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FFXIV Dalamud plugin

Better Deaths

A raid-focused death recap tool for reviewing fatal events, HP plus shields, mitigation coverage, enemy HP at death, What-if mitigation, the 10-second lead-up before each KO, and Death Replay in beta.

Install with Dalamud View GitHub Repo
Duty-only recap capture Saved pull history Replay in beta Testing and stable builds

Death review built for raid progression

Better Deaths keeps deaths grouped by pull and puts the useful review data in one place, so a wipe can be checked without digging through scattered combat text.

Fatal Event Review

See the hit or event that caused the death with source, amount, damage type, overkill, and HP plus shields before impact.

Mitigation Context

Review player mitigations, shields, debuffs, target mitigation, expired context, and calculated mitigation totals.

10 Second Lead-Up

Inspect recent HP samples, healing, damage, sources, status timers, and captured events leading into the death.

What-if Mitigation

Pick available mitigation and see how selected tools would have changed the damage outcome.

Death Replay (IN BETA)

Review captured positions, markers, mechanics, and movement around the selected death while replay work continues.

Current Pull Widget

Keep a compact current-pull view open during progression with normal and concise display modes.

Themes And Sharing

Use theme options, name redaction, local pull history, and optional chat recap links for other Better Deaths users.

Local data, no uploads

Better Deaths does not upload your data. It has no upload functions, telemetry, analytics, webhook, feedback endpoint, or hidden network reporting built into the plugin.

Saved Locally

Recorded pulls stay on your machine so they remain available after wipes, resets, reloads, or plugin updates.

What Gets Saved

Saved pull files can include player names, jobs, duty names, death timing, HP, shields, damage events, actions, statuses, and mitigation context.

Name Redaction

Name Redaction helps with screenshots and shared display, but local saved pull files may still contain the original captured names.

What it looks like

Better Deaths death timeline showing ordered party deaths and fatal events
Death timeline with ordered player deaths, jobs, fatal events, and selected death summary.
Better Deaths What-if mitigation review with available party mitigations
What-if mitigation review with available party tools and projected outcome.
Better Deaths mitigation context showing active mitigation and calculated mitigation totals
Mitigation context with active effects, shields, debuffs, and calculated mitigation totals.
Better Deaths 10 second lead-up table with HP history and combat events
10 second lead-up history with HP samples, sources, events, and mitigation/debuff icons.
Better Deaths Death Replay beta showing captured positions and Black Hole mechanics
Death Replay, IN BETA, with captured positions, role-colored players, markers, mechanics, zoom, and playback controls.
Better Deaths customization tab with theme options and widget preview
Theme controls and widget preview showing how the current pull widget can be customized.

Install Better Deaths

Add the custom plugin repository in Dalamud, then install Better Deaths from the plugin installer.

https://puni.sh/api/repository/nainai Open Repo JSON

Better Deaths only functions in duties. It does not capture overworld combat or PvP recaps.

Commands

/betterdeaths /bd /betterdeathswidget /bdwidget

Use these commands to open the main death recap window or toggle the current pull widget.