A question about item persistance

[kerbobotat 0]

I was just wondering about the persistance of things like backpacks, if I drop a backpack on a server, does it stay there until the server restarts/Someone else finds it? I was having daydreams today at work about hiding stashes of loot in some places for easy storage.

[starvymarvy781 0]

Items on the ground WILL despawn, but idk about backpacks..

[bigvalco 0]

Items on the ground WILL despawn' date=' but idk about backpacks..

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Backpacks do not despawn like other items do.

[Yourself 2]

Backpacks despawn after a server restart though. Afaik the only persistant storage possibility are tents, which stay in the game world for three days.