From 4210463505cdaa10901140a1d4f3f7481a5a87dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nassim Jahnke <nassim@njahnke.dev>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:56:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't return null item in compound tag reading

---
 .../v1_20_3to1_20_5/rewriter/BlockItemPacketRewriter1_20_5.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_20_3to1_20_5/rewriter/BlockItemPacketRewriter1_20_5.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_20_3to1_20_5/rewriter/BlockItemPacketRewriter1_20_5.java
index 56df2e4c7..e2b525285 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_20_3to1_20_5/rewriter/BlockItemPacketRewriter1_20_5.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_20_3to1_20_5/rewriter/BlockItemPacketRewriter1_20_5.java
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ public final class BlockItemPacketRewriter1_20_5 extends ItemRewriter<Clientboun
     private Item itemFromTag(final UserConnection connection, final CompoundTag item) {
         final String id = item.getString("id");
         if (id == null) {
-            return null;
+            return StructuredItem.empty();
         }
 
         final int itemId = StructuredDataConverter.removeItemBackupTag(item, unmappedItemId(id));