Grounded Items
by Alynexe
Grounded Items changes how dropped items behave in Minecraft, so they rest on surfaces instead of floating and spinning.
What it does
Dropped items settle onto the ground rather than hovering and rotating in place, which the author describes as a way to make dropped items feel more physical while keeping the system simple and lightweight. Players drop an item with the drop key as usual, walk up to it, and right-click to collect it. Pickup is manual, so items are not gathered automatically when a player walks nearby. The mod runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Builds exist for Fabric only, for 1.21.11, and the latest file is 1.0.0-alpha.3 under the MIT License. The code is not open source.
Key features
Resting dropped items
Items that are dropped lie on surfaces instead of floating and spinning in the air.
Manual pickup
Dropped items are collected only by a right-click, so nothing is taken from the ground automatically.
Drop and collect
Items are thrown with the normal drop key and picked up by aiming at them and right-clicking.
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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.
Questions
Does Grounded Items need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and game version does Grounded Items support?
In the catalog
Grounded Items is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Grounded Items changes the way dropped items behave in Minecraft. Instead of floating, spinning, and being collected automatically when you walk nearby, dropped items rest naturally on surfaces and must be right-clicked to pick up. The goal is to make dropped items feel more physical and intentional while keeping the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/grounded-items
- Owner
- Alynexe
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
