
A Totem of Recovery is a craftable and consumable item that provides a one-time keepInventory on death. The player will respawn with all of their items and experience points, except for the used totem itself.
Unlike the Totem of Undying, this Totem does not need be held in the mainhand or offhand - simply anywhere in the inventory will work*.
Demo
Features
- Unlockable recipes
- Visual and sound effects for Totem activation
- No permissions management required**
- Admin command to give players totems (/giverecoverytotem)
- Can be easily retextured using CustomModelData -- values are editable in the config to prevent conflicts
Recipe

Surround a Totem of Undying in 8 Echo Shards to craft.
Installation
Simply drop the JAR file into your plugins folder and you should be good to go! There are no dependencies you have to install.
Verify that the plugin was added properly with /plugins (optional)
Permissions
To use the /giverecoverytotem command, the player must have the permission node: recoverytotem.giverecoverytotem
Resource Pack
There is a default resource pack available here.
It's not required for the plugin to function; however, without the resource pack, the Totem of Recovery will appear as an Enchanted Book.
Footnotes
*All slots work except for the 2x2 crafting grid or being moved around on the cursor with the inventory open, as these slots are not considered part of the inventory.
**All players can craft and use totems with no permissions required. Only the give command requires permission.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1
- 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.
- Ships as RecoveryTotem-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 19 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.