child-friendly-keepinventory
by DeeKahy
Child Friendly Keep Inventory is a Fabric server mod that lets operators decide, per player, whether that player keeps items and experience after dying.
What it does
Operators can turn keep inventory on or off for individual players, even when the world's keepInventory game rule is set to the opposite. Some players want their drops kept after death while others want vanilla death rules, and this mod lets one server serve both without changing the game rule for everyone. Each player's setting is stored by UUID, so it survives restarts and name changes.
Only operators with permission level 2 can change these settings, so players cannot alter their own behavior. Operators manage the overrides with the ikeepinv commands: set and get for a player, clear to fall back to the default, default to choose the value for players without an override, and list to see every override. Since the mod runs on the server alone, vanilla clients join without installing anything. It requires Fabric API and is released under the MIT License as open source.
The jar is installed in the server's mods folder. The mod is listed for Fabric only, with a single version, 26.2, and its latest file is 1.0.0 for 26.2, dated 2026-07-03.
Key features
Per-player keep inventory
Keep inventory can be enabled or disabled for each player independently of the world-wide game rule.
Operator-only control
Only operators at level 2 can change a player's setting, so players cannot grant themselves or others the option.
Persistent settings
Overrides are saved by UUID and remain in place across server restarts and player name changes.
Default and clear commands
A server-wide default covers players without an override, and clearing an override returns a player to that default.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Individual Keep Inventory Refabricated is server-side only, under the MIT License, but is not open source and is published only for 26.2. Individual Keep Inventory (Updated) is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21.2 – 26.2. Individual Keep Inventory Fork is open source under the MIT License for 1.21.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| child-friendly-keepinventory | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-03 |
| Individual Keep Inventory Refabricated | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-06 |
| Individual Keep Inventory (Updated) | Fabric | 1.21.2 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-23 |
| Individual Keep Inventory Fork | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-04-20 |
Questions
Does Child Friendly Keep Inventory need Fabric API?
Does a player need the mod installed to use it?
Can players change their own keep inventory setting?
Do overrides survive a server restart?
In the catalog
child-friendly-keepinventory is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,930 Management mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Child Friendly Keep Inventory is a server side Fabric mod that lets operators enable keep inventory for individual players. Each player keeps or drops their items and XP on death based on their own setting, no matter what the keep_inventory gamerule is set to. Players cannot change it themselves, only ops can…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/child-friendly-keepinventory
- Owner
- DeeKahy
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15