Compared to a lot of games out there, Minecraft is as relaxing as a slow walk on the beach. You can just cruise around, pretty much doing whatever you like, no worries. However, this by no means makes you totally immortal in the game.
There’s always something that can take you out if you aren’t careful enough. For example, you can drop off a cliff, or be slaughtered by animals, or worse yet, marauding monsters.
In general, these monsters can be pretty easy to take out of the equation if you see them coming, but they do have a knack of sneaking up on you sometimes. In the worst case scenario, you can end up getting totally overwhelmed by groups of monsters that are really hard to defend against unless you are fully kitted out with weapons and armor.
So, never be fooled into thinking that you are totally safe at any given time, otherwise you could end up losing your hard-earned gear in an instant. You will end up respawning in your house, and then inevitably desperately searching for your gear again.
Here’s How To Find Where You Died In Minecraft
For us, though Minecraft is a really chill game, this is the one thing that can really get under our skin. You can spend ages trying to get all of the resources you need for a project, only to see them lost in an instant.
Of course, you can get them all back if you can find the exact spot that you died in, but if you have carved out an intricate system of caves, this can take far longer than you would expect. So, this got us thinking about putting together a little advice section to help players find their gear again.
Without Mods
If you happen to have died right near your house, you are in luck. All you need to do is retrace your footsteps and you’ll get what you were looking for pretty quickly. This all changes when you have been out scouting foreign lands. Unfortunately, we do have some bad news here too.
There is no magical way of lighting up a beacon to guide you back to where you were. Really, all you can do is try to retrace every footstep and look for signs that you have been there before. But, there is a way to make all of this much easier in the future.
For those of you not running mods to help you find the last place you died, we would recommend leaving a trail every time you venture really far. It doesn’t need to be anything special. Even one block of wood placed here and there will help you retrace your footsteps next time around.
With Mods
For those of you who prefer playing Minecraft with mods, the whole process of finding your body is so much easier. There are actually quite a few different mods out there that will show you the exact point you died, making getting all of your stuff back an absolute breeze.
With some of these mods, it will show up as a mini-map, whereas with others it will be in the form of a lit beacon. Either way, it will be super easy to follow. In fact, we almost reckon that it makes life a little too easy. Almost.