Fairer Death
Fairer Death replaces the all-or-nothing vanilla keepInventory rule with configurable options for which items a player keeps after dying.
What it does
Keeping items on death can be set by age, by chance, by slot category or by item tag. The FULL option keeps the whole inventory and experience, while AGE keeps only items held for a set number of ticks, and CHANCE rolls each item for a set probability of being kept. CATEGORIES limits the kept items to chosen slot groups such as the hotbar or armor, and TAG keeps only item IDs listed under the fairer death:keep item tag.
The mod is intended for players who find vanilla keepInventory too blunt, for modpack developers who want a middle ground between losing everything and keeping everything, and for server owners who set the rules for a multiplayer world. Because it is server-side only, players join without installing it, and the server alone decides which options apply. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Installation needs only the loader itself. Builds are published for Forge and NeoForge, with a version 1.0.0 file for 1.20.1 and one for 1.21.1, both dated 2026-08-09.
Key features
Full inventory keeping
The FULL option keeps the entire inventory and experience when a player dies, matching vanilla keepInventory.
Age-based keeping
Only items that have been held for a configured number of ticks survive death.
Chance-based keeping
Each item rolls a set probability of being kept, so some items may be lost at random.
Category and tag selection
Keep the hotbar, armor or inventory slots by category, or keep only items listed in a configurable tag.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack developers who want death penalties tuned in steps rather than set to keep everything or nothing.
How it compares
Death Locator is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and published for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1, so it covers an older range than Fairer Death. Echo of Death requires both client and server, is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and targets NeoForge 1.21.1 alone. Death Logger can run on either side or both and is open source under the MIT License for 1.21.3 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairer Death | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-08-09 |
| Death Locator | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-03-25 |
| Echo of Death | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-09 |
| Death Logger | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.3 – 26.2 | Client or server, optional | 2026-07-30 |
Questions
Does Fairer Death have to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Fairer Death support?
Can the kept items be limited to one category?
In the catalog
Fairer Death is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Fairer Death is a mod that exists to help more casual players and modpack developers alike. It offers configurable inventory keeping that gives more interesting options than vanilla keepInventory, without the game considering it a cheat. The mod offers these configuration options: \- FULL \- Vanilla keep inventory…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fairer-death
- Owner
- mistersecret312
- Published
- 2026-08-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15