Better Shulkers
by noramibu
Better Shulkers lets a player right-click a shulker box in hand to open it without placing it, and adds an automatic item collection system to boxes.
What it does
Shulker boxes gain an automatic pickup function: each box can be assigned a material, and it collects matching items dropped nearby. The assignment is made with a crafting recipe, or by applying a Material Collector enchantment at an anvil. A visual display on the box shows which material it has been given, so the setting can be checked without opening it.
The Material Collector enchantment can be found in librarian trades and in loot chests in the world, and it can be combined with a shulker box through an anvil. The mod also lets any shulker box be opened anywhere from the hand. Server owners get configuration options. The server is required, and the client is optional: players who join without the mod still see vanilla shulker boxes. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with server platforms Paper, Spigot, Purpur, Folia and Sponge also listed. Builds cover 1.21 – 26.2, with 13 release versions and the latest file mc26.2-2.0.0 for 26.2.
Key features
Automatic item collection
A shulker box assigned a material picks up matching items and stores them automatically.
Material assignment by recipe
A box is set up on a crafting table, with four obsidian blocks at the corners and the material item in the remaining slots.
Material assignment by enchantment
The Material Collector enchantment is applied to a shulker box at an anvil, combined with the desired material item.
Visual material display
The box shows the material it has been assigned, so the setting can be checked without opening it.
Open without placing
Right-clicking a shulker box held in hand opens its inventory, and it can be opened anywhere.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Shulkers In Bundles is open source under the MIT License, works on server and client, and is published for 1.21 – 26.3. Quick Shulker Boxes is not open source, is published for 1.21.2 – 26.3 under the MIT License, and also requires only the server. Cheaper Shulker Boxes is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.3 – 26.3, with a server-required environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Shulkers | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-16 |
| Shulkers In Bundles | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-26 |
| Quick Shulker Boxes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
| Cheaper Shulker Boxes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.3 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
Questions
Does Better Shulkers need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders support Better Shulkers?
How is a shulker box given a material?
In the catalog
Better Shulkers is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Recipe Method: - Place a shulker box in the center of a crafting table - Surround it with 4 obsidian blocks in the corners - Place the desired material item in the remaining 4 slots - This creates a shulker box that will automatically pick up that material Enchantment Method: - First, obtain the "Material Collector"…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-shulkers
- Owner
- noramibu
- Published
- 2025-07-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15