wither skull summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was killed by magic.

<player> was shot by a skull from <player/mob> using <item>

death.attack.witherSkull.item

• Appears when the player is killed by a wither skull shot by a player or mob that is holding a renamed item during the player's death.

<player> starved to death

death.attack.starve

• Appears when the player plays in Hard or Hardcore and is killed by hunger damage because their hunger bar was at 0.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named vex takes damage after 30-119 seconds from when it was spawned and dies from it.

<player> starved to death while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.starve.player

• Appears when the player plays in Hard or Hardcore and is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by hunger damage.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named vex dies to starvation after being hurt by a player or mob.

<player> suffocated in a wall

death.attack.inWall

• Appears when the player is killed because they were inside of a non-transparent block.

<player> suffocated in a wall while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.inWall.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by suffocation damage.

<player> was squished too much

death.attack.cramming

• Appears when the player is killed by the maxEntityCramming gamerule.

<player> was squashed by <player/mob>

death.attack.cramming.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by the maxEntityCramming gamerule.

<player> left the confines of this world

death.attack.outsideBorder

• Appears when the player is killed because they were outside the world border.

<player> left the confines of this world while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.outsideBorder.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by world border damage.

<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush

death.attack.sweetBerryBush

• Appears when the player is killed because they were in a sweet berry bush.

<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush while trying to escape <player/mob>

death.attack.sweetBerryBush.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then enters a sweet berry bush and dies from it.

<player> was killed while trying to hurt <player/mob>

death.attack.thorns

• Appears when the player is killed because they hurt a guardian, elder guardian, or a player or mob wearing armor enchanted with Thorns.

<player> was killed by <item> while trying to hurt <player/mob>

death.attack.thorns.item

• Appears when the player is killed because they hurt a guardian, elder guardian, or a player or mob wearing armor enchanted with Thorns and holding a renamed item.

<player> was impaled by <player/mob>

death.attack.trident

• Appears when the player is killed by a trident shot by a player or mob.
• When the player is killed by a trident shot from a dispenser​^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]} or summoned with /summon, the death message is <player> was impaled by Trident.

<player> was impaled by <player/mob> with <item>

death.attack.trident.item

• Appears when the player is killed by a trident shot by a player or mob that was holding a renamed item during the player's death.

<player> fell out of the world

death.attack.outOfWorld

• Appears when the player is killed by being 64 blocks below the lowest point where blocks can be placed.

<player> didn't want to live in the same world as <player/mob>

death.attack.outOfWorld.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by the void.

<player> withered away

death.attack.wither

• Appears when the player is killed by the Wither status effect.

<player> withered away while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.wither.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by the Wither status effect.

<player> died

death.attack.generic

• Is coded to appear only when the player achieves a death that is not assigned to a damage type (magic, cactus etc.) or is assigned to the generic damage type. Currently replicable in 1.17.1+ by naming a bee with a name tag, letting it sting a player, waiting for it to die and looking at the game's log.

<player> died because of <player/mob>

death.attack.generic.player

• Is coded to appear only when the player is hurt by a player or mob then achieves a death that is not assigned to a damage type or is assigned to the generic damage type. Currently replicable in 1.17.1+ by naming a bee with a name tag, letting it sting a player, punching it while waiting for it to die naturally and looking at the game's log.

<player> was killed

death.attack.genericKill

• Appears when the player is killed using /kill.

<player> was killed while fighting <player/mob>

death.attack.genericKill.player

• Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed using /kill.

<player> was killed by even more magic

death.attack.even_more_magic

• Has a hover event, with text Actually, message was too long to deliver fully. Sorry! Here's a stripped version: <message>
• Appears when the regular death message is too large to send. This appears only on multiplayer servers and cannot appear in regular gameplay as it requires any variable of the death message (attacker, victim or item held) to exceed more than roughly 150,000 characters. It also cannot appear in chat, but only on the client side death screen message under the "You Died!" title.^[5]

There are four types of context in which death messages can appear:

• The base environmental message, which appears when the damage is dealt without any entity being involved. Damage types whose base message contains the %2$s variable don't fill in any of the variables, resulting in the messages containing "%1$s" and "%2$s".
• The base entity message, which appears when the damage is dealt directly by a player or mob. The translation for this message is always the same as the base environmental message. Damage types whose base message contains the %2$s variable now fill in all variables, while base messages that don't contain that variable are completely indistinguishable from base environmental messages, though they are considered different messages and should not be confused with the base environmental messages.
• The .player message, which appears when the damage is dealt without any entity in mind, right after damage by a player or mob was dealt to the victim.
• The .item message, which appears in place of the base entity message when the attacker was holding a renamed item during the victim's death.

