About Selective Keep Inventory
From ModrinthPer-player keep inventory for vanilla Minecraft. Give keep inventory to selected players only instead of the whole server.
Selective Keep Inventory
Selective Keep Inventory is a lightweight vanilla datapack for Minecraft Java Edition that enables keep inventory for specific players only.
Instead of enabling keepInventory for the entire world, this pack lets you choose exactly which players keep their items and XP after death.
Features
- Per-player keep inventory
- Per-player XP retention
- Fully server-side
- Vanilla datapack, no plugin or mod required
- Supports Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.2 to 1.21.11
How it works
Players with the keepinv tag keep their inventory and XP on death.
Players without the tag die normally and lose their inventory/XP as expected.
Commands
Enable for a player: /tag <player> add keepinv
Disable for a player: /tag <player> remove keepinv
Example: /tag Steve add keepinv
Fabric:
Player Keep Inventory
Server-side Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that enables keep-inventory only for selected players.
Command
/keepinventory <player|selector> <on|off|toggle|status>
Examples:
/keepinventory Steve on/keepinventory @a[team=vip] on/keepinventory Steve status
Installation
- Put the ZIP file into your world's
datapacksfolder - Run
/reload - Check with
/datapack list
Notes
This is a vanilla datapack, so it does not add a custom root command like /keepinv on Steve. Use the player tag system shown above.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 18 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.11.
Loaders
Runs on Data pack and Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Selective Keep 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 side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Data pack, Fabric
- 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
- 1.0.0, released 2026-03-29
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Data pack | 1.20.1 to 1.21.11 (18 versions) | 1.21.11 |
| Fabric | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 2 recorded builds of Selective Keep Inventory.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | 2026-03-29 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 1.20.1-1.21.11 | 2026-03-27 | 1.20.1 to 1.21.11 (18 versions) | Data pack |
Run Selective Keep 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.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Selective Keep Inventory as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Data packFabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.11 and 17 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorKadddor, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
