Despawn Blink

Despawn Blink makes dropped items blink when they are about to despawn, and the blinking speeds up as time runs out.

Features

• Items start blinking 20 seconds before they despawn (configurable, up to the full 5 minutes).
• Two styles: Flash (item disappears and reappears) and Pulse (item smoothly darkens, or glows in the dark).
• Blink speed ramps from 1 to 5 blinks per second.
• Optional: XP orbs blink too.
• Works with any item renderer that works with the vanilla one.

Accurate timing, even for items that were already on the ground!

Despawn Blink fixes that when it is also installed on the server:

Where you play · Timing
Singleplayer / LAN · Exact
Server with Despawn Blink · Exact (the server sends each item's real age and corrects it whenever it changes, e.g. when stacks merge)
Vanilla server · Timer only 100% accurate on items you saw dropped. Otherwise, its an estimate.

Server owners: installing it is optional and safe. Players without the mod can still join and
see nothing different. The server sends a few bytes per item, only to players that have the mod.

Configuration

Edit config/despawnblink.json, then restart:

{ "blinkStartSeconds": 20, "style": "FLASH", "blinkXpOrbs": false }

Credits

Inspired by ClearDespawn by StrikerRocker. Decided to remake it for new MC versions.