Soulbound Enchantment

Soulbound

Soulbound adds a vanilla-style enchantment that lets specific equipment stay with you after death.

Instead of using keepInventory for your entire inventory, only items enchanted with Soulbound are protected.

Features

• Adds the Soulbound I enchantment
• Soulbound items return after death
• Items are restored to their original slot after respawning
• Works with weapons, tools, armor, Elytra, shields, and other normally enchantable equipment
• Preserves the original item, including durability, enchantments, custom names, lore, trims, and other item data
• Works without enabling vanilla keepInventory
• Server-side only

Getting Soulbound

Soulbound enchanted books can appear in Librarian trades, just like other enchanted books.

Soulbound does not appear in the enchanting table.

Once you get a Soulbound book, combine it with compatible equipment using an anvil.

For testing or admin use:

/function soulbound:give

How it works

If you die with a Soulbound sword in hotbar slot 1, it will return to hotbar slot 1 after you respawn.

The same applies to armor and offhand equipment.

For example:

• Soulbound sword → returns to the same hotbar slot
• Soulbound shield → returns to the offhand
• Soulbound chestplate → returns to the chest slot
• Items without Soulbound → are not protected

Curse of Vanishing

Soulbound and Curse of Vanishing are incompatible.

An item cannot have both enchantments at the same time.

Installation

1. Download the Soulbound .zip.
2. Place it inside your world’s datapacks folder.
3. Run:

/reload

if it does not load you may have to restart the World/Server

Do not install multiple versions of Soulbound at the same time.

Supported Version

Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11 For now…

Loader: Data Pack

No client-side mod or resource pack is required.

Beta Notice

Soulbound is currently in beta.

Bugs may still occur, including possible item, respawn, or performance issues. It is recommended to test the datapack before using it on an important world or server.

If you find a bug, please report what happened and how to reproduce it.