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How Do You Keep Items After You Die in Minecraft?

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Patrick ArmstrongBy Patrick Armstrong and othersJuly 30, 20242 Mins Read
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Item loss is sometimes inevitable inย Minecraft, especially from meeting one’s unfortunate end in lava (thanks, Mojang). There is, however, a way to keep a player’s inventory items upon death. Modifying this in-game effect could be a godsend for some, as losing one’s high-tier gear can break a playthrough. Not to mention,ย dropped items in Minecraftย will despawn if not picked up within five minutes, meaning players who die thousands of blocks away from spawn may have no chance of getting their inventory back. Thankfully, there’s an easy solution for toggling the option to keep your items after you die inย Minecraft.

Keeping Your Items After You Die in Minecraft

(Updated on July 30, 2024 – updated images and streamlined guidance)

The player drops their items after death in a narrow tunnel in Minecraft
Image Source: Mojang Studios via The Nerd Stash

The console commands you need to toggle item drop are the same for solo players and entire Minecraft servers. Changing this feature could be useful for various kinds ofย roleplaying Minecraft servers with playersย who do not want to go through the inconvenience of constantly losing their items to others.ย Here’s what you need to do:

  1. Open the game menu
  2. Enable cheats
  3. Load into a world and open the console
  4. Input the command “/gamerule keepInventory true“

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Inventory items will now never be lost upon death. No more dropping all your Netherite when things go sideways. Forย players who become more confident in the game and wish to turn this “item loss” option back on, use the command, “/gamerule keepInventory false” in the in-game console. This will revert the world’s settings to removing all items from one’s inventory upon death. Be sure to type the two commands above precisely as shown, as anyย Minecraft commands are case-sensitive. Now not even death can hold back your Minecraft adventures.

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Artist and writer with a lifelong love of video games. Their favorite games include Dead by Daylight, Meet Your Maker, and Project Zomboid.

Patrick Armstrong, August
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Artist and writer with a lifelong love of video games. Their favorite games include Dead by Daylight, Meet Your Maker, and Project Zomboid.

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