{"id":111787,"date":"2026-06-06T16:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/no-free-deaths\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:49:38","slug":"no-free-deaths","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/no-free-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"No Free Deaths: Better keepInventory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adds consequences to dying with `keepInventory`. Players don&#8217;t abuse death as a free teleport and hunger reset mechanic when they have no reason to.<\/p>\n<p>### Features<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Can be disabled per-player by admins<br \/>\n&#8211; Players will respawn at half hunger<br \/>\n&#8211; Players lose some or all XP on death<br \/>\n&#8211; Players lose Curse of Vanishing items on death (requires 1.20.5+)<br \/>\n&#8211; **Not enabled by default:** Players will respawn with less health<br \/>\n&#8211; Does nothing if `keepInventory` is disabled<br \/>\n&#8211; Pick whether players recover all their XP<\/p>\n<p>### Opt-out<\/p>\n<p>Players can be opted out of the consequences if they would prefer a more relaxed<br \/>\ngaming experience. Per-player opt-out means _everyone_ can play how they want<br \/>\nto. An admin must be the one to run the command.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`<br \/>\n\/execute as USERNAME run function no_free_deaths:cmd\/opt_out<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>### Configure<\/p>\n<p>Every penalty for death can be toggled individually:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`<br \/>\n\/function no_free_deaths:cmd\/toggle_drop_xp<br \/>\n\/function no_free_deaths:cmd\/toggle_curse_of_vanishing<br \/>\n\/function no_free_deaths:cmd\/toggle_respawn_hunger_penalty<\/p>\n<p>NOT ENABLED BY DEFAULT<br \/>\n\/function no_free_deaths:cmd\/toggle_respawn_health_penalty<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>The percentage of levels lost on death is set automatically when the data pack is loaded and will not be changed unless it is manually updated. 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