Another Items Dropped on Death don't Despawn Plugin
Makes items dropped by player death not despawn. Made specifically for a personal server of mine because I couldn't find one with the right version so…
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This plugin was made for my own server. Do not expect support for it. I am uploading it here in case someone needs this for the same versions as me.
It makes it so that whenever an item entity spawnes, if a player who is on the death screen is within 0.01 blocks (effectively in the same position as the item) it is set not to despawn, therefore making it so that the items you drop when you die can't despawn.
This plugin or a similar one can be useful if you want to keep Mojang's original intentions when it comes to item loss on death while removing the urgency caused by what seems to me to be a technical limitation.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- 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 death-items-dont-despawn-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 4 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
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