Items Dropped from Dead Players Should Not Be Destroyed

Death is too punishing in Minecraft. Although your items drop when you die, they only last for 5 minutes, and they may be destroyed by fire, lava, the void, cacti, explosions, etc.
You may lose all your hard-earned gear forever if a creeper happens to explode after you die, and then just stop playing because grinding the gear back is too boring.
Almost no game has a harsher punishment system than this, not even Souls-like games.

So here’s my suggestion:

• Items dropped from a dead player will last 30 minutes

• They can’t be destroyed by any source (including lava, cacti, etc.)

• They will have a glowing effect so they’re easier to find

• They will be teleported to y = 0 and float in the air if they fall into the void

• Other players can still pick up your items, so this doesn’t affect PvP

Dying is still punishing, but you won’t lose all your progress just because you were unlucky.