Soulbound
Soulbound keeps selected items in a player's inventory after death, using an enchantment that marks gear to survive respawn.
What it does
Items carrying the Soulbound enchantment are not dropped when the player dies. On respawn each one is returned to the inventory slot it occupied before death. If that slot has been taken, the item goes to the nearest free slot, and if the inventory is full it is dropped near the player. Removed items are tracked so they cannot be duplicated.
The mod hooks into the game's player death and respawn handling through Mixin, and is written to leave other systems alone. It is a server-side only Fabric mod that requires Fabric API, so players join a server running it without installing anything. Files are published for 1.21.9, 1.21.10 and 1.21.11, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.11 as the latest build. The code is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and is open source.
Key features
Soulbound enchantment
An enchantment that can be applied to items so they stay with the player through death.
Slot restoration
Soulbound items return to the inventory slots they came from after the player respawns.
Fallback placement
When an original slot is occupied, the item is placed in an available slot or dropped near the player.
Duplication protection
Items removed from the inventory are tracked so that they cannot be copied on respawn.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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
Survival servers with harsh deaths
Server owners can keep valuable gear safe for players who opt to enchant it, without changing the rest of the death rules.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want certain items to survive death, and players who prefer to protect key gear with an enchantment rather than carry a backup chest.
How it compares
Death Effects is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, released under the MIT License and open source, so it changes what players see rather than what survives. Hollowing Demise is a client and server Fabric mod for 1.21.11 only, under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license and not open source. Adventurer's Respawns is a server-required Fabric mod for 1.21.4 – 26.3 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soulbound | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-06 |
| Death Effects | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-04 |
| Hollowing Demise | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2025-12-20 |
| Adventurer's Respawns | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Soulbound require Fabric API?
Does every player need Soulbound installed?
Which game versions does Soulbound support?
In the catalog
Soulbound is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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A Minecraft mod that adds a Soulbound enchantment, allowing items to persist through death and automatically return to the player upon respawning. When you die with Soulbound-enchanted items: 1. The mod saves all Soulbound items and their inventory positions 2. Items are removed from your inventory to prevent…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/soulbound-items
- Owner
- finley.of.the.woods
- Published
- 2025-12-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15