The fall damage type shows a different set of messages if the height the victim fell from was greater than 5 blocks. Those messages are documented above.
The bad_respawn_point damage type is excluded from the table, as it shows the exact same death message in every context without changing any variables.

The following table contains all death messages that can appear. Death messages in regular font are documented above, while messages in italics can be achieved only with /damage or the damage_type data component, and thus are considered unsendable.

Damage type	Base message (environmental)	Base message (by entities)	.player message	.item message
arrow	%1$s was shot by %2$s	<player> was shot by <player/mob>	death.attack.arrow.player	<player> was shot by <player/mob> using <item>
cactus	<player> was pricked to death	<player> was pricked to death	<player> walked into a cactus while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.cactus.item
campfire	<player> went up in flames	<player> went up in flames	<player> walked into fire while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.inFire.item
cramming	<player> was squished too much	<player> was squished too much	<player> was squashed by <player/mob>	death.attack.cramming.item
dragon_breath	<player> was roasted in dragon's breath	<player> was roasted in dragon's breath	<player> was roasted in dragon's breath by <player/mob>	death.attack.dragonBreath.item
drown	<player> drowned	<player> drowned	<player> drowned while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.drown.item
dry_out	<player> died from dehydration	<player> died from dehydration	<player> died from dehydration while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.dryout.item
ender_pearl	<player> hit the ground too hard	<player> hit the ground too hard	<player> hit the ground too hard while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.fall.item
explosion	<player> blew up	<player> blew up	<player> was blown up by <player/mob>	death.attack.explosion.item
fall	<player> hit the ground too hard	<player> hit the ground too hard	<player> hit the ground too hard while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.fall.item
falling_anvil	<player> was squashed by a falling anvil	<player> was squashed by a falling anvil	<player> was squashed by a falling anvil while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.anvil.item
falling_block	<player> was squashed by a falling block	<player> was squashed by a falling block	<player> was squashed by a falling block while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.fallingBlock.item
falling_stalactite	<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite	<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite	<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.fallingStalactite.item
fireball	%1$s was fireballed by %2$s	<player> was fireballed by <player/mob>	death.attack.fireball.item	<player> was fireballed by <player/mob> using <item>
fireworks	<player> went off with a bang	<player> went off with a bang	<player> went off with a bang while fighting <player/mob>	<player> went off with a bang due to a firework fired from <item> by <player/mob>
fly_into_wall	<player> experienced kinetic energy	<player> experienced kinetic energy	<player> experienced kinetic energy while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.flyIntoWall.item
freeze	<player> froze to death	<player> froze to death	<player> was frozen to death by <player/mob>	death.attack.freeze.item
generic	<player> died	<player> died	<player> died because of <player/mob>	death.attack.generic.item
generic_kill	<player> was killed	<player> was killed	<player> was killed while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.genericKill.item
hot_floor	<player> discovered the floor was lava	<player> discovered the floor was lava	<player> walked into the danger zone due to <player/mob>	death.attack.hotFloor.item
in_fire	<player> went up in flames	<player> went up in flames	<player> walked into fire while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.inFire.item
in_wall	<player> suffocated in a wall	<player> suffocated in a wall	<player> suffocated in a wall while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.inWall.item
indirect_magic	%1$s was killed by %2$s using magic	<player> was killed by <player/mob> using magic	death.attack.indirectMagic.player	<player> was killed by <player/mob> using <item>
lava	<player> tried to swim in lava	<player> tried to swim in lava	<player> tried to swim in lava to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.lava.item
lightning_bolt	<player> was struck by lightning	<player> was struck by lightning	<player> was struck by lightning while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.lightningBolt.item
mace_smash	%1$s was smashed by %2$s	<player> was smashed by <player/mob>	death.attack.mace_smash.player	<player> was smashed by <player/mob> with <item>
magic	<player> was killed by magic	<player> was killed by magic	<player> was killed by magic while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.magic.item
mob_attack	%1$s was slain by %2$s	<player> was slain by <player/mob>	death.attack.mob.player	<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>
mob_attack_no_aggro	%1$s was slain by %2$s	<player> was slain by <player/mob>	death.attack.mob.player	<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>
mob_projectile	%1$s was slain by %2$s	<player> was slain by <player/mob>	death.attack.mob.player	<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>
on_fire	<player> burned to death	<player> burned to death	<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob>	<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob> wielding <item>
out_of_world	<player> fell out of the world	<player> fell out of the world	<player> didn't want to live in the same world as <player/mob>	death.attack.outOfWorld.item
outside_border	<player> left the confines of this world	<player> left the confines of this world	<player> left the confines of this world while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.outsideBorder.item
player_attack	%1$s was slain by %2$s	<player> was slain by <player/mob>	death.attack.player.player	<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>
player_explosion	%1$s was blown up by %2$s	<player> was blown up by <player/mob>	death.attack.explosion.player.player	<player> was blown up by <player/mob> using <item>
sonic_boom	<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek	<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek	<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek while trying to escape <player/mob>	<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek while trying to escape <player/mob> wielding <item>
spear	%1$s was speared by %2$s	<player> was speared by <player/mob>	death.attack.spear.player	<player> was speared by <player/mob> using <item>
spit	%1$s was slain by %2$s	<player> was slain by <player/mob>	death.attack.mob.player	<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>
stalagmite	<player> was impaled on a stalagmite	<player> was impaled on a stalagmite	<player> was impaled on a stalagmite while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.stalagmite.item
starve	<player> starved to death	<player> starved to death	<player> starved to death while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.starve.item
sting	<player> was stung to death	<player> was stung to death	<player> was stung to death by <player/mob>	<player> was stung to death by <player/mob> using <item>
sulfur_cube_hot	<player> died because not just the floor is lava	<player> died because not just the floor is lava	<player/mob> showed <player> that not just the floor is lava	death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.item
sweet_berry_bush	<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush	<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush	<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush while trying to escape <player/mob>	death.attack.sweetBerryBush.item
thorns	%1$s was killed while trying to hurt %2$s	<player> was killed while trying to hurt <player/mob>	death.attack.thorns.player	<player> was killed by <item> while trying to hurt <player/mob>
thrown	%1$s was pummeled by %2$s	<player> was pummeled by <player/mob>	death.attack.thrown.player	<player> was pummeled by <player/mob> using <item>
trident	%1$s was impaled by %2$s	<player> was impaled by <player/mob>	death.attack.trident.player	<player> was impaled by <player/mob> with <item>
unattributed_fireball	<player> burned to death	<player> burned to death	<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob>	<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob> wielding <item>
wind_charge	%1$s was slain by %2$s	<player> was slain by <player/mob>	death.attack.mob.player	<player> was slain by <player/mob> using <item>
wither	<player> withered away	<player> withered away	<player> withered away while fighting <player/mob>	death.attack.wither.item
wither_skull	%1$s was shot by a skull from %2$s	<player> was shot by a skull from <player/mob>	death.attack.witherSkull.player	<player> was shot by a skull from <player/mob> using <item>

