Configurable Death
by CalaMariGold
Configurable Death lets server owners choose which parts of the inventory, hunger, durability and experience are kept or lost when a player dies.
What it does
Death handling is set in the config. The mod can keep the entire inventory, or only the armor, hotbar, mainhand, offhand or main inventory. Kept items can lose durability, and dropped items can lose durability too, so both can be tuned separately. Experience drops can be set as a percentage of the amount the player had, along with the share of dropped experience that can be recovered.
Hunger is handled in the same way. A player can keep the hunger level and saturation, and a minimum and maximum hunger level can be set for the respawn. The mod is described by its author as a spiritual successor to Corpse Complex for modern Minecraft, and it is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. It requires Forge and runs on the client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 across nine release versions, and the latest file is 1.20.1-1.0.3 for 1.20.6.
Key features
Inventory keep settings
Entire inventory, armor, hotbar, mainhand, offhand and main inventory can each be kept on death.
Durability on death
Separate durability loss values apply to kept items and to dropped items.
Experience drop settings
The percentage of experience dropped on death and the recoverable share of dropped experience are both configurable.
Hunger settings
Hunger and saturation can be kept, with minimum and maximum hunger levels that can be set.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Keep Xp is a server-side only mod for Forge 1.20.1 under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Corpse Complex is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, for 1.10.2 – 1.16.5, and it needs both the client and server. Keep On Chance (keepinventory) is server-side only, for 1.19.2 – 1.21.4, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Configurable Death | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-12-15 |
| Keep Xp | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-03-22 |
| Corpse Complex | Forge | 1.10.2 – 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2023-02-14 |
| Keep On Chance (keepinventory) | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2026-01-11 |
Questions
Does Configurable Death need to be installed on both sides?
Which Minecraft versions does Configurable Death support?
Can a server keep hunger on death?
In the catalog
Configurable Death is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,698 Management mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
Similar mods
What the author says
Durability loss settings - Durability lost on kept items - Durability lost on dropped items Experience drop settings - Percent of XP dropped - Percent of recoverable dropped XP
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/configurable-death
- Owner
- CalaMariGold
- Published
- 2024-01-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15