# Always Drop Loot<\/p>\n
An unofficial Fabric update of **Always Drop Loot** for the full Minecraft `1.21.x` line, including `1.21` through `1.21.11`.<\/p>\n
In vanilla Minecraft, many mobs only drop experience and some loot-table results when they are considered to have been killed by a player. That means falls, lava, suffocation, campfires, drowning, entity cramming, and other environmental deaths often reduce or remove rewards.<\/p>\n
This mod changes that behavior so passive farms and automation setups can still receive the drops you would normally expect from a player kill.<\/p>\n
## What the mod does<\/p>\n
– Makes mobs able to drop XP even when they die without a direct player kill.
\n– Lets you control how much XP non-player kills should give.
\n– Lets you control how the `killed_by_player` loot condition behaves.
\n– Works in singleplayer and on Fabric servers.
\n– Stores configuration per world through gamerules instead of a config screen.<\/p>\n
In practice, this means farms based on fall damage, lava blades, environmental traps, or other automatic kill methods can still drop XP and loot depending on the rules you choose.<\/p>\n
## Requirements<\/p>\n
– Minecraft Java Edition `1.21` to `1.21.11`
\n– Fabric Loader
\n– Fabric API
\n– Java 21<\/p>\n
## Installation<\/p>\n
1. Install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
\n2. Install Fabric API for the same version.
\n3. Put the mod jar in your `mods` folder.
\n4. Start the game or server.<\/p>\n
This mod is server-side in practice, so it is useful both in singleplayer and on dedicated servers.<\/p>\n
## Configuration<\/p>\n
The mod is configured with gamerules. Because they are world-specific, each save or server can have different behavior.<\/p>\n
If cheats are disabled in a singleplayer world, you can temporarily enable access to gamerules by opening the world to LAN with cheats enabled.<\/p>\n
### `always-drop-loot:always_drop_xp`<\/p>\n
Controls whether mobs may drop XP when they die without being killed by a player.<\/p>\n
Default:<\/p>\n
“`mcfunction
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:always_drop_xp true
\n“`<\/p>\n
Behavior:<\/p>\n
– `true`: mobs can still drop XP when death happens by environment or automation.
\n– `false`: vanilla-style XP behavior.<\/p>\n
### `always-drop-loot:passive_xp_modifier`<\/p>\n
Controls the XP multiplier for mobs that die **without** a player kill.<\/p>\n
Default:<\/p>\n
“`mcfunction
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:passive_xp_modifier 1.0
\n“`<\/p>\n
Behavior:<\/p>\n
– `1.0`: non-player kills drop the mob’s normal XP amount.
\n– `0.5`: non-player kills drop half XP.
\n– `0.0`: non-player kills drop no XP.
\n– `2.0`: non-player kills drop double XP.<\/p>\n
This value only affects deaths that were not credited to a player. It does not change normal player-kill XP.<\/p>\n
### `always-drop-loot:loot_drop_mode`<\/p>\n
Controls how loot tables interpret the `killed_by_player` condition.<\/p>\n
Default:<\/p>\n
“`mcfunction
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:loot_drop_mode ALWAYS_AS_PLAYER
\n“`<\/p>\n
Available values:<\/p>\n
– `ALWAYS_AS_PLAYER`: always treat the mob as if a player killed it.
\n– `NEVER_AS_PLAYER`: never treat the mob as a player kill.
\n– `VANILLA`: use normal vanilla behavior.
\n– `VANILLA_INVERSE`: invert vanilla behavior.<\/p>\n
This rule is what affects loot-table based drops that depend on `killed_by_player`.<\/p>\n
## Example setups<\/p>\n
Always drop normal XP and loot from automated farms:<\/p>\n
“`mcfunction
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:always_drop_xp true
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:passive_xp_modifier 1.0
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:loot_drop_mode ALWAYS_AS_PLAYER
\n“`<\/p>\n
Allow loot from farms, but reduce XP from automated kills:<\/p>\n
“`mcfunction
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:always_drop_xp true
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:passive_xp_modifier 0.5
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:loot_drop_mode ALWAYS_AS_PLAYER
\n“`<\/p>\n
Keep vanilla loot logic, but still allow some XP from passive farms:<\/p>\n
“`mcfunction
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:always_drop_xp true
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:passive_xp_modifier 0.5
\n\/gamerule always-drop-loot:loot_drop_mode VANILLA
\n“`<\/p>\n
## Compatibility<\/p>\n
This fork was updated specifically for the Minecraft `1.21.x` series and tested against the compatibility range from `1.21` through `1.21.11`.<\/p>\n
Because Mojang and Fabric changed internal APIs several times within that version line, this fork includes compatibility work so the same mod jar can run across the full range.<\/p>\n
## Credits<\/p>\n
Full credit for the original mod concept, implementation, and open-source release goes to **sargunv**.<\/p>\n
– Original author profile: https:\/\/modrinth.com\/user\/sargunv
\n– Original mod page: https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/always-drop-loot<\/p>\n
This updated fork exists to keep the mod usable on newer Fabric `1.21.x` versions while preserving the original idea and behavior as closely as possible.<\/p>\n
## License<\/p>\n
This fork continues to respect the original project’s `Apache-2.0` license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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