My friend dropped items in the ocean and when I tried to make room to pick the items up they disappeared, it happened when I died in the ocean too. I went from spawn back to where I died and my stuff was gone, there was no lava so it didn't get burned.
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Yeah, but I wasn't gone that long if I dropped items when mining they would still be there 20-30 minutes later when i come back.
It depends on whether the chunks are loaded. Items in loaded chunks despawn after 5 minutes. If chunks are not loaded (i. e. in another dimension or very far from player) this counter is stopped until player gets in range.
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How long between you death and return to the dropped items?