Always Open Chest (Fabric)
by MAXEL_VR
Always Open Chest lets chests, shulker boxes and ender chests open even when a block sits on top of them.
What it does
In vanilla Minecraft, a storage block is blocked from opening when another block is placed above it. This Fabric mod removes that restriction, so the container can be used from any position. It works for chests, shulker boxes and ender chests, and leaves every other vanilla behavior unchanged. The mod is a Fabric port of an earlier Forge version, and it covers game versions 1.20.1 – 1.21.11. Client and server both run it, so it must be installed on both sides.
Key features
Opens blocked storage
Chests, shulker boxes and ender chests open even when a block is placed on top of them.
Vanilla otherwise
Only the above-block restriction is removed; the rest of vanilla container behavior stays intact.
Lightweight Fabric mod
A small mod that adds no new items, blocks or screens, suited to compact storage builds and redstone rooms.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Always Open Chest need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Always Open Chest (Fabric) is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Always Open Chest removes the vanilla block-above restriction for storage blocks, so you can open chests, ender chests, and shulker boxes even when something is placed on top of them. This is a lightweight Fabric mod for 1.20-1.21.11 that keeps vanilla behavior intact everywhere else. It just makes storage setups…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/always-open-chest-fabric
- Owner
- MAXEL_VR
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15