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Better With Backpacks

by UselessBullets

Better With Backpacks adds four tiers of portable storage for the b1.7.3 Beta release, from a 9-slot Leather Backpack up to a 27-slot Diamond Backpack.

BTA BabricClient and serverGNU General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen sourceb1.7.3

What it does

Each backpack tier holds more items than the one before it: the Leather Backpack has 9 slots, the Iron Backpack 15, the Gold Backpack 21 and the Diamond Backpack 27. Players carry extra inventory without building chests, which suits travel, mining trips and long stretches away from a base. The mod builds on HalpLibe, which must be installed alongside it.

The mod is a material-tiered storage addition for the Babric loader, built on a modified Babric and heavily reworked from Better Adventure. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Its code is under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code and issue tracker are public. It is published for b1.7.3 alone.

Key features

  1. Four backpack tiers

    Leather, Iron, Gold and Diamond backpacks, each with a larger slot count than the tier below it.

  2. Portable inventory

    A backpack carries its contents with the player, so storage is available away from any chest.

  3. Material progression

    Backpacks are tied to material tiers, so upgrading means crafting the next material level.

  4. Sized storage

    Slot counts of 9, 15, 21 and 27 let players choose capacity against crafting cost.

No per-version build data
Modrinth lists game versions for this project (b1.7.3), but the source data has no build per game version and loader, so the compatibility grid is not shown.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

HalpLibeHelper library for the "Better Than Adventure!" fork-mod.
Required

Use cases

Long trips

A backpack keeps spare tools and blocks on hand during exploration far from a base.

Who it’s for: Players of the b1.7.3 Beta on Babric who want more carried storage, and server owners who run the mod for everyone on a server.

How it compares

Full comparison

Better With Bags is another Babric storage mod for b1.7.3, released under the MIT License and open source. Chest Search is a client-side only option for b1.7.3, so only the player needs it, and it is open source under the MIT License. BTA PocketCrafting is client and server, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and also published for b1.7.3. Better With Backpacks differs from all three in its tiered backpacks rather than bags or search.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better With BackpacksBTA Babricb1.7.3Client and server2026-09-06
Better With BagsBTA Babricb1.7.3Client and server2026-08-04
Chest SearchBTA Babricb1.7.3Client-side only2025-08-08
BTA PocketCraftingBTA Babricb1.7.3Client and server2026-04-08

Questions

Does Better With Backpacks need HalpLibe?

Yes. HalpLibe is a required dependency and must be installed with the mod on Babric.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which game version does the mod support?

Only the b1.7.3 Beta is listed. The mod is not published for any other version.

In the catalog

Better With Backpacks is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder. 567 mods support Minecraft b1.7.3.

Storage mods4,058Mods for b1.7.3567

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What the author says

This mod uses a modified version of Fabric (Babric) and is designed only for Better than Adventure, a heavily modified version of Minecraft b1.7.3! Better with Backpacks! is a simple mod for Better than Adventure! that adds... backpacks.
UselessBullets, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
UselessBullets
Published
2025-06-17
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-06
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

EquipmentStorageUtilityAdventure
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