Boat Container
by DomiIRL
Boat Container lets players place a chest, ender chest or furnace onto a boat, turning it into a mobile storage or smelting unit for Fabric.
What it does
Boats can carry a chest, an ender chest or a furnace. Players craft the container with a boat and a crafting table, or with a chest, ender chest or furnace, and the result stays on the boat until it is removed. A container dropped when its boat breaks keeps its contents, and an obsidian container needs Silk Touch to be broken and kept as an item.
Furnace boats are filled with coal and smelt almost twice as fast as ordinary boats. The mod was first made for Minecraft before 1.19, and the current files cover 1.17 – 1.20. Boat Container requires Fabric API and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. It is published for Fabric only, under a custom license that is not open source, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Chest boats
A chest placed on a boat gives the vessel storage for items while it travels.
Ender chest boats
An ender chest can be mounted on a boat, letting a player carry the same inventory they reach from any ender chest.
Furnace boats
A boat carrying a furnace smelts while it moves, and it is fueled with coal.
Container drops
A container dropped when its boat breaks keeps its contents, and an obsidian container needs Silk Touch to be kept.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Travel with storage
A player crossing a lake or river can carry supplies without building a base at the destination.
Who it’s for: Players who run long boat routes on Fabric and want storage or smelting on the water, on single-player and multiplayer servers alike.
How it compares
Longer Boats! is a Fabric mod for 1.20.2 – 1.21.1 that is client and server and open source under the MIT License, so it changes boat length rather than adding containers. Expanded Enderchest is also client and server and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with files for 1.19 – 1.21.8, and it expands the ender chest itself. Enderchest Plugin is server-side only and not open source, with a Fabric file for 1.21.7, so players join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat Container | Fabric | 1.17 – 1.20 | Client and server | 2023-06-10 |
| Longer Boats! | Fabric | 1.20.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-28 |
| Expanded Enderchest | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-07-20 |
| Enderchest Plugin | Fabric | 1.21.7 | Server-side only | 2025-07-15 |
Questions
Does Boat Container need Fabric API?
Must the server have Boat Container installed?
Which versions does Boat Container support?
In the catalog
Boat Container is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 10,288 mods support Minecraft 1.20.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/boat-container
- Owner
- DomiIRL
- Published
- 2023-06-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15