Casks
by Ginger
Casks gives players small portable storage blocks that work like early-game shulker boxes, holding three stacks of items each.
What it does
A cask is a container that can be picked up whole, so a player carries stored items without needing a shulker box. Casks can be crafted early by combining three matching wooden slabs, flower pots and string, which makes the block available before the player reaches shulkers.
Casks interact with hoppers and comparators the way other containers do, so they fit into automated setups. A cask placed above a campfire pulls in items that the campfire can cook, which turns it into a small cooking feeder. Casks cannot store shulker boxes, and shulker boxes cannot be stored inside them.
The mod runs on NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.10 and needs Kotlin for Forge. The server and every player need the mod installed. Casks is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Portable three-stack storage
Each cask holds three stacks of items and can be carried as a single block, suited to early survival play.
Early crafting recipe
The recipe uses three matching wooden slabs, flower pots and string, materials that are reached quickly in a survival world.
Campfire siphoning
A cask placed above a campfire draws in items the campfire can process, feeding the fire from storage.
Hopper and comparator support
Hoppers and comparators read and move items from casks as they do with other containers.
Shulker box exclusion
Shulker boxes cannot be placed inside a cask, and a cask cannot be stored in a shulker box.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Simple Shulkers is open source under the MIT License, runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.21.1, and is also client and server. Shard Shulker Boxes is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, so its source is not open. Shulker Vault is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.21 – 1.21.1 on NeoForge, a wider range than Casks, which targets 1.21.10 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casks | NeoForge | 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-12-04 |
| Simple Shulkers | Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-18 |
| Shard Shulker Boxes | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-05 |
| Shulker Vault | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-22 |
Questions
Does Casks need Kotlin for Forge?
Does the server need Casks?
Which Minecraft version does Casks support?
In the catalog
Casks is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,794 Storage mods for NeoForge. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
Casks are simple, shulker-like early-game portable storage blocks that can hold up to 3 stacks of items. Craftable with 3 matching Wooden Slabs, Flower Pots, and String, Casks can be obtained quickly in any Survival world, and minimize the hassle involved in exploring for the perfect home by streamlining inventory…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/casks
- Owner
- Ginger
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15