Nerfed Keep Inventory
Ever thought the vanilla keep inventory gamerule was a bit too forgiving?
This data pack adds small punishments for dying, whilst avoiding being as extreme as regular Minecraft with keepInventory disabled.
Effects after respawning:
- Briefly receive the hunger effect, usually losing about half of the hunger bar.
- Lose some XP on death, with the amount lost increasing at higher levels before death.
- The remaining XP after death can never be higher than level 30.
Additionally, loading the data pack will automatically enable keep inventory.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as nki-1.0.1.zip
- Download size: 2 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.