Gamemode
Survival
Title More Ways to Protect Valuable Items in Survival
Description of suggestion
Could we introduce more ways for players to unlock Private Vaults (/pv), or provide other options for protecting valuable items?
Among the existing options, ender chests are inconvenient to carry around because players need a Silk Touch pickaxe to pick them up intact. However, a Silk Touch pickaxe can be valuable itself, and players risk losing it upon death. Shulker boxes are more convenient, but they can be destroyed by fire or lava if dropped after death.
Perhaps we could introduce a new feature similar to the Secure Container system in Escape from Tarkov.
For example, players could have a small number of special inventory slots that are protected from item loss upon death. Items placed in these slots would remain with the player after death, while the rest of their inventory would still drop normally.
This would give players a way to protect a few important items without completely removing the risk of losing their inventory.
Possible side effects of suggestion
This could improve the player experience by encouraging players to explore more freely, without constantly worrying about losing their most valuable items to environmental hazards such as fire or lava.
At the same time, since only a limited number of inventory slots would be protected, the penalty for dying would not be completely removed. Players would still risk losing everything outside those protected slots.
However, the number of protected slots would need to be carefully balanced to prevent the system from making survival too forgiving.