Don't Despawn My Precious

Make items with certain tag not despawn naturally

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

The Don't Despawn My Precious Team

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Minecraft modder building compat, gameplay systems, and mob behavior — designed for modpacks. Mainly develop on 1.20.1 Forge. Can support 1.21.1 Neoforge, 1.20.1 Fabric, 1.21.1 Fabric.

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