
Better Pickup
This is a Minecraft Fabric server-side mod that improves the item pickup mechanics of Minecraft.
This mod is heavily based on the Better Pickup plugin for Spigot-based servers, developed by Chailotl. Credits for the idea of this mod as well as the mod's name goes to them.
Pickup delays
Server admins are able to configure individual item pickup delays for items dropped by players, items dropped by a block being mined, as well as a "steal delay" to serve for the pickup delay for players who didn't throw the item or didn't mine the block that the item was dropped from. To configure these values, the following gamerules have been added:
/gamerule playerDropsDelay <integer>- The delay in ticks for items dropped by players. Default value is20./gamerule blockDropsDelay <integer>- The delay in ticks for items dropped by the mining of blocks. Default value is10./gamerule stealDelay <integer>- The delay in ticks for items that were not thrown by the player or mined by the player. Default value is40.
All of these delays have a minimum value of one tick.
Extra features
Additionally, two extra gamerules have been added to toggle certain server-wide features related to the picking up of items.
/gamerule doAutoPickups <boolean>- If set to true, items dropped from blocks will be automatically picked up by the player who mined the block without any delay. Default value istrue./gamerule invulnerableBlockDrops <boolean>- If set to true, items dropped from blocks will be invulnerable to damage. Default value istrue.
Support
If you would like to report a bug, or make a suggestion, you can do so via the mod's issue tracker.
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as betterpickup-1.0.1-1.21.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 157 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.