chestcraft
by core_h2
With ChestCraft installed, a crafting table can pull ingredients from chests, barrels and shulker boxes that sit nearby, so the player does not move items by hand.
What it does
ChestCraft upgrades the crafting table. When a recipe is chosen, the table takes the missing ingredients from the first container within its search radius, so a player can craft from storage without shuffling stacks back and forth. The search covers chests, barrels, shulker boxes and other containers. The default radius is 6 blocks, and the server can set any value from 1 to 32 blocks in the config.
The recipe book also reads nearby storage. Recipes that can be made from the containers in range are highlighted, which shows what is craftable before the table is opened. Modded storage works when it uses the standard item-handler capability, which most modded inventories do. ChestCraft is published for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1 only, and the environment is client and server, so it must be installed on the server and on every player's client. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Craft from nearby containers
Ingredients are taken from chests, barrels and shulker boxes within range, even when the player's own inventory is empty.
Configurable search radius
The range around the table is set in the config, with a default of 6 blocks and a limit of 32.
Storage-aware recipe book
Recipes that the nearby storage can supply are highlighted in the recipe book, so craftable items are visible at a glance.
Normal table still available
Holding sneak while right-clicking still places blocks, and the table keeps its ordinary GUI for crafting from the player's inventory.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does ChestCraft need to be installed on the server?
Which storage blocks does ChestCraft read?
Can the search radius be changed?
In the catalog
chestcraft is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Craft straight out of your storage. ChestCraft upgrades every crafting table so it can pull ingredients from chests, barrels, and other containers sitting nearby — no more shuffling stacks back and forth just to craft. Put a chest (or several) next to any crafting table, open the table, and click a recipe in the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chestcraft
- Owner
- core_h2
- Published
- 2026-06-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15