Death Item Protection

A lightweight PaperMC plugin that protects items dropped on player death from configurable damage causes such as explosions, lava, fire, and the void.

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Features

• Protects dropped items after a player's death
• Configurable protection using Bukkit/Paper DamageCause
• Optional protection for all dropped items
• Optional prevention of item despawning
• Optional removal of protection when an item is picked up
• Lightweight and easy to use

Supported damage causes

• ENTITY_EXPLOSION
• BLOCK_EXPLOSION
• LAVA
• FIRE
• FIRE_TICK
• VOID
• CONTACT

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Installation

1. Download the plugin .jar
2. Place it into your server's plugins/ folder
3. Start or restart the server

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Configuration

Example config.yml

protect_all_items: false

prevent_despawn: false

remove_protection_on_pickup: true

protect_against:
  - "ENTITY_EXPLOSION"
  - "BLOCK_EXPLOSION"
  - "LAVA"
  - "FIRE"
  - "FIRE_TICK"
  - "VOID"
  - "CONTACT"

Settings

Option	Description
protect_all_items	Protects all dropped items instead of only death drops
prevent_despawn	Prevents protected items from disappearing after 5 minutes
remove_protection_on_pickup	Removes the protection tag when an item is picked up
protect_against	List of damage causes that should not destroy protected items

Restart the server after changing the configuration.

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Compatibility

• PaperMC 1.21.11

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.