
A simple and configurable mod which causes the player to retain their tools and armour upon death, while still dropping other items like normal and optionally damaging the tools you kept. A list of every item you lost will be sent to the chat, as well.

This mod works by simply turning 'keepinventory' to true, and dropping selected items when the player dies. This means the mod will most likely not work with most gravestone, corpse, etc mods. If you really want I can add optional grave functionality. :-)
The list of items kept on death can be easily modified through a datapack. To do this you can simply change the item tag "keepmytools:retained_on_death", which is a list of what not to drop when the player dies.
The mod will force the gamerule 'keepinventory' to true. This is necessary for the mods functionality, and so cannot be changed.
Feel free to use this in modpacks!
No generative ai was used in the development of this mod.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 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 keepmytools-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 39 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.