Deathbound Medallion

Quickstart

1. Craft the Deathbound Medallion using the recipe below, or give it to yourself with /give @s com_deathbound_medallion_l43t674r:my_sword.
2. Pick it up — the moment it enters your inventory, the 5-minute countdown begins and a timer appears in your action bar.
3. Survive until the timer reaches 00:00 … or don't.

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Overview

The Deathbound Medallion is a cursed epic-rarity item for Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.21.93. Carrying it places a death sentence on the holder: a 5-minute countdown ticks down in the action bar, and when time runs out the player is instantly killed. The medallion cannot be moved, dropped, or removed from the inventory while the curse is active — making it a true one-way commitment.

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What It Adds

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Abilities And Mechanics

The Countdown

• As soon as the medallion lands in any inventory slot, a 5-minute (5:00) countdown starts.
• The timer is displayed in the action bar at the bottom of the screen in the format ☠ Deathbound Medallion — Time Remaining: MM:SS ☠.
• The colour of the timer changes with urgency:
  • 🟠 Gold — more than 1 minute remaining
  • 🟡 Yellow — 60 seconds or less remaining
  • 🔴 Red — 30 seconds or less remaining

Death

• When the timer reaches 00:00 the message ☠ THE CURSE CLAIMS YOU ☠ appears and the player is instantly killed regardless of armour, health, or status effects.

Inventory Lock

• While the curse is active the medallion cannot be moved to another slot, transferred to a chest, or dropped. It is locked in place until the countdown resolves.

Early Removal

• If the medallion somehow leaves the inventory before the timer expires (e.g. through external means), the curse resolves immediately — the player is killed and the message ☠ THE CURSE RESOLVES — YOU ARE DEAD ☠ is shown. There is no safe way to remove the medallion once the curse has begun.

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Progression And Strategy

• Challenge runs: Give the medallion to yourself at the start of a session and race to complete an objective before the 5 minutes expire.
• Multiplayer dares: Pass the medallion to another player — remember, once they pick it up the lock activates and they cannot give it back.
• The medallion will not despawn if dropped as a world item, so it can be placed in advance as a trap or challenge prop without disappearing naturally.
• Because the item is tagged as cursed, medallion, and deathbound, server-side command selectors can target it by tag for advanced map-making use.