mineral backpacks
by ArthurOrsi
Mineral Backpacks adds wearable storage items crafted from Minecraft materials, so players can carry more while mining, exploring and traveling.
What it does
Each material sets a storage tier, and higher tiers hold more items. Crafting starts with simple leather packs and moves toward stronger mineral packs as a player progresses. Ironiamite is a separate top-tier backpack with a black and cyan look.
The mod targets long trips: mining runs, cave exploration, building projects and journeys across large distances, where the inventory fills with ores, blocks, tools, food and loot. A backpack is worn on the back and carried as gear rather than occupying the hotbar. Its models are blocky 3D shapes in the vanilla style, with colors and designs that match the material.
Mineral Backpacks is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 11 release versions, 1.18.2 – 26.2. Client and server both need the mod. The code is not open source, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Material-based tiers
Leather, coal, copper, iron, gold, emerald, diamond and netherite each produce a backpack with its own storage size.
Extra inventory space
Each backpack adds slots beyond the player's inventory, and a better material gives a larger backpack.
Worn on the back
Backpacks are equipped in the back slot, so the player keeps the hotbar free while carrying extra items.
Ironiamite backpack
Ironiamite is the highest tier, a black and cyan backpack added by the mod and placed above netherite.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want more carrying space in survival and exploration, and server owners who prefer a progression of storage items tied to the vanilla materials.
How it compares
Complicated Backpacks is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 under the MIT License, but it is not open source and requires both sides. Average Backpacks covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 under the MIT License and is not open source either. yyz's backpack works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.18 – 26.2 and is open source under the MIT License. Basic Backpack is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 only, open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mineral backpacks | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-16 |
| Complicated Backpacks | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-11-06 |
| Average Backpacks | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-12-23 |
| yyz's backpack | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-28 |
| Basic Backpack | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-25 |
Questions
Which loaders does Mineral Backpacks support?
Does Mineral Backpacks need to be installed on the server?
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In the catalog
mineral backpacks 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
Mineral Backpacks is a storage mod focused on backpacks inspired by Minecraft minerals. Each backpack gives extra space for carrying items while mining, exploring, building, or traveling long distances. Instead of filling your inventory too fast with ores, blocks, tools, food, and loot, you can craft backpacks with…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mineral-backpacks
- Owner
- ArthurOrsi
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15