MagnetItemsLite
by Tracats787
MagnetItemsLite draws dropped items toward a player within a short range, so loot from mining and fights gathers without manual pickup.
What it does
Dropped items, including those from broken blocks, mob kills and opened chests, are pulled toward nearby players once they come within 5 blocks of them. The movement uses smooth, physics-based motion rather than snapping items instant to the player, and attracted items carry a bright outline until they are collected. The vanilla pickup delay is respected, and the attraction applies only in Survival and Adventure modes.
The radius is fixed at 5 blocks and cannot be changed, since the mod is built without a configuration file. It works in multiplayer, where the server runs the logic for every connected player. Mixins are used to keep it compatible with other Fabric mods, and the author states that its performance cost stays minimal even with many players online. Fabric API is required. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Released under the MIT License for 1.21 – 1.21.11, it has files for 12 release versions, and the latest build, 1.2.0, targets 1.21.11.
Key features
Automatic item attraction
Dropped items drift toward the player on their own, so loot from mining and fights is gathered without walking over each stack.
Glowing outline
Items being pulled in are highlighted with a bright outline, making it clear which drops are being collected.
Vanilla pickup delay
Items keep the normal pickup delay before they can be collected, so the mod does not change how quickly items become available.
Survival and Adventure only
The attraction is disabled in Creative and Spectator modes, where players usually do not need help collecting drops.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Mining runs
Broken blocks send their drops toward the miner, which keeps ore and stone collection in one spot during long sessions.
Multiplayer servers
The server handles the item movement for all connected players, so the same behavior applies to everyone on the server.
Who it’s for: Players who want less manual pickup in Survival and Adventure, and server owners who run Fabric servers and want the same behavior for every player without a configuration step.
Questions
Does MagnetItemsLite need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod as well as players?
Can the attraction radius be changed?
More from Tracats787
What the author says
A lightweight and elegant item magnet mod that automatically attracts nearby dropped items to you with smooth, physics-based movement. Does this work in multiplayer? Yes! The mod runs on the server, so it works for all players on a Fabric server.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/magnetitemslite
- Owner
- Tracats787
- Published
- 2026-01-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15