Keep Buffs on Death
by sssplay
Keep Buffs on Death lets players keep their active status effects after dying, so a fatal hit does not strip the buffs they had built up.
What it does
Before death, players inherit a set of status effects through the mod, and those effects carry over into survival. The mod cancels the fatal damage in a qualifying case and teleports the player to the overworld spawn point, which takes the place of dying in the usual way. Effects are kept for a limited number of deaths, and once that cap is reached the player dies normally.
The cap and related rules are set in the game rules menu. Because the mod works by canceling fatal damage, some in-game events may not behave as they do in vanilla, and the mod depends on a death trigger being present. Installation needs Forge for Minecraft 1.20.1; the environment is server-side only, so players join without installing it. The files are released under the BSD 2-Clause License, which is not open source.
Key features
Carried-over effects
Active status effects are kept through death, so a player does not restart survival with a clean slate.
Fatal damage canceled
A lethal hit is canceled and the player is teleported to the overworld spawn point instead of dying.
Configurable death cap
The number of protected deaths is set in the game rules menu, and the player dies normally once it is reached.
Survival stat compatibility
The mod is said to work alongside survival stat mods such as thirst and stamina systems, though this is theoretical.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Keep XP on Death for Fabric is server-side only and open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, with builds for 1.19.4 – 1.20.4, so it targets a different loader and a different kind of progress. Keep Xp is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 only, server-side only and not open source under the MIT License, so it covers the same loader and version as this mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Buffs on Death | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-11-23 |
| Keep XP on Death | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-02-08 |
| Keep Xp | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-03-22 |
Questions
Does Keep Buffs on Death need to be on the client?
Is there a limit to how many times buffs are kept?
Can the mod be turned off?
In the catalog
Keep Buffs on Death is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod achieves the retention of various pre-death effects by canceling the fatal damage and teleporting the player to the Overworld spawn point when they take lethal damage — alternatively, you can regard it as a survival effect. Of course, this effect has a cap, and you will die once this cap is reached. The cap…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/keep-buffs-on-death
- Owner
- sssplay
- Published
- 2025-11-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15