Mini Ender Chest

Name: Mini Ender Chest
Author: TheKingOfNerds

Mini Ender Chest is a Storage mod, delivered as a data pack, that adds a smaller and cheaper Ender Chest with its own inventory and placement rules.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalGNU General Public License v3.0 only1.21.5 – 26.3

What it does

The chest is a compact alternative to the vanilla Ender Chest, and it draws on a shared storage space that every player can reach from any location. Items placed into it are stored without a limit, and a player can retrieve them by right-clicking the block. Breaking the chest keeps its contents, and the block drops itself when mined, but only when the player uses Silk Touch, so the mod asks for that enchantment to collect the chest.

Mini Ender Chest is a mod where the server must run it, while players may leave it out, since clients can join without it. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files covering 1.21.5 – 26.3 across twelve release versions, and the latest builds are for 26.3. The code is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and the project is not open source, so the license is the only public line about its terms.

Key features

Cheaper crafting
The mod offers a lower-cost way to get an ender-style chest, shrinking the materials needed compared with the vanilla block.
Infinite shared storage
Items placed in the chest are kept in one storage space, and any player can open it from anywhere to take them back out.
Item handling
The chest accepts items placed on its face and keeps them, so hoppers and manual placement both work without losing items on break.
Custom item names
Crafted chests carry a custom name rather than the standard item name, so they do not stack with placed copies.
Placed and dropped models
The placed block and the dropped item display their own models, although the inventory model is rotated and the dropped model is larger than the vanilla chest.

Gallery

The recipe · Cheaper than a normal ender chest

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

Version

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds

26.3v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

26.2v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

26.1.2v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

26.1.1v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

26.1v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds

1.21.11v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.10v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.9v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.8v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.7v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.6v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

1.21.5v1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+modv1.0+mod

ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Server owners and survival players who want a cheaper, smaller shared storage block. Clients without the mod can still join, since the client side is optional.

How it compares

Full comparison

Cheaper Shelves is a mod where the server must run it while players may skip it, released under a custom license and published for 1.21.9 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Ender Chest Palette is a mod that both the client and the server run, for Fabric only, for 1.21.11 – 26.2, under All rights reserved. Both are not open source, while Mini Ender Chest is covered by the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.

Mod	Loaders	Game versions	Environment	Updated
Mini Ender Chest	Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt	1.21.5 – 26.3	Server required, client optional	2026-10-10
Cheaper Shelves	Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt	1.21.9 – 26.3	Server required, client optional	2026-09-15
Ender Chest Palette	Fabric	1.21.11 – 26.2	Client and server	2026-06-17