Better Looting
by MoHuia
With Better Looting installed, dropped items no longer flood the inventory when a player walks over them, and a floating list lets the player pick only what they want.
What it does
Better Looting replaces the vanilla way dropped items are collected. Walking near loot opens a floating window that lists the items on the ground, and a player browses it with the mouse wheel and takes items one at a time or all at once with the F key. The window can be moved, resized and made more or less transparent. Stacks display visually, and a single pickup can take up to 64 items from a stack.
The mod sorts the list so rarer items appear at the top, and a filter mode hides common junk such as cobblestone and dirt by default. Players toggle the filter with the Left Alt key and open a filter panel to build their own whitelist and blacklist. The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code and issue tracker are public. It targets 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with files for both versions. Client and server both need it.
Key features
Floating item window
Dropped items appear in a floating list when the player approaches, instead of filling the inventory.
Pickup by selection
Browse the list with the mouse wheel and press F to take the highlighted item, or hold F to grab nearby items.
Rarity sorting
Rarer items such as tools and armor are placed near the top of the list so valuable loot stands out.
Filter and custom lists
A default filter hides common blocks, and a whitelist and blacklist let players decide which items stay visible.
Adjustable window
The floating window's placement, dimensions and opacity can be adjusted so it does not cover the part of the screen a player needs.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want to choose loot selectively instead of collecting everything, and server owners who run a shared world where dropped items pile up.
How it compares
Just Enough Pickups is Fabric-only, covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and is not open source under All rights reserved. FiltPick runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.16.5 – 1.21.11, with the same client and server environment and an open source license under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only. CarbonFLTR is client-side only and open source is not claimed; it is published for Fabric alone, for 1.21 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Looting | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
| Just Enough Pickups (JEP) | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-14 |
| FiltPick | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-07 |
| CarbonFLTR | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-09-08 |
Questions
Does Better Looting need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders are supported?
Can the mod hide junk items?
In the catalog
Better Looting is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Say no to "vacuum cleaner" looting and experience immersive RPG-style loot management. Better Looting completely overhauls Minecraft's dropped item interaction mechanics. When you approach dropped items, they will no longer automatically fill your inventory. Instead, they are displayed in an elegant HUD floating…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-looting
- Owner
- MoHuia
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15