Creative Shulkers
by FireDasher
Creative Shulkers lets players open shulker boxes, barrels and chests from the Creative Mode inventory's Saved Hotbars tab, without placing the container.
What it does
In Creative Mode, a player opens the inventory with E, switches to the Saved Hotbars tab, and right-clicks a shulker box to view its contents in the container screen. The same route works for other containers such as barrels and chests. Creative Mode is the only requirement, since the mod changes nothing outside that screen.
Because the mod is entirely client-side, a player can use it on a Minecraft world or a server without any server-side installation. The saved hotbars it reads are the normal ones, so the mod is indistinguishable from ordinary saved hotbar use. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source; its source code and issue tracker are public. Files target Fabric only, across five release versions 26.1 – 26.3, with 1.0.0 for 26.3 as the latest file.
Key features
Open shulkers from Saved Hotbars
Shulker boxes can be opened from the Saved Hotbars tab without placing them in the world.
Right-click container view
Right-clicking a shulker box in the Saved Hotbars tab opens its contents in the container screen.
Barrels and chests
Other containers such as barrels and chests can be viewed through the same screen.
Client-only operation
Only the player's client runs the mod, so a server does not need to install anything.
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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.
Use cases
Checking stored items
A player can look inside a shulker box in Creative Mode without placing it and breaking it again.
Who it’s for: Creative Mode players who want to browse the contents of shulker boxes, barrels and chests from the inventory screen.
How it compares
Quick Shulker is a Fabric mod for 26.1.2 – 26.2 with a client and server environment, under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, and it is not open source. Shulker Preview is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.20 – 26.3 under the MIT License and is open source. ShulkerLayers is a client and server Fabric mod for 26.2 – 26.3 under the MIT License and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Shulkers | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-30 |
| Quick Shulker | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-24 |
| Shulker Preview | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| ShulkerLayers | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-15 |
Questions
Does Creative Shulkers need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Creative Shulkers support?
Is Creative Shulkers safe to use on multiplayer servers?
In the catalog
Creative Shulkers 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.
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What the author says
Allows you to open shulkers in your saved hotbars directly from the saved hotbars screen without placing it by right-clicking it. Also supports other containers like barrels or chests. Since the mod is entirely client sided, you can use this on any Minecraft World or Server! The only requirement is that you are in…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/creative-shulkers
- Owner
- FireDasher
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15