Better Furnaces & Chests
by BoboTweaks
Better Furnaces & Chests adds tiered furnaces and chests that smelt faster and store more items, with a scrollable inventory layout.
What it does
The mod adds a Copper Furnace that runs at 1.25x speed, and chests in four tiers: Iron Chest with 45 slots in a 9x5 grid, Gold Chest with 63 slots in 9x7, Diamond Chest with 81 slots in 9x9, and Netherite Chest with 99 slots in 9x11. Diamond chests require diamond tools to craft. Chests use a scrollable grid with sorting, stacking and searching built into the screen, and their lids animate when opened.
Balance values such as hardness are configurable, and the mod is tuned for performance. It is published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.20.1 and 1.21.11, and the code is open source under the MIT License. Client and server both need it, so a server and every player run the same build.
Key features
Tiered furnaces
A Copper Furnace smelts at 1.25x speed, giving an upgrade step before the mod's other furnace options.
Four chest tiers
Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite chests store 45, 63, 81 and 99 slots, each on a larger grid.
Scrollable inventory
Chests open a scrollable grid with built-in sorting, stacking and searching, so large inventories stay readable.
Animated lids
Chest lids animate when opened, a visual change that does not affect storage or access.
Configurable balance
Hardness and other values can be adjusted in the config, so server owners can set the pace of progression.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Large storage bases
Higher-tier chests reduce the number of containers a base needs when items pile up over a long survival run.
Who it’s for: Survival players who run out of chest space and server owners who want a tiered storage progression they can tune in the config.
How it compares
Curious Chests is also a Client and server mod, with Fabric, Forge and NeoForge files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License, but it is not open source. Lightweight Inventory Sorting is an open source Fabric mod for 1.20.6 – 26.3 and is client-side only, so players can join a server without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Furnaces & Chests | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-25 |
| Curious Chests | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
| Lightweight Inventory Sorting | Fabric | 1.20.6 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Better Furnaces & Chests need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does the mod support?
Can the Diamond Chest be crafted without diamond tools?
In the catalog
Better Furnaces & Chests is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Found in: ### v1.1.0 config/better-furnaces-and-chests.cfg. ### v1.2.0+ serverconfig/better-furnaces-and-chests-server.cfg. --- Made with ❤️ by BoboTweaks.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-furnaces-and-chests
- Owner
- BoboTweaks
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15