About ReturnDeathItems - Gear Return After Death
From Steam WorkshopReturnDeathItems – Advanced Gear Return System for DayZ ReturnDeathItems is a lightweight server-side DayZ mod that safely restores a player’s gear after death while preserving item condition,…
ReturnDeathItems – Advanced Gear Return System for DayZ
ReturnDeathItems is a lightweight server-side DayZ mod that safely restores a player’s gear after death while preserving item condition, attachments, and full inventory structure.
Designed for community, hardcore, PvE, and heavily modded servers that need a reliable gear recovery system without duplication issues or broken inventories.
Features
- Restores player inventory after respawn or reconnect
- Full support for modded items and custom attachments
- Advanced nested inventory restoration
- Support for backpacks, vests, and containers
- Proper handling of ruined items and ruined containers
- Safely drops items near the player if inventory space is unavailable
- Anti-duplication protection system
- Improved corpse cleanup system
- Configurable return timeout
- Ability to enable item return for everyone or only selected SteamIDs
- Server-side only
- Returning vehicle/room keys with their correct assignment.
Preserves
- Weapon attachments
- Chambered ammunition
- Magazine ammo count
- Internal magazines
- Item condition and durability
- Wetness and temperature
- Battery charge and powered devices
- Liquid type and amount
- Food state (raw, baked, burned, dried, etc.)
- Blood type information
- Combination lock codes
Perfect For
- PvE servers
- Hardcore survival communities
- Custom economy and custom loot servers
- High population servers
- Heavily modded servers with custom weapons and items
Run as: -serverMod=@ReturnDeathItems - Gear Return After Death;
Mod version: v1.4.5
💬 Discord Support: https://discord.gg/rjNCsdAaHY
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 5 mo ago.
ReturnDeathItems - Gear Return After Death on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- DayZ — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2026-06-02, released 2026-06-02
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of ReturnDeathItems - Gear Return After Death.
Run ReturnDeathItems - Gear Return After Death on a DayZ server
Deploy a server above, then upload the file in Files.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Compatibility
- Game
- DayZ
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
- ✓Authorlokowgw, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
