Inventory Pause
by Yipeekiyaay
Inventory Pause stops the game from running while a player has an inventory, chest, shulker box or crafting table open.
What it does
Opening a player inventory, chest, shulker box or crafting table pauses the game, so time does not pass while the screen is up. The pause applies to single-player worlds. The mod is a port of an earlier version of the same idea, rebuilt for Minecraft 1.20.1, and it is published for Fabric only, in a single file for 1.20.1. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Pause on container screens
Opening a chest, shulker box or crafting table halts the game clock while the screen stays open.
Pause on inventory screen
The player's own inventory also triggers the pause in single-player worlds.
Single-player focus
The pause only takes effect in single-player games, where a local world can freeze for the player.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
RevertPauseMenu is client-side only, open source under the BSD 3-Clause License and built for 1.20.6. DWTS is client-side only, released under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, but is not open source. Inventory Pause instead needs both sides and targets 1.20.1 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory Pause | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-10-13 |
| RevertPauseMenu | Fabric | 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2024-06-03 |
| DWTS | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Inventory Pause need Fabric API?
Does the server need Inventory Pause?
In the catalog
Inventory Pause is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Pause your single player game when Inventory is open. This is mod is a port of the original mod: Inventory Pause, made by umollu, for 1.20.1.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/inventory-pause-yipeekiyaay
- Owner
- Yipeekiyaay
- Published
- 2023-10-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
