Large Chests on Boats!
by Va2o.Zako_
Large Chests on Boats lets a boat carry a 54-slot double chest, and the boat can be towed with a lead rather than ridden.
What it does
The mod adds boats with a built-in double chest, giving 54 slots of storage. A boat built this way is cargo-only: right-clicking it opens the chest and never mounts the player, so it is meant to be towed rather than driven. A lead attached to the boat lets a player pull it, and the lead can also be tied to a horse, a regular boat or another mob such as a Happy Ghast to move the cargo across the map in one trip.
Boats are available in the vanilla wood types, plus a Bamboo variant built from a Bamboo Raft in place of a boat. The wood or material of the base boat decides which variant is produced. Crafting is a shapeless recipe: two chests and one boat of the matching wood are arranged in any grid.
Key features
Built-in double chest
Each boat holds a 54-slot double chest, so cargo capacity is not limited to a single chest on the deck.
Towing with a lead
Attach a lead to the boat and pull it, or tie the lead to any mob, including a horse or a Happy Ghast.
Shapeless crafting
Two chests and one matching boat can be placed in any arrangement in the crafting grid to produce the variant.
Bamboo raft variant
A bamboo version uses a Bamboo Raft instead of a boat and carries the same 54-slot chest.
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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
Hauling storage between bases
A player can move a full storage room's contents across the map without making several trips.
Who it’s for: Players who move bulk items between bases and server owners who want transport that works without a second boat.
How it compares
Timber Chests is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 26.2 under All rights reserved, while this mod is Fabric only and released under the MIT License. Ez Boats is a Fabric mod for 26.1.2 under the MIT License and is not open source. Simple Boats is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.21.11 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Chests on Boats! | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-16 |
| Timber Chests | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-15 |
| Ez Boats | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-09 |
| Simple Boats | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-13 |
Questions
Does Large Chests on Boats need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Can a boat from this mod be driven?
In the catalog
Large Chests on Boats! is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
A Fabric mod that adds boats with a full double chest built into them — 54 slots of storage. Available in every vanilla wood type, plus bamboo as a raft version. These boats aren't meant to be driven. You can't ride them at all — right-clicking one always opens the chest, never mounts you. Instead, tow it with a lead…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/large-chests-on-boats
- Owner
- Va2o.Zako_
- Published
- 2026-07-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15