Hydeath is an essential plugin designed for Spigot, Paper, and Folia servers. It significantly enhances the gameplay experience by mitigating the frustration of losing items upon death, making the process of recovering lost items seamless and efficient.
config.yml
# config.yml
# Spread amount for dropped items
# Adjust how much the dropped items spread out when a player dies
spreadAmount: 0.2
expDropPercent: 70
customDeathMessage: false
# Item settings for dropped items
itemSettings:
canMobPickup: false # Allow mobs to pick up the dropped items
invulnerable: true # Make dropped items invulnerable
glowing: true # Make dropped items glow
unlimitedLifetime: true # Make dropped items never despawn
canOwnerPickupOnly: true # Allow only owner of death item to pickup
# canHopperPickup: false #in dev
# canEntityPickup: false #in dev
Credit: Easy Deaths
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as hydeath-1.3-SNAPSHOT.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 8 KB
- Download link checked 4 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.