Nearby Crafting Plus
by HMOKA
Nearby Crafting Plus lets players craft from items stored in chests placed near a crafting table, without moving them into the inventory first.
What it does
When a player opens the crafting interface, the mod reads the items held in nearby chests and uses them as ingredients, so the materials stay where they are stored. Placing chests close to a crafting table is all the setup the feature needs. The aim is to keep the vanilla crafting feel while removing the repeated moving of items back and forth.
The mod is a small quality-of-life addition for survival worlds and multiplayer servers. Its interface shows the maximum amount that can be crafted from the available materials, and a quick craft again button repeats the last recipe. Fabric API is required, and the mod is built to run on the Fabric loader only.
Nearby Crafting Plus runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 and the latest build is 1.0.0 for 1.20.6, published on 2026-05-02. The code is not open source, and the mod is released under All rights reserved. The author accepts support for development and offers early access to updates to people who give it.
Key features
Crafting from nearby chests
Recipes draw ingredients from chests placed close to the crafting table, with no manual transfer.
Maximum craftable amount
The crafting screen displays how many of an item can be made from the materials available nearby.
Quick craft again
A button repeats the most recent recipe without opening the recipe list again.
Vanilla-friendly interface
The crafting screen keeps the standard layout, and items stay in storage rather than moving into the inventory.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who keep materials in chests and want to craft from them without shuttling items into the inventory. Server owners can install it on a server, since every player needs it to take part.
How it compares
Craft From Chests is also Fabric-only and uses the client and server environment, but it is published for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 and is not open source under All rights reserved. Item On Chest is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and works for 1.20 – 1.20.4, but it is client-side only, so servers do not need it. Intuitive Netherite covers 1.20.1 with a custom license and the client and server environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearby Crafting Plus | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-05-02 |
| Craft From Chests | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-30 |
| Item On Chest | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2024-04-14 |
| Intuitive Netherite | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-25 |
Questions
Does Nearby Crafting Plus need Fabric API?
Does the server need Nearby Crafting Plus?
Which game versions does Nearby Crafting Plus support?
In the catalog
Nearby Crafting Plus is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Craft using items from nearby chests without moving everything into your inventory. Overview Nearby Crafting Plus is a simple quality-of-life mod that lets you craft using items stored in nearby chests.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nearby-crafting-plus
- Owner
- HMOKA
- Published
- 2026-05-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15