About Keep Some Modded Inventory
From ModrinthKeep only your equipment after you die. Compatible with most mods.
_Inspired by PuckiSilver's Keep Some Inventory datapack._
Keep Some Modded Inventory is an alternative to Minecraft's keepInventory: you can keep your equipment (swords, pickaxes, etc.), but your other items (food, torches, etc.) will drop on death. This means it is much easier to get back to your stuff, but dying still has a penalty. Additionally, it has some small QoL features to make dying less of a chore.
Features
_By default..._
- Vanilla and modded equipment will stay in your inventory when you die.
- Your resources will drop exactly where you died, with no splattering.
- Your items will never despawn.
- 100% of your experience will drop
_Additonally..._
- This mod uses dynamic predicates to decide whether an item should be dropped or not, meaning that it is automatically compatable with most modded tools and weapons.
- Compatabile with most gravestone mods.
- Compatabile with Accessories.
- Compatabile with YYZ's Backpack and Sophisticated Backpacks (backpacks will drop on death to prevent circumventing KSMI)
- Fully configurable!
Configuring
This mod can be configured in the mod menu, as well as with datapacks. Configuration properties
| Property | Description | Default | |--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------| | Mod enabled | Whether the mod is enabled. | true | | Keep enchantable items | When true, enchantable items not in the always_drop tag will be kept in inventory. | true | | Keep damageable items | When true, items with the max_damage component not in the always_drop tag will be kept in inventory. | true | | Keep equippable items | When true, items that can be equipped as armor or as an accessory not in the always_drop tag will be kept in inventory. | true | | Item velocity multiplier | How much items should be flung when you die. 1 is vanilla's default. | 0.1 | | Experience dropped | Percent of experience should be dropped when you die. Set to 0 to use Minecraft's calculations. | 1.0 | | Despawn time | Time in minutes that items dropped on death should last. Set to 0 to make them never despawn. | 0 |
Datapack configuration
Datapacks can be used to have full control over what items drop on death. KSMI provides two item tags: #keepsomemoddedinventory:never_drop and #keepsomemoddedinventory:always_drop. These tags take precidence over the predicates in the config. By default, tool items like the spyglass or compass are in the #never_drop tag and container items like the shulker box are in the #always_drop tag.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 12 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.11.
Loaders
Runs on NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Keep Some Modded Inventory on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server type needed
- NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.6, released 2026-10-30
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | 1.21.11 |
From 6 recorded builds of Keep Some Modded Inventory.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 2026-10-30 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.5 | 2026-08-23 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.4 | 2026-08-22 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.3 | 2026-07-30 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.2 | 2026-07-04 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.1 | 2026-05-22 | 1.21.1 to 1.21.11 (11 versions) | NeoForge |
Dependencies
- Optional: modrinth project jtmvUHXj (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Keep Some Modded Inventory on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- NeoForge
- Game versions
- 1.21.11 and 11 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-30Open ↗
- ✓Authormageowl, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree











