immediate_respawn

booleanJava 26.2 & Bedrock 26.32

Controls whether players respawn immediately after death, skipping the death screen. When true, you are instantly returned to your spawn point.

Enable immediate_respawn

Players respawn immediately with no death screen — instant return to spawn.

Java/gamerule immediate_respawn true

Bedrock/gamerule doimmediaterespawn true

Bedrock uses doimmediaterespawn (all-lowercase, no separators).

Players see the standard death screen with the option to respawn or return to title (default behavior).

Java/gamerule immediate_respawn false

Bedrock/gamerule doimmediaterespawn false

Default: false. Restore with /gamerule immediate_respawn false

Controls whether players respawn immediately after death, skipping the death screen. When true, you are instantly returned to your spawn point.

Does immediate_respawn work with keep_inventory?: Yes — both rules are independent. You can have immediate respawn with items kept.
What happened to doImmediateRespawn?: Renamed to immediate_respawn in Java snapshot 25w44a. Bedrock uses /gamerule doimmediaterespawn true.