Players can spend experience points to purchase the ability to protect an individual inventory or armor slot, which will ensure that the items in those slots are preserved after death.
Players can select which slots will be protected, whether one of the 36 main inventory slots, one of the armor slots (Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots), the off-hand (OffHand), or any combination of the above.

This system is designed to make the survival experience more strategic, as players must carefully consider how to spend their XP. They must also decide which items to ‘purchase’ slots for, since items in unprotected slots can still be lost on death, ensuring that losing unprotected items carries a risk.