Named Ender Chests
by KURONAMI
Named Ender Chests gives an Ender Chest a name at an anvil, so every chest placed with that name opens the same server-wide inventory.
What it does
Renaming an Ender Chest with an anvil and placing it creates a shared channel keyed to that name. Any other Ender Chest given the same name, anywhere on the server, opens the same contents. Channels persist across server restarts, and a named chest that is broken keeps its channel alive as long as another chest with that name still exists.
Unnamed Ender Chests behave exactly like vanilla, and each player's private per-player inventory is left untouched. The mod rides entirely on the vanilla Ender Chest through a mixin and a custom block and item, which keeps it from conflicting with other mods. Because channel names are shared across the whole server, any player who gives a chest the same name reaches the same inventory. Concurrent access works the way it does with two players using one normal chest.
The mod is installed on the server only, and clients do not need it. Named Ender Chests requires Fabric API on Fabric, and it is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. It is free to use in modpacks, but the code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Shared named channels
Chests given the same name at an anvil share one inventory across the whole server.
Vanilla unnamed chests
Ender Chests without a name keep their normal behavior and private per-player storage.
Persistent channels
Channels are kept across restarts, so stored items stay available after the server reboots.
Name-based routing
Placing a chest with a name captures the last item stack from hand, and moving a named chest by piston reverts it to vanilla contents.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack builders who want shared item storage across a server without a separate storage network.
How it compares
Disable Ender Chests is a Forge and NeoForge mod that is client and server, under All rights reserved, for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8. No More Ender Chest is open source under the MIT License in a different style: it is server required with client optional, for 1.18.2 – 1.20.4. Rename Commands is a Fabric-only server mod for 1.21 – 1.21.4, and it is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Named Ender Chests | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-17 |
| Disable Ender Chests | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-02-28 |
| No More Ender Chest | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 1.20.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-10-09 |
| Rename Commands | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-02-08 |
Questions
Does Named Ender Chests need Fabric API?
Does every player need to install the mod?
Which game versions have files?
What happens to a named chest that is broken?
In the catalog
Named Ender Chests is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Rename an Ender Chest on an anvil, place it, and every Ender Chest with that name shares one inventory — server-wide. Simple item routing with a vanilla block; unnamed Ender Chests stay 100% vanilla. A small vanilla twist for base item-routing — not a storage network, just smarter ender chests.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/named-ender-chests
- Owner
- KURONAMI
- Published
- 2026-05-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15