With the release of /damage, players are now allowed to make any damage with any damage type from any source, but most death messages are not designed for these uses.
To reproduce death message:
Kill a LivingEntity with another entity as source, and the source is holding a named item, produce a death message with
.item.Example: Use
/damage @s 100 minecraft:generic by @swhen you are holding a named item, this generatedeath.attack.generic.item
Kill a LivingEntity without a source, and the dead entity that generating death message is attacked recently, produce a death message with
.player.Example: Use
/damage @s 1 minecraft:generic by @s, and then/damage @s 100 minecraft:player_attack, this generatedeath.attack.player.player
Otherwise, produce a death message without
.itemor.player.Example: Use
/damage @s 100 minecraft:player_attack, this generate%1$s was slain by %2$s(death.attack.player)
The following death messages will broken when damage source isn't exist, they will print like %1$s was slain by %2$s, leaving their formatting string %1$s and %2$s not changed.
Key | Damage type |
|---|---|
death.attack.player | player_attack |
death.attack.mob | mob_attack, mob_attack_no_aggro, mob_projectile |
death.attack.arrow | arrow |
death.attack.trident | trident |
death.attack.fireball | fireball |
death.attack.thrown | thrown |
death.attack.witherSkull | wither_skull |
death.attack.thorns | thorns |
death.attack.indirectMagic | indirect_magic |
The following death messages are missing and their translation keys are printed.
Key | Damage type |
|---|---|
death.attack.player.player | player_attack |
death.attack.mob.player | mob_attack, mob_attack_no_aggro, mob_projectile |
death.attack.trident.player | trident |
death.attack.fireball.player | fireball |
death.attack.thrown.player | thrown |
death.attack.witherSkull.player | wither_skull |
death.attack.thorns.player | thorns |
death.attack.indirectMagic.player | indirect_magic |
death.attack.explosion.player.player | player_explosion |
death.attack.genericKill.player | generic_kill |
death.attack.magic.item | magic |
death.attack.wither.item | wither |
death.attack.freeze.item | freeze |
death.attack.cactus.item | cactus |
death.attack.inFire.item | in_fire |
death.attack.lava.item | lava |
death.attack.hotFloor.item | hot_floor |
death.attack.sweetBerryBush.item | sweet_berry_bush |
death.attack.inWall.item | in_wall |
death.attack.cramming.item | cramming |
death.attack.lightningBolt.item | lightning_bolt |
death.attack.drown.item | drown |
death.attack.dryout.item | dryout |
death.attack.fall.item | fall |
death.attack.stalagmite.item | stalagmite |
death.attack.anvil.item | falling_anvil |
death.attack.fallingStalactite.item | falling_stalactite |
death.attack.fallingBlock.item | falling_block |
death.attack.flyIntoWall.item | fly_into_wall |
death.attack.starve.item | starve |
death.attack.explosion.item | explosion |
death.attack.outOfWorld.item | out_of_world |
death.attack.outsideBorder.item | outside_border |
death.attack.generic.item | generic |
death.attack.genericKill.item | generic_kill |
Thanks, this report was helpful in understanding the details of the death message bugs. Since there are separate issues here, will move to MC-259813 / MC-259790