Don't Do Death Despawn
This is a teeny-tiny mod that prevents items from despawning if they were dropped as a result of a player death.
(It does this, if you're interested, by adding Age: -32768 to the item entitiy NBT)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.18
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as dddd-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 10 KB
- Download link checked 26 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.