There are also a few other death messages which are unsendable:

<player> fell too far and was finished by <player/mob>

death.fell.finish

• Appears when the player takes damage that isn't fall or void damage, falls at least 5 blocks then takes fall damage dealt directly by a player or mob, which is only possible through the use of /damage.

<player> fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> using <item>

death.fell.finish.item

• Appears in the same situation as the previous message but instead when the player or mob that deals the fall damage is holding a renamed item.

• <player> was slain by Arrow
  • Appears when the player is killed by an arrow shot from a dispenser or summoned with /summon.
• <player> was shot by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by an arrow shot by a player or mob.
• <player> was shot by <player> using <item>
  • Appears when the player is killed by an arrow shot by a player holding a renamed item.
• <player> was pricked to death
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were touching a cactus.
• <player> walked into a cactus whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by touching a cactus.
• <player> drowned
  • Appears when the player runs out of air underwater and is killed from drowning damage.
• <player> drowned whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then dies from drowning.
• <player> experienced kinetic energy
  • Appears when the player is killed by hitting a wall while flying with elytra on.
• <player> experienced kinetic energy whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then hits a wall while flying with elytra on.
• <player> blew up
  • Appears when the player is killed by an end crystal, a bed exploding in the Nether or the End, or by a charged respawn anchor exploding in the Overworld or the End.
• <player> was blown up by Block of TNT
  • Appears when the player is killed by TNT activated by redstone mechanisms, fire, or dispensed out from a dispenser.
• <player> was blown up by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by an entity that exploded, or by TNT activated by a player or mob.
• <player> was blown up by <player> using <item>
  • Appears when the player is killed by an entity that exploded, or by TNT activated by a player holding a renamed item.
• <player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were in a sweet berry bush.
• <player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then enters a sweet berry bush.
• <player> hit the ground too hard
  • Appears when the player is killed by a less than 5 block fall, ender pearl damage, or falling while riding an entity that died due to fall damage.
• <player> hit the ground too hard whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by either a fall from less than 5 blocks, ender pearl damage, or when riding an entity that died due to fall damage.
• <player> fell from a high place
  • Appears when the player is killed by a greater than 5 block fall.
• <player> fell off a ladder
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a ladder.
• <player> fell off some vines
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a vine.
• <player> fell off some weeping vines
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a weeping vine.
• <player> fell off some twisting vines
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a twisting vine.
• <player> fell off scaffolding
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling after traversing up or down through scaffolding.
• <player> fell while climbing
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling after being on a climbable block that is not one of the aforementioned ones.
• <player> was doomed to fall
  • Appears when the player takes any environmental damage (i.e. damage not caused by entities) other than void damage, then dies to a greater than 5 block fall.
• <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player takes any damage caused by an entity then dies to a greater than 5 block fall.
• <player> was doomed to fall by <player> using <item>
  • Appears when the player takes any damage caused directly or indirectly by a player holding a renamed item, then dies to a greater than 5 block fall.
• <player> was squashed by a falling anvil
  • Appears when the player is killed by an anvil falling on their head.
• <player> was squashed by a falling block
  • Appears when the player is killed by a falling block (other than an anvil) modified to inflict damage.
• <player> went up in flames
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were in a fire source block.
• <player> walked into fire whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then enters a fire source block.
• <player> burned to death
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were on fire, but not in a fire source block.
• <player> was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed because they were on fire.
• <player> went off with a bang
  • Appears when the player is killed by the explosion of a firework rocket.
• <player> went off with a bang due to a firework fired from <item> by <player>
  • Appears when the player is killed by the explosion of a firework rocket shot by a player holding a renamed item.
• <player> tried to swim in lava
