Guide Shelf
by Catomon
Guide Shelf gives players an inventory button that opens a screen listing installed guide books, with up to six of them pinned for quick access.
What it does
Guide Shelf opens a dedicated screen from a button in the inventory. The screen lists guide books from installed mods, such as Patchouli-based guides and other documentation items, and up to six books can be pinned to the inventory screen so they open in one click. The mod targets a broad modpack setup, and the author notes that some guides can be opened from the client alone.
Guide Shelf is a client-side mod for Forge and NeoForge, so it needs to be installed only on the client. Files are published for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Patchouli is needed to read the guides it lists, and its Patchouli's Library dependency is the base for those books. The author notes that other guide item IDs can be added through the config file, and that guide support covers mods such as Alex's Mobs, Alex's Caves, Immersive Engineering, Cult Azazel and More Critters. The mod is published under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Inventory guide button
A button in the inventory screen opens a screen with the guide books the player has access to.
Pinned guide books
Up to six guide books can be pinned to the inventory screen for direct access without opening the shelf.
Guide support for many mods
Guides from mods such as Alex's Mobs, Alex's Caves, Immersive Engineering, Cult Azazel and More Critters are listed where they are installed.
Config-based item IDs
Additional guide item IDs can be added through the config file, so other guide books can appear on the shelf.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who run modpacks with several guide or documentation books, and who want those books reachable from the inventory. Because the mod is client-side, only the player's own installation needs it.
Questions
Does Guide Shelf need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Guide Shelf support?
Does Guide Shelf need Patchouli?
In the catalog
Guide Shelf is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds a screen that lists guide books. You can pin up to 6 books, which are then displayed in your inventory screen. The guide shelf screen is accessible via a button in the inventory. Useful when you have a lot of books in your modpack.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/guide-shelf
- Owner
- Catomon
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
