
Keep Inventory Orbs
A cross-platform fully server-side approach to the gravestone concept introducing 'orbs' to store your inventory upon death.
Cross-platform, compatible with Minecraft Bedrock Players!
(as long as the datapack/mod is installed on a Java server)
Upon death:
- An Orb will spawn that will keep your inventory safe. [Incompatible with Backpack mods]
- A compass to help you locate your last orb will be given to you. [Customizable]
Recovering Inventory:
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When an Orb is broken, it will attempt to restore its inventory only to its owner.
If the Orb's owner is not nearby (within 6 blocks), nothing will happen and the orb will not break.
Orb Stealing is [OFF] by default. To steal an Orb that is not yours, an Admin needs to enable it in the Menu [see below]
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Orbs will re-equip your armor and items exactly into the slot they were.
If the slot is occupied by something else, the item will drop in the player's position.
Orb behavior:
- Orbs will always spawn on the player's death position
- Orbs will spawn in the world's minimum height if the player dies in the void
- Orbs will never despawn.
- Orbs have gravity and will fall if they have no support.
- Orbs will move upwards if they are inside of a block.
- Orbs cannot be moved by pistons
Server-side advantages
If you are a server owner or admin, installing this datapack/mod into the server makes it work for everyone!
There is no need to install it on the client side!
Menu (for Server Admins)
The following command opens the built-in Chat Menu: _/function #keep_inventoryorbs:menu

Orb Stealing
Orb Stealing will enable all players to steal an Orb even if it is not theirs
Buttons:
- Toggle [ON/OFF] orb stealing for all players
Give Orb Recovery Compass
Toggles whether players will receive an orb recovery compass pointing towards their last orb after respawning
Buttons:
- Toggle [ON/OFF] orb recovery compass for all players
Player Actions
These actions will apply to yourself or to a specified
Buttons:
- Collect My Nearest Orb
- Collects your nearest orb within loaded chunks
- Collect All My Orbs
- Collects all your orbs within loaded chunks
- Collect From Compass
- Collects the orb nearest to the death location indicated by the orb recovery compass held in the player's hand, even in unloaded chunks.
Stats Management
Orbs keep 'Stats' with information about the player's death. These stats are kept even after the orbs are collected.
Buttons:
- Get Nearest Stats
- Shows the Stats from the nearest Stats/Orb
- Gives you options to:
- Show the inventory saved by the Stats/Orbs
- Collect/Destroy/Respawn specific Orbs
- Erase specific Stats
- Enable/Disible Visible Stats
- When enabled, shows particles locating Stats/Orb within 16 blocks, and points towards the nearest selected one
- Delete All Stats
- Counts all Stats/Orb in currently loaded chunks and deletes them
How to Install Keep Inventory Orbs (Datapack)
Keep Inventory Orbs by CreepermeYT is verified for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt across Minecraft versions 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.2, 1.21.2-pre1, 1.21.2-pre2, 1.21.3 (latest release: v1.4-mc1.21.x-26.3+mod, file size: 316 KB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.2, 1.21.2-pre1, 1.21.2-pre2, 1.21.3) and platform (Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt.
- Move the downloaded Keep Inventory Orbs file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacksfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
+ Add Version- Added 26.3 support
- Added [ME/<PLAYER>] to the Menu, easing the usage of menu commands to help another player.
- Added Collect From Compass menu button, which now loads the chunks at the indicated location of death by the orb recovery compass in the hand of the player running the commands, and collects their nearest orb from the death location.
- Orb ownership detection now uses the player's UUID instead of name, to ensure account renames do not affect orbs.
- The datapack/mod would not initialize properly until a player travelled between dimensions
- Added 26.3 support
- Added [ME/<PLAYER>] to the Menu, easing the usage of menu commands to help another player.
- Added Collect From Compass menu button, which now loads the chunks at the indicated location of death by the orb recovery compass in the hand of the player running the commands, and collects their nearest orb from the death location.
- Orb ownership detection now uses the player's UUID instead of name, to ensure account renames do not affect orbs.
- The datapack/mod would not initialize properly until a player travelled between dimensions
- Breaking an orb that contained lower xp level than the player's current xp level would override their higher xp level.
- The datapack/mod would not initialize properly on custom world dimensions.
- Increased max number of allowed stats loaded simulatenously to 1024.
- Breaking an orb that contained lower xp level than the player's current xp level would override their higher xp level.
- The datapack/mod would not initialize properly on custom world dimensions.
- Increased max number of allowed stats loaded simulatenously to 1024.
- Added 26.2 and 26.1 support
- Added 26.2 and 26.1 support
### Bugs Fixed:
- Paper servers were not updating their KeepInventory gamerule in the_nether and the_end dimensions, preventing the orbs from saving the player's inventory
### Bugs Fixed:
- Paper servers were not updating their KeepInventory gamerule in the_nether and the_end dimensions, preventing the orbs from saving the player's inventory
- Added 1.21.11 support
- Added a button to toggle whether players receive an Orb Recovery Compass after respawn to the menu
- Added the "<PlayerName>'s Orb Recovery Compass" name to Orb recovery compasses and a short lore to explain its function
- Backpacks from backpack mods will no longer be cleared or erased (but they will not be saved into orbs either)
- Menu would not open on newer MC versions
- Added 1.21.11 support
- Added a button to toggle whether players receive an Orb Recovery Compass after respawn to the menu
- Added the "<PlayerName>'s Orb Recovery Compass" name to Orb recovery compasses and a short lore to explain its function
- Backpacks from backpack mods will no longer be cleared or erased (but they will not be saved into orbs either)
- Menu would not open on newer MC versions
- Added 1.21.6 & 1.21.7 support
- Added 1.21.6+ menu support
- Added /function #keep_inventory_orbs:menu function tag to open menu
- Added 'Orb Stealing' capability & menu option
- Added a Load Message including datapack version
- Increased collect distance to 6 blocks
- Malformed JSON to check the minecraft version
- Added 1.21.6 & 1.21.7 support
- Added 1.21.6+ menu support
- Added /function #keep_inventory_orbs:menu function tag to open menu
- Added 'Orb Stealing' capability & menu option
- Added a Load Message including datapack version
- Increased collect distance to 6 blocks
- Malformed JSON to check the minecraft version
- Actual 1.21.5 support
- Orbs will now show the name of its owner
- New 'Collect' options on the Menu:
- 'Collect My Nearest Orb'
- 'Collect All My Orbs'
- Orbs will no longer be solid glass blocks
- Orbs will now be considered as Stats as well
- New Orb format (auto-updates old format)
- Compasses would not always get deleted after an orb is collected
- Pistons used to be problematic and nearby glass would get broken
- Actual 1.21.5 support
- Orbs will now show the name of its owner
- New 'Collect' options on the Menu:
- 'Collect My Nearest Orb'
- 'Collect All My Orbs'
- Orbs will no longer be solid glass blocks
- Orbs will now be considered as Stats as well
- New Orb format (auto-updates old format)
- Compasses would not always get deleted after an orb is collected
- Pistons used to be problematic and nearby glass would get broken