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were in lava.
• <player> tried to swim in lava to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then enters lava.
• <player> was struck by lightning
  • Appears when the player is killed by a lightning bolt.
• <player> was struck by lightning whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by a lightning bolt.
• <player> discovered the floor was lava
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were standing on a magma block.
• <player> walked into the danger zone due to <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by magma block damage.
• <player> was killed by magic
  • Appears when the player is killed by a potion of Harming shot from a dispenser, by Instant Damage given with /effect or by an evoker fang summoned with /summon.
• <player> was killed by magic whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by Instant Damage that didn't originate from a player or mob.
• <player> was killed by <player/mob> using magic
  • Appears when the player is killed by a potion or arrow of Harming shot by a player or mob, or by an evoker fang summoned by an evoker.
• <player> was killed by <player> using <item>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a potion or arrow of Harming shot by a player holding a renamed item.
• <player> was slain by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob and killed.
  • This death message is actually two different death messages: <player> was slain by <mob> and <player> was slain by <player>.
• <player> was slain by <player> using <item>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player holding a renamed item and killed.
• <player> was slain by Small Fireball
  • Appears when the player is killed by a fireball shot from a dispenser.
• <player> starved to death
  • Appears when the player plays on Hard difficulty and is killed by hunger damage because their hunger bar was at 0.
• <player> starved to death whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player plays on Hard difficulty and is hurt by a player or mob then killed by hunger damage.
• <player> suffocated in a wall
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were inside of a non-transparent block.
• <player> suffocated in a wall whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by suffocation damage.
• <player> was killed trying to hurt <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed because they hurt a guardian, elder guardian, or a player or mob wearing armor enchanted with Thorns.
• <player> was killed by <item> trying to hurt <player>
  • Appears when the player is killed because they hurt a player wearing armor enchanted with Thorns holding a renamed item.
• <player> was impaled to death by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a trident shot by a player or mob, or from a dispenser or summoned with /summon.
• <player> was impaled to death by <player> with <item>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a trident shot by a player holding a renamed item.
• <player> fell out of the world
  • Appears when the player is killed by being more than 18 blocks below the bottom of the build-able world.
• <player> didn't want to live in the same world as <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by the void.
• <player> withered away
  • Appears when the player is killed by the wither status effect.
• <player> withered away whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by the wither status effect.
• <player> died
  • Is coded to appear only when the player achieves a death that is not assigned to a damage type (magic, cactus etc.) or is assigned to the generic damage type.
• <player> died because of <player/mob>
  • Is coded to appear only when the player is hurt by a player or mob then achieves a death that is not assigned to a damage type or is assigned to the generic damage type.
• <player> was killed
  • Appears when the player is killed by /kill.
• <player> was killed whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then killed by /kill.
• <player> was fireballed by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a fireball shot by a player or mob.
• <player> was sniped by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a shulker bullet shot by a shulker
• <player> was spitballed by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a llama spit shot by a llama.
• <player> froze to death
  • Appears when the player is killed because they were in powder snow for too long.
• <player> was frozen to death by <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then dies from freezing damage.
• <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite
  • Appears when the player is killed by falling stalactite.
• <player> was impaled on a stalagmite
  • Appears when the player falls on a stalagmite and dies.
• <player> was impaled on a stalagmite whilst fighting <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob, then falls on a pointed dripstone and dies.
• <player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek
  • Appears when the player is killed by a warden using its sonic boom.
• <player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a warden using its sonic boom after being hurt by a player or mob.

