Returning enchant

Mending is overpowered right? Dying, losing all your gear and having to grind for new ones also sucks right? What if there was an enchantment that rivals mending so that when you die, you keep that item a bit like curse of vanishing. It can't be added with mending or a cursed item but this means you don't have to grind for gear if you die in lava or in the void. If it must be needed in some way, it could be only obtainable with the recovery compass and maybe something with the end so you really have to explore for it and it won't be easy to obtain. Or it could just be a new book alike mending but you must choose between repairing your gear or keeping it after death. People who survive a lot and people who die a lot would both be covered for with this.