Ore Pouch
by Dentri2
Ore Pouch is a Forge storage mod for 1.20.1 that lets players smelt raw ores and ingots from their inventory without placing a furnace.
What it does
Players load raw ores and coal into the pouch, and it smelts them in a one-to-one ratio, one coal for each smelted item. Ingots appear inside the pouch rather than on the ground, so closing the screen leaves nothing behind. The pouch stores items while it is in the inventory, which suits long mining sessions where setting up several furnaces would otherwise take time.
The item is aimed at early and mid survival, where iron and gold pile up faster than furnaces can handle them. The recipe uses three leather, two string and one coal, and it needs no advanced materials, so it can be crafted in the first days of a world. The mod is lightweight and built around vanilla-style menus, so it fits modpacks that already use the standard inventory look.
Ore Pouch needs nothing beyond Forge for 1.20.1. The server and every player need the mod installed. The code is under the MIT License and the project is not open source. Recipe viewers such as JEI and REI work with it, which makes the smelting recipes simple to look up.
Key features
Inventory smelting
Raw ores placed in the pouch are smelted in place, with ingots kept inside the pouch until they are taken out.
One-to-one coal use
Each smelted item consumes exactly one coal, so the fuel cost of a batch is simple to predict.
Item storage
Ores, coal and smelted items stay inside the pouch, and nothing drops to the ground when the screen is closed.
Shift-click transfers
Shift-clicking moves items quickly between the inventory and the pouch, without dragging each stack by hand.
Familiar interface
The screen follows the vanilla container layout, so players do not need to learn a new menu.
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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.
How it compares
Pouch Of Fortune is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with client and server installs, released under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Secure Pouch is also Forge for 1.20.1 with client and server installs, released under the MIT License, and it is not open source. EmeraldBag targets 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 on Forge, is released under the MIT License and is not open source, so it covers more game versions than Ore Pouch does.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Pouch | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-02 |
| Pouch Of Fortune | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-11-04 |
| Secure Pouch | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-15 |
| EmeraldBag | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Ore Pouch is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Tired of placing dozens of furnaces and waiting for your iron and gold to smelt after a long mining session? Ore Pouch is a lightweight, vanilla-friendly Quality of Life (QoL) mod that adds a portable smelting bag to your game. It allows you to instantly process raw ores into ingots directly in your inventory…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ore-pouch
- Owner
- Dentri2
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15