• <player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob> wielding <item>
  • Appears when the player is killed by a warden holding a renamed item using its sonic boom after being hurt by a player or mob.

<entity> died from dehydration

death.attack.dryout

• Appears when a tamed nautilus dies to being out of water.
• Also appears in the game's log when a named dolphin or axolotl dies to being out of water.

Death messages that are not included in the current versions of the game.

These death messages existed only in April Fools' versions of the game.

• <player> was too soft for this world
  • Appeared when the player was in "Obligatory nightmare mode" and was killed by the constant damage they took there.
• <player> was too soft for this world (<player/mob> helped)
  • Appeared when the player was in "Obligatory nightmare mode", was hurt by a player or mob and was killed by the constant damage they took there.

• <player> experienced the dark side of the moon
  • Appeared when the player ran out of air on the moon and died of asphyxiation.
• death.attack.onMoon.player
  • Appeared when the player was hurt by a player or mob then died of asphyxiation on the moon.
    • As with all other damage types on the table above, this damage type (on_moon) also had the death message death.attack.onMoon.item, which could only appear when using the /damage command.
• <player> was turned into gold
  • Appeared when the player was turned into gold by another player while the rule minecraft:midas_touch was approved.
    • The damage type that caused this death message was special, meaning it didn't have any variants of the death message and thus it appeared no matter what attacked the player before they died.

• <player> held the hot potato for too long.
  • Appeared when the player died from holding a hot potato.
• death.attack.potato_heat.player
  • Appeared when the player was hurt by a player or mob then died from holding a hot potato.
    • As with all other damage types on the table above, this damage type (potato_heat) also had the death message death.attack.potato_heat.item, which could only appear when using the /damage command.
• <player> was killed by a bad-tempered potato
  • Appeared when the player stood on a potato battery for too long, was shot by a vicious potato or tried to hurt a Mega Spud while it had its forcefield around it.
• death.attack.potato_magic.player
  • Appeared when the player was hurt by a player or mob then died to a potato battery, or a vicious potato, or a Mega Spud's forcefield.
    • As with all other damage types on the table above, this damage type (potato_magic) also had the death message death.attack.potato_magic.item, which could only appear when using the /damage command.

• <player> was devoured
  • Appeared when the player was eaten by a frog when the "Wednesday Frogs" mine ingredient is active.
• <player> was devoured by <player/mob> using <item>
  • Appeared when the player was eaten by a frog holding a renamed item when the "Wednesday Frogs" mine ingredient is active.
    • As with all other damage types on the table above, this damage type (devour) also had the death message <player> was devoured by <player/mob> (.player message), which could only appear when using the /damage command.

In Java Edition snapshots 13w02a through 13w04a, a complicated system existed to show death messages for when the player fell to their death or fell and was killed by something else.

There were two types of messages:

• "<player> <first>",
• "<player> <first> and <last>".

<first> could be:

• fell (off a ladder|off some vines|out of the water|from a high place)
• was (shot|pummeled|blown|fireballed|knocked) (off a ladder|off some vines|out of the water|from a high place)
• was (shot|pummeled|blown|fireballed|knocked) (off a ladder|off some vines|out of the water|from a high place) by <player/mob>

<last> could be:

• into a pool of lava
• fell out of the world
• into a patch of fire
• into a patch of cacti
• got finished off by <player/mob>
• got finished off by <player/mob> using <item>
• got finished off using <item>

There were 352 different death messages (416 in the en_US.lang file, because the verb "blown" existed twice).

