I Died, My Items Didn't (IDMID)
Prevents items from despawning if they were dropped via a player death. Never lose your items to the 5-minute timer ever again!
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This mod makes so that the items that are dropped on player death are not despawnable. The items can still burn in lava or get lost in the void, but they will not despawn because of item age timer whatsoever. This does not affect mob drops, or items that were thrown out manually.
Feel free to include this project in modpacks!
For Modpack creators, there is a tag called force_despawn that you can modify using datapacks so that you can re-enable despawn for vanilla or modded items. You can find the datapack template here. I suggest using this mod in pair with I Died, My Xp Didn't as a less cheaty alternative to grave mods.
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Mods:
Texture packs:
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20
- 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 idmid-1.0.1-1.20.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 13 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.