pick up!
by gamemode-3
pick up! changes how items move into containers held in hand, so a stack can be dropped straight into shulker boxes and bundles from the inventory.
What it does
When a shulker box or bundle sits in the off hand or in an inventory slot, picking up items can send them into that container instead of an empty slot. Unfinished stacks inside the container are filled first, which keeps item counts tidy. The middle mouse button can retrieve items from containers in the inventory, which avoids opening each box one at a time.
The mod is intended as a set of inventory management tweaks for Fabric, and it works well alongside other storage-focused mods. Server owners control the behavior through the server's configs. Bundles and shulker boxes can be set to behave separately, and the pick-up points listed above can be changed with a setting. Fabric API is required.
The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Files are published for Fabric for 1.21.5 – 26.3, with 12 release versions and 1.0.0-26.3 as the latest file, dated 2026-09-17.
Key features
Container pick-up
Items being picked up can go into a shulker box or bundle held in the off hand or elsewhere in the inventory.
Stack filling
Unfinished stacks inside containers are topped up before empty slots are used.
Full inventory handling
When the inventory is full, items can still be placed into containers that have room.
Middle-click retrieval
The middle mouse button pulls matching items out of containers in the inventory.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds
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
Long trips and mining
Players carrying many small stacks can keep them packed in containers rather than filling the main inventory.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can set how bundles and shulker boxes behave through the server's configs, and players on those servers use the same rules.
Who it’s for: Players who carry many stacks of items and want containers to fill and empty without manual sorting, and server owners who want to set those rules centrally.
How it compares
All But 1 is a client-side only Fabric mod under the MIT License for 1.21.5 – 26.2 and is open source. ShulkerOpener is client and server, not open source, under the MIT License, for 1.21.10 – 26.2. EnderChest Restrictor is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, for 1.21.5 – 26.2, and targets ender chests rather than general pick-up.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pick up! | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-17 |
| All But 1 | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-16 |
| ShulkerOpener | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-07 |
| EnderChest Restrictor | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-09 |
Questions
Does pick up! need Fabric API?
Does every player need pick up! installed?
Can the pick-up behavior be changed?
In the catalog
pick up! is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
More from gamemode-3
Similar mods
What the author says
tweaks inventory management to make it less painful! each of the points above is changeable with a setting for bundles and shulker boxes separately!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pick-up
- Owner
- gamemode-3
- Published
- 2025-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15