Functional Aether
Functional Aether lets players place Functional Storage drawers and related storage blocks in the wood types added by The Aether addon mods.
What it does
Functional Aether is a bridge mod for Functional Storage. It adds Functional Storage drawers made from the wood types of Aether addon mods, so a player can build drawer storage with Aether woods instead of the vanilla ones. The mod needs Functional Storage and The Aether to run, and it lists Aether Gravitation, Ancient Aether, Deep Aether and The Aether: Redux as optional dependencies that it supports once they are present.
Both sides run the mod, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, targeting 1.20.1 only, with a latest file dated 2025-01-28. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the project has public source code and an issue tracker.
Key features
Aether wood drawers
Storage drawers are crafted from the wood types of Aether addons instead of only vanilla wood.
Support for Aether addons
The addon adds drawer variants for several Aether addon wood sets when those addons are installed.
Drawers in the Functional Storage system
The new drawers work as Functional Storage drawers, keeping the storage behavior of that mod.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 4
Use cases
Themed storage builds
A player building an Aether base can store items in drawers that match the wood of the surrounding blocks.
Who it’s for: Players who use Functional Storage together with The Aether and one or more of its addon mods, and server owners running that combination on 1.20.1.
How it compares
Aether No Nerf is server-side only, is not open source, and targets 1.20.1 on Forge and NeoForge, so it changes Aether gameplay rather than storage. Storage Drawers Visual Tweaks is client required with the server optional, is open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. More Vanilla Drawers is also open source under the MIT License and runs on both sides, but it is Forge only and adds drawers for vanilla woods.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional Aether | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-28 |
| Aether No Nerf | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-10-20 |
| Storage Drawers Visual Tweaks | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client required, server optional | 2026-08-29 |
| More Vanilla Drawers | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-19 |
Questions
Does Functional Aether need Functional Storage?
Is The Aether required to use Functional Aether?
Which loaders does Functional Aether support?
In the catalog
Functional Aether is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Functional Aether is a functional storage addon add drawers made from Aether(and Aether Addons) wood types. Functional Aether support the following aether addons: - aether gravitation - ancient aether - aether redux - deep aether
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/functional-aether
- Owner
- mrthomas20121
- Published
- 2025-01-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15