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Iron Chest (BTA!)

by TheMidford

Iron Chest (BTA!) is a storage mod for BTA Babric that adds iron chests of several sizes to b1.7.3.

BTA BabricClient and serverCC0 1.0 UniversalOpen sourceb1.7.3

What it does

The mod provides iron chests as storage blocks, a larger and sturdier alternative to the standard chest. It is an updated version of the earlier Astoria port, carried over to the BTA Babric loader and kept to the b1.7.3 game version. HalpLibe is required and must be installed alongside it.

Iron Chest runs on client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. The code is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and the source code and issue tracker are public. Snapshot builds are published for the same version. The mod works with BTA, and the author notes that BTWAILA support is included.

Key features

  1. Iron chest blocks

    Iron chests hold more items than a standard chest and are placed like any other storage block in the world.

  2. BTWAILA support

    The block under the crosshair shows its contents and details through BTWAILA, so players can check a chest without opening it.

  3. Chest sizes

    Each iron chest stores a fixed set of item slots, letting players sort materials into separate containers.

No per-version build data
Modrinth lists game versions for this project (b1.7.3), but the source data has no build per game version and loader, so the compatibility grid is not shown.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

HalpLibeHelper library for the "Better Than Adventure!" fork-mod.
Required

Use cases

Base storage

Players who need more room than standard chests can place iron chests at a base to group materials by type.

Shared server storage

Server owners can give every player on a server iron chests for shared storage, since the server and clients both run the mod.

Who it’s for: Players and server owners on BTA Babric b1.7.3 who want larger storage chests than the vanilla option. The mod suits both single-player worlds and multiplayer servers, provided HalpLibe is installed.

How it compares

Full comparison

Locked and Loaded is a server-side only mod under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, so players join without installing it, while Iron Chest must run on both sides. Helver is a client and server mod under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, the same license as Iron Chest, and also targets b1.7.3 on BTA Babric.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Iron Chest (BTA!)BTA Babricb1.7.3Client and server2026-08-31
Locked and LoadedBTA Babricb1.7.3Server-side only2026-07-25
HelverBTA Babricb1.7.3Client and server2026-03-03

Questions

Does Iron Chest need HalpLibe?

Yes. HalpLibe is a required dependency, so it must be installed next to Iron Chest on BTA Babric.

Does a player need Iron Chest to join a server that runs it?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

Which game version does Iron Chest support?

Iron Chest is published for b1.7.3 only, with snapshot builds also published for that version.

In the catalog

Iron Chest (BTA!) is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder. 567 mods support Minecraft b1.7.3.

Storage mods4,058Mods for b1.7.3567

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Official listing

Owner
TheMidford
Published
2026-08-25
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-31
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Storage
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