Explorer's Ender Chest
by ItsAstroDude
Explorer's Ender Chest lets a player reach a real ender chest from the inventory screen, without walking to one or typing a command.
What it does
Once a player has opened a real ender chest at least once, a small ender chest button appears beside the inventory. Pressing it opens the ender chest in the inventory panel, and a bind key can be used instead. Shift-click moves items between the inventory and the ender chest in both directions, the same way a chest works.
When there is not enough horizontal space, the inventory panel shrinks gently to fit the ender chest beside it. The mod is built and tested to work alongside other inventory mods. Transfers are handled on the server by the standard container code, which keeps item counts consistent, and the button hides itself on servers that do not run the mod.
The mod requires Fabric API and runs on Fabric Loader 0.19.3 or newer. It is published for Minecraft 26.2 only, with the latest file 0.1.7 dated 2026-09-13. The server and every player need the mod installed. The code is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which places no conditions on reuse.
Key features
Inventory ender chest access
The ender chest opens inside the inventory screen, with no need to find a chest nearby or type a command.
Ender chest button
A small button next to the inventory appears after a real ender chest has been opened at least once.
Chest-style shift-click
Shift-click moves stacks between the inventory and the ender chest in either direction, as it does with a normal chest.
Adaptive panel size
When horizontal space runs short, the panel shrinks to fit the ender chest next to the inventory.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Larger Ender Chest is server-side only, for 26.1 – 26.1.2 on Fabric and Quilt, and is all rights reserved. Inventory++ is client and server for 26.2 on Fabric, under the MIT License. Inventory Manager: Smart Storage is client and server for 26.1.2 – 26.2 and is all rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer's Ender Chest | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-13 |
| Larger Ender Chest | Fabric and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-29 |
| Inventory++ | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-31 |
| Inventory Manager: Smart Storage | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-21 |
Questions
Does Explorer's Ender Chest need Fabric API?
Does a server need Explorer's Ender Chest too?
Why does the ender chest button not appear?
In the catalog
Explorer's Ender Chest is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Open your real ender chest straight from the inventory screen. No chest nearby, no commands, no new items, just a button. Fully multiplayer-safe — all item movement goes through the vanilla server-side container logic (no client-side cheating, no dupes). The server needs the mod too; on servers without it, the button…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/explorers-ender-chest
- Owner
- ItsAstroDude
- Published
- 2026-07-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15