Fancy Chest
by tianxunup
Fancy Chest is a Fabric game mechanics mod in which a chest can hold items that upgrade tools and equipment, with fancy ore and blocks gated behind the iron pickaxe.
What it does
Fancy Chest adds a fancy ore and a fancy block, both of which need an iron pickaxe to be harvested. The mod is built around an upgrade chance: a tool or piece of equipment placed in the chest has a 5% chance of rising one level, for example from an iron pickaxe to a diamond one. A pickaxe can be pushed to level 3 with a 15% chance per attempt, and the maximum level is 3.
Enchanted items are excluded and will not be upgraded. The Keep Inventory game rule has no effect on the mechanic, and the damage on a returned item resets when the player respawns. The author states that the mechanic is intended for normal survival play, and that other elements may be developed later.
The mod runs on the Fabric loader for Minecraft 1.21. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The source code is public, the code is under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and the mod is open source. A new item group, Fancy Chest Items, collects the added items, while the existing Ingredients group still lists them too.
Key features
Fancy ore and block
A fancy ore and a fancy block are added, and both require an iron pickaxe to be harvested.
Tool upgrade chance
Tools and equipment placed in the chest have a 5% chance to rise one level, up to a maximum of level 3.
Pickaxe upgrades
Pickaxes have a 15% chance per attempt to upgrade toward level 3, while enchanted items are left unchanged.
Fancy Chest Items group
The added items are gathered into a Fancy Chest Items creative tab, and they still appear in the Ingredients group.
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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
Normal survival progression
Players in a standard survival world can use the chest to upgrade gear as they progress, without any change to difficulty settings.
Who it’s for: Survival players who want tool and equipment upgrades through a chest-based mechanic, and server owners who run the mod for a shared world.
How it compares
No Chest is a Fabric option for 1.21 – 1.21.10 that is server required with client optional, under All rights reserved and not open source. Cat On Chest is a Fabric mod for 1.20.4 – 26.3 that is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, so players join without installing anything. Fancy Chest instead needs both sides.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy Chest | Fabric | 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-08-04 |
| No Chest | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-30 |
| Cat On Chest | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-15 |
Questions
Does Fancy Chest need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader does Fancy Chest use?
Does Keep Inventory affect the upgrade mechanic?
In the catalog
Fancy Chest is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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What the author says
The mod is just for recreation, not for normal survival. DON'T assess this mod in normal survival. Fancy ore and fancy block need iron pickaxe to mine.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fancy-chest
- Owner
- tianxunup
- Published
- 2024-08-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-08-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15