Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Hi Joshalot here, I have recreated tombstones in vanilla Minecraft 1.8. Hope you enjoy!

--Commands in order in whence they were shown---

1. testfor @a[score_death=1]

2. /execute @a[score_death_min=1] ~ ~ ~ summon ArmorStand ~ ~1 ~ {CustomName:"death",CustomNameVisible:0}

3. /execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=death] ~ ~ ~ fill ~ ~ ~ ~ ~-1 ~ minecraft:stonebrick

4. /execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=death] ~ ~ ~ setblock ~ ~ ~-1 minecraft:wall_sign 2 replace {Text1:"{text:\"R.I.P\",bold:true}",Text2:"{selector:\"@a[score_death=1,score_death_min=1]\"}",Text3:"{text:\"---\"}"}

4. /execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=death] ~ ~ ~ setblock ~ ~-3 ~-1 chest 0 replace {Items:[{id:352,Slot:0,Count:2},{id:352,Slot:2,Count:1},{id:30,Slot:4,Count:1},{id:367,Slot:7,Count:1},{id:367,Slot:10,Count:1},{id:30,Slot:13,Count:1},{id:367,Slot:14,Count:1},{id:352,Slot:19,Count:1},{id:352,Slot:20,Count:1},{id:367,Slot:25,Count:1},{id:30,Slot:26,Count:1}],display:{Name:"Grave",Lore:["Someone died here","It maybe haunted!"]}}

5. /execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=death] ~ ~ ~ fill ~ ~-2 ~ ~ ~-2 ~-2 minecraft:stonebrick

6. /execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=death] ~ ~ ~ summon Skeleton ~ ~ ~-1

7. /scoreboard players set @a[score_death_min=1] death 0

8. /kill @e[type=ArmorStand,name=death]

9. (optional) /setblock ~ ~-1 ~ minecraft:redstone_block 0 destroy

Music: 2001: A Space Odyssey Theme song
youtube.com/watch?v=QwxYiVXYyVs