Kill Effects

Client-side cosmetic kill effects for Minecraft (Fabric).

Add visual effects whenever an entity dies, including particle bursts, fireworks, lightning, shockwaves, ghosts, sounds, and more. Create your own presets, combine multiple effects together, and customize everything through an easy in-game editor.

Works on any server and never affects gameplay.

Features

Custom Kill Effects

Mix and match effects to create your own unique kill animations:

• Particle Bursts
• Fireworks
• Visual Lightning
• Shockwaves
• Ghost Effects
• Glow Flashes
• Custom Sounds

Custom Critical Hit Particles

Replace Minecraft's default crit particles with your own PNG images.

Simply place PNG files into:

Then select them in-game and customize:

• Size
• Opacity
• Colors
• Rotation
• Particle Count
• Trails
• Rainbow Effects
• Random Texture Selection

Supports virtually any PNG resolution and automatically scales textures to fit your chosen particle size.

Entity Filters

Choose exactly when effects should play:

• Any Entity
• Players Only
• Hostile Mobs
• Passive Mobs
• Custom Whitelists & Blacklists

Presets

Save, import, export, and share your favorite effect combinations.

In-Game Editor

Open the editor with:

• K (rebindable)
• /killfx

Customize every effect with live previews and instant updates.

100% Client-Side

No server plugins required.

Install the mod and start seeing effects immediately on any singleplayer or multiplayer world.

• Any Death
• Local Player Kill
• Damaged By Local Player
• Other Player Death
• All Visible Deaths

Detection Methods

KillFX combines four independent systems for maximum reliability:

• Health Monitoring
• Entity Unload Detection
• Death Event Tracking
• Server Death Message Parsing

Effects work consistently even on PvP servers and plugin-heavy networks where normal death packets may never reach the client.

Preset System

Create, save, and share effect configurations.

Included Presets

• PvP
• Fire
• Lightning
• Cosmic
• Minimal

Preset Management

• Save
• Duplicate
• Delete
• Export as JSON
• Import from JSON

Performance Optimizations

Designed to remain lightweight.

Features

• Per-death particle limits
• Distance-based culling
• Level-of-detail scaling

In-Game Editor

Open the editor with:

• K (rebindable)
• /killfx

Customize

• Particle Count
• Size
• Spread
• Velocity
• Opacity
• Colors
• Rainbow Effects
• Sound Effects
• Triggers
• Presets

Additional Tools

• Create Presets
• Duplicate Presets
• Delete Presets
• Restore Defaults
• Direct JSON Editing

Works Instantly

The default preset triggers on all entity deaths out of the box.

Older PvP Pack configurations automatically migrate to the new format.

Simply install the mod and start seeing effects immediately.

Mod Menu Integration

If the Mod Menu mod is installed, KillFX automatically adds a Configure button to the mod list.

No additional setup required.

Critical Hits Customization

Replace Minecraft's vanilla critical hit particles with your own PNG textures.

How It Works

Drop PNG files into:

Any resolution is supported.

KillFX automatically:

• Preserves aspect ratio
• Scales textures to your chosen particle size
• Keeps original files untouched

Critical Hit Settings

General

• Enable / Disable
• Override Vanilla Crits
• Replace Sweep Particles
• Replace Enchanted-Hit Particles

Trigger Filters

• Any Hit
• Player Hit
• Mob Hit
• Player Kill
• Mob Kill

Appearance

• Size (0.1× – 10×)
• Opacity
• Lifetime
• Particle Count
• Rotation Speed
• Random Rotation
• Glow
• Color Tinting
• Rainbow Effects
• Additive Blending
• Particle Trails

Motion

• Velocity Multiplier
• Gravity Multiplier
• Spread
• Upward Velocity
• Fade-Out Speed

Texture Controls

• Current Texture Preview
• Resolution Display
• Folder Path
• Reload Textures (No Restart)
• Random PNG Per Hit
• Open Folder Button

Live Preview

Instantly preview your custom critical hit particles before using them.

Everything remains 100% client-side and works on any server.

Instant Effect Preview

Test your active preset at any time.

Commands

Or press the Preview button in the editor.

Your full kill effect configuration will play directly in front of you, making it easy to fine-tune every detail.