Shield of Undying

The shield is made at a smithing table, using a gold bar, a regular shield and a totem item as its ingredients. Once it is held, a fatal hit does not end the player's life: the shield pops up and applies the effects a totem would, including Regeneration II for 40 seconds, Fire Resistance for 40 seconds and Absorption II for 5 seconds. The shield also blocks attacks the way an ordinary shield does, so it works both as a normal shield and as a death safeguard.

The mod is built for survival worlds and multiplayer servers, where it gives players a second chance against sudden deaths without changing other rules. Its shield model is adapted from a gold-themed spruce shield design by another creator, adopted from the second release on. The server must run the mod, while players may leave it out and still join. It is licensed under the MIT License and is not open source, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 1.21.2 – 26.3 and snapshot builds included.