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Cheaper Shulker Boxes

by TheLokin

Cheaper Shulker Boxes lowers the crafting cost of shulker boxes to one shulker shell and one chest, placed in a crafting table.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.3 – 26.3

What it does

The recipe for shulker boxes is changed to need only one shulker shell and one chest, where vanilla asks for two shells. A single shell dropped as loot is enough to make a full box, and because the recipe uses just two ingredients it fits inside a 2x2 crafting grid. The change keeps to the vanilla recipe style rather than adding custom items or complex mechanics.

The mod is aimed at survival players and server owners who want storage to be easier to reach. Inventory clutter is reduced because boxes are cheaper to make, and the change is delivered as a data pack, so it works with vanilla content. The server needs the mod, while players may add it to their clients. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the data pack is available as well.

The mod is open source under the MIT License. Its files target 1.20.3 – 26.3, with 21 release versions in that range, and the latest file is 1.2.0+mod for 26.3, released 2026-09-15.

Key features

  1. One shell recipe

    Shulker boxes are crafted from one shulker shell and one chest instead of two shells.

  2. Single shell loot

    One shulker shell dropped from a mob is enough to make a complete shulker box.

  3. 2x2 crafting grid

    The two-ingredient recipe fits inside the 2x2 grid, so no full crafting table is needed.

  4. Vanilla-style change

    The change is a simple tweak to the existing recipe, with no new items or mechanics added.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.31.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
26.21.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
26.1.21.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
26.1.11.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
26.11.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.101.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.91.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.81.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.71.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.61.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.51.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.41.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.31.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.21.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.21.11.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.211.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod1.2.0+mod
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

NewifyShulker is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that works on the server alone, so players need nothing installed. It is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and is open source. Cheaper Shulkers covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.4, where is needed on the server, with the client optional, and it is released under the MIT License. Shulker Shell Crafting covers 1.17.1 – 26.2 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, needs both the server and clients, and is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Cheaper Shulker BoxesFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20.3 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-15
NewifyShulkerFabric1.20.1Server-side only2026-06-09
Cheaper ShulkersFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.4Server required, client optional2025-06-08
Shulker Shell CraftingFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.17.1 – 26.2Client and server2026-07-09

Questions

Does Cheaper Shulker Boxes need to be installed on the server?

The server needs the mod, since the environment is server required and client optional. Players may add it to their clients, but joining does not depend on it.

Which loaders does Cheaper Shulker Boxes support?

Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the latest file for each is 1.2.0+mod for 26.3.

Is a data pack version available?

Yes. The mod is also available as a data pack for server platforms, which changes the recipe without installing a mod loader.

In the catalog

Cheaper Shulker Boxes is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Storage mods4,058Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Cheaper Shulker Boxes is a vanilla friendly Mod and Data Pack that fixes inventory clutter by making storage much more accessible.
TheLokin, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
TheLokin
Published
2026-05-17
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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