Increasing Item Scatter for a Greater Death Challenge

For survival worlds or custom servers looking to increase difficulty, Drop Spread 2 can launch dropped items significantly farther than the standard game allows, turning inventory recovery into a difficult search.

Setting a Wider Spread Radius

The mod accepts spread values up to 10, where higher numbers propel items outward with much greater force.

1. Open your chat prompt with cheats or operator permissions active.

2. Enter the command /gamerule dropSpread2 <value>, substituting <value> with any number between 1 and 10.

3. For the maximum possible scatter, type /gamerule dropSpread2 10 and submit the command.

Gameplay Consequences of High Spread

At high values like 5 or 10, items are launched with intense velocity when a player dies:

• Gear will travel far beyond the immediate death point.
• In open terrain, items can land tens of blocks away, forcing players to scour the surrounding landscape.
• In cave systems or near ravines, items are much more likely to be propelled into crevices, subterranean caves, or lava pools.

Use higher settings when you want dying to carry a severe penalty for carelessness.