Don’t Despawn My Precious
A lightweight, tag-based QoL mod that prevents truly precious items from despawning.
This mod protects only a small, carefully chosen set of high-value vanilla items by default.
Everything else is fully opt-in via datapacks — modpack authors stay in control.
✨ What It Does
- Item entities with the
preciousprotect:precious tag will not despawn over time
- Only affects natural despawn
- Does not interfere with:
- Fire, lava, cactus, void
- Explosions
- Item pickup, merging, or hoppers
If an item is destroyed by the world, it’s still destroyed.
🏆 Default Protected Items
By default, the tag includes a small set of genuinely painful-to-lose vanilla items, such as:
- Elytra
- Nether Star
- Dragon Egg
- Totem of Undying
- Trident
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- Beacon
- Heart of the Sea
- Wither Skeleton Skull
- Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
The list is intentionally conservative.
🧩 Modpack Friendly (Datapack-Driven)
This mod is 100% tag-based.
Modpack authors can easily extend protection via datapacks:
data/preciousprotect/tags/items/precious.json