custom chests
Custom Chests adds chests that generate in biomes across the world, holding relics from forgotten civilizations for players to find and open.
What it does
Biome-based chests generate throughout the world, and each biome offers its own kind of loot, so exploring different regions changes what a player can find. The chests hold ancient custom-made pieces, some dating back centuries and others oddly futuristic, which hint at a forgotten era of advanced technology. Opening a chest can yield rare artifacts with unusual abilities, and the mix inside any one chest varies between relics that are very old and ones that look modern.
Certain villagers offer unique trades, and climbing through their trade tiers opens the way to the strongest weapons in the mod, which the author describes as weapons of mass destruction. The chests and trades together add weapons and tools with unusual abilities that behave differently from vanilla equipment, such as a primitive ranged weapon, a mysterious lantern fueled by soul energy, and a high-heat tool that can burn, melt and cut through obstacles. Some of these items are simple, some advanced, and some dangerously unstable.
The mod is published for Forge 1.20.1 only, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Biome-based chest loot
Chests generate across the world and each biome offers a different selection of loot.
Relics from forgotten eras
Ancient chests hold weapons and artifacts from a lost civilization, mixing very old pieces with futuristic ones.
Villager trades
A specific villager sells unique items, and higher trade tiers give access to the strongest weapons.
Unusual weapons and tools
Ranged weapons, a soul-powered lantern, a fog-creating item and a high-heat tool add abilities not found in vanilla.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Custom Chests work on Fabric or NeoForge?
Does the server need Custom Chests?
Are the chest loot tables fixed?
In the catalog
custom chests is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
CUSTOM CHESTS adds ancient custom-made chests containing extremely old weapons, as well as surprisingly futuristic ones. These items are remnants of forgotten civilizations, stored away for centuries and now rediscovered by the player. Open these ancient chests to obtain rare artifacts with powerful and unique…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/custom-chests
- Owner
- modifier.creator
- Published
- 2025-11-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15