How to fake your death in Minecraft

Minecraft has many interesting game mechanics that allow you to do a lot of things. This ranges from making complicated circuits and machines that can be used as computers and displays, to commands that allow you to change various aspects of the game. That said, there are some ways to prank your friends who are playing the game with you. One such way is by pretending that you died in the game, but in reality, nothing happens.

In this article, we explain how to fake your death in Minecraft. This method works both in private games and servers, including Hardcore, where the death of a player results in them losing everything, making the prank even more believable.

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Fake death prank in Minecraft

Use the /me command for the Minecraft prank (Image via Mojang Studios)

When you die in Minecraft, a message shows up at the bottom-left corner of your screen, usually describing how you died. For example, if you fall into a lake of lava, sometimes with plenty of rare loot, such as diamonds or even the heavy core block, the game displays a message saying, “Player tried to swim in lava.”

That said, there is a command you can use to show the same message without actually falling into lava or dying. This command is called the “/me” command, which allows you to put your name at the beginning of any custom message you want to type, without even showing your name.

You can type in any message after the command (Image via Mojang Studios)

All you need to do is open the chat box by pressing T on the keyboard. Then, type “/me (your message).” You can write anything in the “your message” part. To prank other players in the game, you can write messages, such as “tried to swim in lava.” This will make others think you died in-game.

This works particularly well in Hardcore servers where commands are allowed. The message will lead others to believe you are no longer in the game or have lost all your inventory. But that would all be a fib.

This command can also be used to display any message you wish to type. Thus, you can get creative by coming up with your own death messages, like “player was eaten by a librarian,” which will confuse other players as to how that was possible.