Death Sorter
by MathiewMay
After a death, Death Sorter returns the player's items to the slots they occupied before, including armor and offhand, when they pick them up again.
What it does
When a player dies, the items drop as usual and can be destroyed or despawn, as in vanilla. Once the player retrieves them, the mod places each item back into the slot it held before death, with armor and offhand slots included, provided that slot is still empty. Items whose slots are already occupied go into the remaining free space. Death Sorter is shipped as a data pack, so it does not change vanilla item handling beyond inventory placement.
Installation needs Architectury API on every loader. The mod is server required and client optional: the server must run it, while players may leave it out. It is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is not open source. Files cover 1.20.1 and 1.21 – 26.2, with 0.0.4 as the latest build.
Key features
Slot restoration
Each retrieved item returns to the slot it occupied before the player died, including armor and offhand slots.
Vanilla-friendly behavior
Drops, risk of destruction and despawning work as they do in vanilla, with only the placement on pickup changed.
Occupied slot fallback
If a previous slot is already filled, the item goes into the remaining free space instead of replacing anything.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Death Item Chest is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 26.1.2 only, with client and server installs and an MIT License; it is not open source. Automatic Sorter is open source under the GNU General Public License v2.0 only, runs on Fabric and Forge for 1.19.2 – 1.21.11, and is installed on both client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Sorter | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-26 |
| Death Item Chest | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-14 |
| Automatic Sorter | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-04-10 |
Questions
Does Death Sorter require Architectury API?
In the catalog
Death Sorter is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Death Sorter is a vanilla-friendly datapack that automatically restores your inventory layout when picking up your items after death. When a player dies, their items are dropped as usual, with the risk of being destroyed or despawning. Upon retrieving their items, they are placed in the same slot they were in before…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/death-sorter
- Owner
- MathiewMay
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15