Modular Loot Crates and Bundles
by DaFuqs
Modular Loot Crates and Bundles adds lockable loot crates, shulker crates and loot bundles that players open with matching keys, with the crates and their loot tables set in config and data tags.
What it does
Loot crates are containers that stay locked until a player uses a key of the matching rarity. Crates can be placed by hand or spawn in the world, and some spawn at the start of a player's run to hand out a starting loadout. Each crate can be looted once per player and restocks its contents after a set time. Keys drop from special mobs and bosses, so players gather them to open crates across the landscape, which can encourage trading and fights over keys.
Shulker crates work in the same way and are dropped by mobs, while loot bundles are container blocks with rarities that hand out random content from a loot table. Crates and bundles can replace existing world generation chests and loot tables at a granularity set in config, which lets modpack makers and server administrators distribute loot through structures, drops or quest rewards. Unbreakable and other behavior can be adjusted in config, and the bundle container's function is set through item and block tags. The mod runs on client and server and depends on Cloth Config API and Fabric API.
Key features
Locked loot crates
Crates stay closed until a key of the same rarity is used, and each crate has its own opening animation.
Shulker crates
Shulker crates use the same key system and can be dropped by mobs or placed as containers for loot.
Loot bundles
Container blocks with rarities hand out random content from a loot table and can be fully customized through tags.
Once-per-player looting
Crates can be set to be looted once per player, which suits exploration rewards and starting loadouts.
Chest replacement
Existing world generation chests and loot tables can be replaced with crates at a configurable granularity.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
How it compares
FTB Quests: Localization Keys Refabricated is open source under the MIT License and published for 1.18.2 on Fabric and Quilt, so it covers a different part of quest keys. ChatKeys is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, works on client or server with optional install, and is published for 1.20.6 – 1.21. Modular Loot Crates and Bundles runs on client and server and covers 1.16.5 – 1.21.5.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular Loot Crates and Bundles | Fabric and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-04-04 |
| FTB Quests: Localization Keys Refabricated | Fabric and Quilt | 1.18.2 | Server-side only | 2022-09-18 |
| ChatKeys | Fabric | 1.20.6 – 1.21 | Client or server, optional | 2024-06-13 |
Questions
Does Modular Loot Crates and Bundles need Fabric API?
Does a server need the mod for players to use crates?
Which versions are covered?
In the catalog
Modular Loot Crates and Bundles is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
The crates are meant to be used by modpack makers or server administrators to distribute loot in structures, add them as drops, or use them as rewards for quests. They can be granularity be configured, to replace existing world gen chests or even can be configured to replace their loot tables with rare / epic variants!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/lootcrates
- Owner
- DaFuqs
- Published
- 2021-02-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15