Item Guard
by nenuu91MOGS
Item Guard keeps items a player drops on death from being lost to outside damage for a set time on Fabric servers.
What it does
When a player dies, the items they drop are made invincible for a period, so damage from outside sources cannot destroy them. Items picked up again after being dropped are no longer protected. The mod is intended as an alternative to the keepInventory gamerule and can be used on servers that run a PvP aspect.
The invincibility time and the despawn time are both configurable, with a default of 30 minutes. Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing it. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source, and its files cover 1.20.1 only.
Key features
Protected death drops
Items dropped on death gain temporary immunity to most damage, so they survive until the player collects them.
Protection ends on pickup
Once an item is picked up after dropping, it loses its invincibility and behaves like a normal item.
Configurable timers
Both the invincibility time and the despawn time can be set, with a default of 30 minutes.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Item Guard need to be installed on the client?
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What the author says
This mod is intended to serve as an alternative to the keep inventory gamerule. If a player dies, and items drop, the items will be invincible to all outside damage.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/item-guard
- Owner
- nenuu91MOGS
- Published
- 2026-04-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15