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added death messages.
							Currently, death messages are shown only on multiplayer servers.
							Added the following death messages: <player> went up in flames <player> burned to death <player> tried to swim in lava <player> suffocated in a wall <player> drowned <player> starved to death <player> was pricked to death <player> hit the ground too hard <player> fell out of the world <player> died <player> blew up <player> was killed by magic <player> was slain by <mob> <player> was slain by <player> <player> was shot by <player/mob> <player> was fireballed by <player/mob> <player> was pummeled by <player/mob>
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added the death message "<player> was killed by <player/mob>" (triggered by splash potions of Harming, it is just not clear).
1.3.1			12w16a				The death message "<player> died" can no longer appear practically, only theoretically.
			12w18a				As singleplayer worlds are now internal servers, death messages are now also shown in singleplayer.
1.4.2			12w34a				Added the death message "<player> withered away".
			12w41a				Added the death message "<player> was squashed by a falling anvil".
			12w42a				Added the death message "<player> was squashed by a falling block".
1.4.6			12w50a				Added the death message "<player> was killed trying to hurt <player/mob>".
1.5			13w01a				Added the death message "<player> was slain by <player> using <item>".
			13w02a				The entire translation string system for death messages has been rewritten.
							Death messages for fall damage are now shown based on a system that results in 352 (416 in en_US.lang) death messages.
							Added the following death messages: <player> walked into fire whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> tried to swim in lava to escape <player/mob> <player> drowned whilst trying to escape <player/mob> <player> walked into a cactus whilst trying to escape <player/mob> <player> was blown up by <player/mob> <player> was shot by <player/mob> using <item> <player> was fireballed by <player/mob> using <item> <player> was pummeled by <player/mob> using <item> <player> was killed by <player/mob> using <item>
							The "<player> was killed by <player/mob>" death message has been changed to "<player> was killed by <player/mob> using magic".
			13w05a				The system for fall damage death messages has been removed due to internationalization issues.[6]
							Added the following death messages, which existed already, but were part of the system removed in this snapshot: <player> fell from a high place <player> fell off a ladder <player> fell off some vines
							Added the death message "<player> fell out of the water", which existed as part of the system removed in this snapshot, and which can appear only theoretically, not practically.
							Added the following death messages: <player> was doomed to fall <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> using <item>
							Added the following death messages, which can only appear theoretically, not practically: <player> was fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> <player> was fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> using <item>
1.6.1			13w21b				The following death messages have been changed: "<player> was fell too far and was finished by <player/mob>" to "<player> fell too far and was finished by <player/mob>" "<player> was fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> using <item>" to "<player> fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> using <item>"
1.7.4			13w47a				The following death messages can now appear only theoretically, not practically: <player> was doomed to fall <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> using <item>
1.8			14w10a				Added the game rule showDeathMessages.
							Tamed wolves and cats named using a name tag now display to the owner.
			14w32a				Added the death message "<player> was struck by lightning".
1.9			15w31a				Death messages are now displayed on the death screen as well as in the chat.
			15w31c				Added the death message "<player> was roasted in dragon breath".
			15w32a				The death message "<player> was roasted in dragon breath" can no longer practically appear, only theoretically.
			15w38a				All tamed wolves and cats – even unnamed ones – now display death messages to their owner.
			15w42a				Added the death message "<player> experienced kinetic energy".
1.10			16w20a				Added the following death messages: <player> discovered floor was lava <player> walked into danger zone due to <player/mob>
1.11			16w43a				Added the death message "<player> was squished too much".
1.11.1			16w50a				Added the death message "<player> went off with a bang".
1.12			17w13a				👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added parrots, which display death messages to the owner.
1.13			17w48a				Added the death message "<player> was killed by [Intentional Game Design]".
			18w01a				Added the following death messages: <player> was struck by lightning whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> suffocated in a wall whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was squashed by <player/mob> <player> starved to death whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was blown up by <player/mob> using <item> death.attack.magic.player <player> withered away whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was squashed by a falling anvil whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was squashed by a falling block whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was slaim [sic] by <mob> using <item> <player> was killed by <item> trying to hurt <player/mob> <player> hit the ground too hard whilst trying to escape <player/mob> <player> didn't want to live in the same world as <player/mob> <player> experienced kinetic energy whilst trying to escape <player/mob> <player> went off with a bang whilst fighting <player/mob>
							Added the following death messages, which can theoretically appear, but not practically: <player> died because of <player/mob> <player> was roasted in dragon breath by <player/mob>
			18w07a				Added the following death messages: <player> was impaled by <player/mob> <player> was impaled by <player/mob> with <item>
			18w15a				Added the following death messages, which can theoretically appear, but not practically: death.attack.dryout death.attack.dryout.player
			18w20b				The following death messages have been changed: "<player> was slaim by <mob> using <item>" to "<player> was slain by <mob> using <item>" "<player> discovered floor was lava" to "<player> discovered the floor was lava"
			pre5				The death message "<player> fell out of the water" can now appear practically, not only theoretically.
1.13.1			18w31a				Added the death message "<player> was killed by even more magic", along with its hover event: "Actually, message was too long to deliver fully. Sorry! Here's stripped version: <message>"
1.14			18w49a				Added the following death messages: <player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush <player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
1.15			19w34a				Added the following death messages: <player> was stung to death death.attack.sting.item
							Added the unused death message "<player> was stung to death by <player/mob>".
