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Chest Thief

by Daddelhat

Chest Thief adds a hostile outcast trader that sneaks into bases and villages to steal the most valuable items from chests.

FabricClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source26.1 – 26.1.2

What it does

The thief spawns near a player's chests, takes the most valuable items it finds, and disappears at night. Stolen goods accumulate at a criminal base somewhere in the world, where a player can raid it through guards and recover the loot, including items taken from neighbours. Players can also send the thief after a captured spy, or after another player's hidden cache, as a way to track it down.

Chest Thief requires Fabric API and is open source under the MIT License. It runs on client and server, so every player and the server need the mod. Builds exist for 26.1, 26.1.1 and 26.1.2, with 26.1.x-1.2.5 for 26.1.2 as the latest file.

Key features

  1. Hostile outcast trader

    A new hostile mob sneaks into bases and villages, turning stored loot into a constant risk.

  2. Criminal base raids

    Stolen items collect at a criminal base in a dungeon, where players fight through guards and take back what was lost.

  3. Thief tracking

    A captured thief can be made to walk toward the nearest chest, leading the player to a hidden cache.

  4. Item priority list

    Whichever item carries the top priority value is the one the thief takes first, and the priority list decides the order in which the rest follow.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.1.226.1.x-1.2.5
26.1.126.1.x-1.2.5
26.126.1.x-1.2.5
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Use cases

Multiplayer servers

On a server, loot is shared by everyone, so whoever gets to the thief first can take what it has stolen.

Who it’s for: Players who want storage to carry a real risk, and server owners who want chest loot to stay under threat in shared worlds.

Questions

Does Chest Thief need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency, and the mod is published for Fabric only.

Does every player need Chest Thief on a server?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

How are the thief's targets chosen?

The thief steals items from a priority list, and the stealOnlyListedItems setting decides whether only listed items are taken.

Where are the settings stored?

Config files live in the Minecraft config folder, are created on first launch, and can be changed in-game with Cloth Config.

In the catalog

Chest Thief is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.1.215,189

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What the author says

Your chests are being robbed. The thief doesn't vanish — it takes your loot to a real underground dungeon you can raid to get it back. On a multiplayer server, everyone's loot ends up in the same place — and whoever gets there first takes everything. Your base is a target. A thief spawns near player chests, steals at…
Daddelhat, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Daddelhat
Published
2026-04-09
Updated on Modrinth
2026-05-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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