Yes it will take a bit of effort to get mods working. The whole point of mods is to allow options that players want which the devs are unlikely to accomodate in a timely manner.

This would be one of them. The grave mod lets you keep some or all of your stuff when you die, depending on how you configure it. So you could keep your food lets say for an easier run. Or keep just equipped stuff. Or both. Or everything.