1.16			20w07a				The "death.attack.magic.player" death message has been changed to "<player> was killed by magic whilst trying to escape <player/mob>".
			20w09a				Added the following death messages: <player> fell off some weeping vines <player> fell while climbing death.attack.fireworks.item
							The death message "<player> went off with a bang whilst fighting <player/mob>" has been removed, but its translation string remains.
			20w11a				Added the following death messages: <player> fell off some twisting vines <player> fell off a scaffolding
			20w12a				The translation of the death message "<player> fell out of the water" has been removed. It now displays as "death.fell.accident.water".
			20w13a				The raw translation strings of the death message "<player> was killed by [Intentional Game Design]" have been changed from "death.attack.netherBed.<message/link>" to "death.attack.badRespawnPoint.<message/link>", because the death message now also appears when a player is killed by the explosion of a charged respawn anchor in the Overworld or the End.
			20w18a				The following death messages have been changed: "<player> fell off a scaffolding" to "<player> fell off scaffolding" "death.attack.fireworks.item" to "<player> went off with a bang due to a firework fired from <item> by <player/mob>"
			20w22a				Added the following death messages: <player> was shot by a <player/mob>'s skull death.attack.witherSkull.item
1.16.2			20w30a				The "<player> was shot by a <player/mob>'s skull" death message has been changed to "<player> was shot by a skull from <player/mob>".
1.17			20w46a				Added the following death messages: <player> froze to death <player> was frozen to death by <player/mob>
			20w49a				Added the following death messages: <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite whilst fighting <player/mob>
			21w03a				Added the following death messages: <player> was impaled on a stalagmite <player> was impaled on a stalagmite whilst fighting <player/mob>
1.17.1			Pre-release 2				The following death messages can now appear practically, not only theoretically: death.attack.dryout death.attack.dryout.player <player> died <player> died because of <player/mob>
			Release Candidate 1				The following death messages have been changed: "death.attack.dryout" to "<player> died from dehydration" "death.attack.dryout.player" to "<player> died from dehydration whilst trying to escape <player/mob>"
1.19			22w17a				Added the following death messages: <player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek <player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob>
			22w19a				Added the death message "death.attack.sonic_boom.item".
							The death message "<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" has been removed, but its translation string remains.
			Pre-release 2				Added the death message "<player> was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting <player/mob> wielding <item>", which can theoretically appear, but not practically.
							The following death messages have been changed: "death.attack.sting.item" to "<player> was stung to death by <player/mob> using <item>" "death.attack.witherSkull.item" to "<player> was shot by a skull from <player/mob> using <item>" "death.attack.sonic_boom.item" to "<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob> wielding <item>"
1.19.3			22w43a				Added the following death messages, which can theoretically appear, but not practically: death.attack.anvil.item death.attack.fallingBlock.item death.attack.fallingStalactite.item
							The following death messages have been removed, but their translation strings remain: <player> was squashed by a falling anvil whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was squashed by a falling block whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite whilst fighting <player/mob>
1.19.4			23w03a				The following death messages can now appear practically, not only theoretically: <player> was doomed to fall <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> <player> was doomed to fall by <player/mob> using <item>
			23w06a				Damage types are no longer categorized as environmental or entity damage. As a result, all death messages now have .player and .item variants that can appear through the new /damage command, which makes the following death messages able to appear practically, not only theoretically: <player> was roasted in dragon breath <player> was roasted in dragon breath by <player/mob> <player> was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting <player/mob> wielding <item> death.attack.anvil.item death.attack.fallingBlock.item death.attack.fallingStalactite.item <player> fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> <player> fell too far and was finished by <player/mob> using <item>
							Added the following death messages, also as a result of the previous change: death.attack.arrow.player death.attack.cactus.item death.attack.cramming.item death.attack.dragonBreath.item death.attack.drown.item death.attack.dryout.item death.attack.explosion.item death.attack.explosion.player.player death.attack.fall.item <player> was squashed by a falling anvil whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was squashed by a falling block whilst fighting <player/mob> <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite whilst fighting <player/mob> death.attack.fireball.player <player> went off with a bang whilst fighting <player/mob> death.attack.flyIntoWall.item death.attack.freeze.item death.attack.generic.item death.attack.hotFloor.item death.attack.inFire.item death.attack.inWall.item death.attack.indirectMagic.player death.attack.lava.item death.attack.lightningBolt.item death.attack.magic.item death.attack.mob.player death.attack.outOfWorld.item death.attack.player.player <player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob> death.attack.stalagmite.item death.attack.starve.item <player> was stung to death by <player/mob> death.attack.sweetBerryBush.item death.attack.thorns.player death.attack.thrown.player death.attack.trident.player death.attack.wither.item death.attack.witherSkull.player
			pre4				The following death messages have been changed: "<player> walked into danger zone due to <player/mob>" to "<player> walked into the danger zone due to <player/mob>" "<player> was roasted in dragon breath" to "<player> was roasted in dragon's breath" "<player> was roasted in dragon breath by <player/mob>" to "<player> was roasted in dragon's breath by <player/mob>" "Actually, message was too long to deliver fully. Sorry! Here's stripped version: <message>" to "Actually, the message was too long to deliver fully. Sorry! Here's stripped version: <message>"
1.20			pre1				Added the following death messages: <player> was killed death.attack.genericKill.player <player> left the confines of this world <player> left the confines of this world whilst fighting <player/mob>
							Added the following unsendable variants of death messages, accessible only via the /damage command: death.attack.genericKill.item death.attack.outsideBorder.item
			pre2				The death message "death.attack.genericKill.player" has been changed to "<player> was killed whilst fighting <player/mob>".
