Gifts of Giving
by Nyfaria
Gifts of Giving lets a player craft a gift box, dye it, name it after the recipient, and place it so only that person can open it.
What it does
The mod adds gift blocks that work like chests. After a gift is renamed with an anvil, the name appears above the placed block, and the recipient is the only person who can open it. Gifts are crafted by placing paper around a chest, with a dye in the crafting grid to set the box color. Destroying a gift keeps its contents inside, much like a shulker box, so the items are not scattered on the ground.
The design aims to keep presents safe from thieves on shared worlds and servers, since other players cannot open a box addressed to someone else. Each gift box takes one dye color, which makes the blocks useful as decoration as well as storage. The mod began as a simple Christmas project and is still used year-round.
Gifts of Giving targets Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 only. The server and every player need the mod installed. The code is not open source, and the project is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Named gift boxes
An anvil rename sets the recipient, and the name is shown above the block once it is placed.
Private contents
Only the named recipient can open a gift, which keeps items away from other players.
Dyeable blocks
Each gift box takes a single dye color, chosen in the crafting grid during the recipe.
Items kept on break
Breaking a gift preserves its contents inside the item, similar to a shulker box.
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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
Shared worlds and servers
Gifts let players leave items for one another without the risk of someone else taking them.
Building and decoration
The colored gift blocks can be placed as ornaments in builds that need festive or themed accents.
How it compares
Christmas present is a Forge-only mod for 1.20.1 that also runs on client and server and is released under All rights reserved. Busty covers both Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License, and only needs to be installed on the client or the server. Chest Inv Sort is a Forge mod for 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifts of Giving | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-12-23 |
| Christmas present | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-02 |
| Busty | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client or server, optional | 2026-07-26 |
| Chest Inv Sort | Forge | 1.20.4 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-06-11 |
Questions
Which loaders does Gifts of Giving support?
Does the server need Gifts of Giving?
Can other players open a gift box?
In the catalog
Gifts of Giving is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Gifts of Giving is a simple mod made for this year's Christmas, but can still be used year-round! This mod adds new gift box blocks, one for each dye color. Not only are these blocks cute and great for decoration, but they are functional too! Simply rename the gift box in an anvil to the name of the person you want…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gifts-of-giving
- Owner
- Nyfaria
- Published
- 2023-12-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-12-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15