Keep Equipment
Hate losing your gear when you die? This mod is essentially a keep inventory mod, but you can configure what you can loose or not loose.
About this Mod
Keep Equipment
Never lose your precious equipment to lava, void, or creepers again!
Perfect for players who want to reduce death frustration while maintaining full control over difficulty balance.
Key Features
What You Can Keep
Hotbar - All items or just tools/weapons (your choice)
Offhand - Shield, totem, or whatever you're holding
Main Inventory - All 3 inventory rows
Experience - Keep all, keep percentage, or lose all
Potion Effects - Keep all active buffs and debuffs
Quality of Life
Toggle Keybind - Press 'K' to enable/disable anytime
Death Messages - See exactly what you kept
No New Blocks - Pure gameplay mod
Lightweight - Minimal performance impact
Default Behavior
Out of the box, Keep Equipment keeps everything:
- All armor pieces
- All hotbar items
- Offhand item
- Main inventory (rows 1-3)
- All XP
- All potion effects
Available Versions
How to Install Keep Equipment on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.12.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Keep Equipment". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.12.2
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Keep Equipment server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.12.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Keep Equipment compatible with forge?
Keep Equipment officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.12.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Keep Equipment – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Keep Equipment consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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