PickupLantern
by SappyEddie
With PickupLantern, shift and right-click on a placed lantern picks it up directly into the hand, a single interaction that matches how the base game handles other blocks.
What it does
Vanilla lanterns can be awkward to reposition: a player who places one in the wrong spot often ends up breaking it with a fist, which drops the lantern as an item. PickupLantern adds a simpler action for placed lanterns, so a player can take one back without breaking it and lose no time to a misplaced light source.
The lantern goes into the main hand, or into the off-hand when the main hand is already occupied. The interaction only takes lanterns that are placed in the world, and the off-hand path does not place one by accident. Both lantern types are covered, and the mod works in multiplayer, where the server applies the same behavior, with the choices exposed through its configuration.
PickupLantern is published for NeoForge only, in one version, 1.21.1, with the 1.0.0 file released on 2026-08-06. It is a client and server mod, so both the server and every player need it. The code is not open source, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Instant lantern pickup
Shift and right-click on a placed lantern removes it from the world and moves it into the player's hand.
Off-hand fallback
When the main hand is occupied, the lantern goes to the off-hand instead, so the action always has a target.
Lantern types
Both soul and regular lanterns can be picked up with the same interaction.
Multiplayer behavior
The pickup logic runs on the server as well, and the mod exposes configuration options for servers.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who place lanterns in survival or creative worlds, and server owners who want the same pickup behavior for every player on a multiplayer server.
How it compares
Shield Crouch is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Lamb Lanterns is also a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1, open source under the MIT License, and needs the client and server environment. Immersive Lanterns (Unofficial-Fix) is client-side only, is not open source, and is released under All rights reserved for 1.21.1, so only the client needs it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PickupLantern | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-06 |
| Shield Crouch | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-15 |
| Lamb Lanterns | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-04 |
| Immersive Lanterns (Unofficial-Fix) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-06 |
Questions
Does PickupLantern need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does PickupLantern support?
What happens when the main hand is full?
In the catalog
PickupLantern is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 7,420 Equipment mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Pickup Lanterns adds a simple quality-of-life interaction for placed lanterns: shift + right-click any lantern in the world to pick it up directly into your hand — no breaking, no item drops bouncing around, no waiting for it to land in your inventory. Vanilla lanterns can be a pain to reposition. You place one…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pickuplantern
- Owner
- SappyEddie
- Published
- 2026-08-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15