1.20.2			pre1				The following death messages have been changed: "<player> walked into a cactus whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> walked into a cactus while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> drowned whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> drowned while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> died from dehydration whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> died from dehydration while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> hit the ground too hard whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> hit the ground too hard while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> experienced kinetic energy whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> experienced kinetic energy while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> was killed whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was killed while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> walked into fire whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> walked into fire while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> suffocated in a wall whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> suffocated in a wall while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was struck by lightning whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was struck by lightning while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was killed by magic whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> was killed by magic while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting <player/mob> wielding <item>" to "<player> was burned to a crisp while fighting <player/mob> wielding <item>" "<player> left the confines of this world whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> left the confines of this world while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob> wielding <item>" to "<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek while trying to escape <player/mob> wielding <item>" "<player> was impaled on a stalagmite whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was impaled on a stalagmite while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> starved to death whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> starved to death while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush while trying to escape <player/mob>" "<player> was killed trying to hurt <player/mob>" to "<player> was killed while trying to hurt <player/mob>" "<player> was killed by <item> trying to hurt <player/mob>" to "<player> was killed by <item> while trying to hurt <player/mob>" "<player> withered away whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> withered away while fighting <player/mob>" "Actually, the message was too long to deliver fully. Sorry! Here's stripped version: <message>" to "Actually, the message was too long to deliver fully. Sorry! Here's a stripped version: <message>"
							The following unsendable variants of death messages, accessible only via the /damage command, have been changed: "<player> was squashed by a falling anvil whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was squashed by a falling anvil while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was squashed by a falling block whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was squashed by a falling block while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> went off with a bang whilst fighting <player/mob>" to "<player> went off with a bang while fighting <player/mob>" "<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek whilst trying to escape <player/mob>" to "<player> was obliterated by a sonically-charged shriek while trying to escape <player/mob>"
1.21.2			24w33a				Added the following death messages: <player> was smashed by <player/mob> <player> was smashed by <player/mob> with <item>
							Added the death message "death.attack.mace_smash.player", which is an unsendable variant accessible only via the /damage command.
1.21.11			25w41a				Added the following death messages: <player> was speared by <player/mob> <player> was speared by <player/mob> using <item>
							Added the death message "death.attack.spear.player", which is an unsendable variant accessible only via the /damage command.
26.2			snap8				Added the following death messages: <player> died because not just the floor is lava <player/mob> showed <player> that not just the floor is lava
							Added the death message "death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.item", which is an unsendable variant accessible only via the /damage command.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3			snap1				The death message "death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.item" can now appear practically, not just via the /damage command.
							The death message "<player/mob> showed <player> that not just the floor is lava" is now unsendable, and accessible only via the /damage command.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added death messages.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Added the death message "<player> experienced kinetic energy".
1.1.3			alpha 1.1.3.0				Added the following death messages: <player> discovered floor was lava <player> walked into danger zone due to <player/mob>
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added the death message "<player> went off with a bang".
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added the game rule showDeathMessages.
1.16.200			beta 1.16.200.51				Added the following death messages: <player> was sniped by <player/mob> <player> was spitballed by <player/mob>
1.16.210			beta 1.16.210.53				Added the death message "<player> froze to death".
1.16.220			beta 1.16.220.50				Added the following death messages: <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite <player> was skewered by a falling stalactite whilst fighting <player/mob>
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.21				Death messages are now displayed on the death screen.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Added the following death messages: <player> was smashed by <player> <player> was smashed by <player> with <item>
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.24				Added the death message "<entity> died from dehydration".

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added death messages.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added new death messages.​[more information needed]
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Tamed wolves and cats named using a name tag now display death messages to the owner.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Added the following death messages: <player> discovered floor was lava <player> walked into danger zone due to <player/mob>
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Death messages are now displayed on the death screen as well as in the chat.
							Added the death message "<player> experienced kinetic energy".
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added parrots, which display death messages to the owner if renamed using a name tag.
			1.88				All tamed wolves, cats and parrots – even unnamed ones – now display death messages to their owner.

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• Death messages obtained through PvE means are generally grammatically incorrect due to the lack of a preceding "a" before the name of the killer.^[7]

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