LazyMC No Death XP Drop
by CRAZYLAZYAZY
LazyMC No Death XP Drop stops players from dropping experience orbs when they die, regardless of the keepInventory gamerule.
What it does
On death, the mod prevents the player's experience from spawning as orbs, so a character who dies loses no XP to the ground. The behavior works independently of keepInventory, which means the gamerule can stay off while experience is still kept. The change is made through one mixin attached to the server player's death handler.
The mod closes a loophole in which a player could die, walk back to the dropped orbs and pick them up again, re-triggering addExperience and inflating the lifetime total XP. With no orbs dropped, that repeat cannot occur. It pairs with Total Levels Tracker for servers that count lifetime experience.
The mod is published for Fabric only, with a single build for 1.21.11, and is released under the MIT License as open source. Installation needs nothing beyond dropping the file into the mods folder, and there is no configuration file to set up. Both the server and every player need the mod, because the death handler runs on the server and clients must match it.
Key features
Zero XP orbs on death
A player who dies never drops experience orbs, so the XP is not left on the ground for anyone to collect.
Independent of keepInventory
The behavior does not depend on the keepInventory gamerule, so experience protection can be set without changing item drops.
Single mixin
The change is applied through one mixin on the server player's death handler, keeping the modification narrow.
Lifetime XP protection
Blocking orb pickup after death stops the repeated re-collection that would otherwise inflate lifetime total XP.
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 players on Fabric who want death to leave experience intact on the ground and do not want XP to be picked up again after a death.
How it compares
Keep Inventory Nerf is a Fabric mod for client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source, with files for 1.21.9 – 26.3. areaKeepInventory is server-side only, open source under the Apache License 2.0 and covers 1.21.11 – 26.1.2. Personal Rules is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric and Quilt for 1.21.4 – 1.21.8. This mod is open source under the MIT License, client and server, and Fabric only for 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LazyMC No Death XP Drop | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| Keep Inventory Nerf | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-04 |
| areaKeepInventory | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-03-31 |
| Personal Rules | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-06-29 |
Questions
Does LazyMC No Death XP Drop need keepInventory turned on?
Does the server need the mod, or can players join without it?
Which loader and version does it support?
In the catalog
LazyMC No Death XP Drop 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
Players never drop XP orbs on death — independent of the keepInventory gamerule. Pairs with Total Levels Tracker: without this mod, dying and walking back to pick up your own dropped orbs would re-trigger addExperience() and inflate the lifetime total for XP that was never actually new. This closes that loophole at…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/lazymc-no-death-xp-drop
- Owner
- CRAZYLAZYAZY
- Published
- 2026-07-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15