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How to keep your inventory on death in Rust

Type server.dropitems False in the server console so players keep their items instead of dropping their inventory when they die.

server.dropitems

Toggles whether players drop their inventory when they die.

server.dropitems <True|False>

Examples

server.dropitems False

Players keep their items on death.

Values

ValueWhat it does
TrueDefault Items drop on death
False Players keep their items

Arguments

stateRequired
True to drop items on death, False to keep them.

What it does

With it off, players keep their items on death, which some PvE and training servers use. Normal survival servers leave it on.

The game's own description: Whether items drop to the ground from a player's inventory when they die; disable to prevent item drops on death

Run it on your server

Type it in the server console or send it over RCON; admins can also use the F1 console in game. To keep a setting, run server.writecfg after changing it, or put it on the launch line as +name value.

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