PreciousPiles
by oOMitchOo
PreciousPiles lets players place stacks of ingots on the ground as small piles, sneak right-clicking with at least 8 ingots in hand.
What it does
Sneak right-clicking with at least 8 ingots in hand places them in the world as a pile, and a single block can hold a stack of up to 64 ingots. Pile placement only works on solid faces, and the lower half of a pile has to be filled before the upper half can be built. Mining a pile requires a pickaxe, and the placed blocks drop their ingots when they are broken.
The mod is aimed at players who build displays, treasure vaults and contraptions with ingots. Breaking an ingot block takes the same tool tier as breaking the vanilla block it resembles, so a wooden pickaxe is sufficient. The author has also described a planned change to the placement method and possible hardness adjustments for the netherite version.
Key features
Ingot piles
Sneak right-clicking with at least 8 ingots in hand places them as a pile in the world.
64 ingots per block
One block displays a full stack of 64 ingots, allowing compact storage and displays in a single space.
Solid-face placement
Piles can only be placed on solid faces, and the lower half must be filled before the upper half.
Pickaxe mining
Placed ingot blocks are mined with a pickaxe and drop their ingots when broken.
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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.
Use cases
Treasure vaults
Vault builds can display large amounts of ingots in a small footprint.
Contraptions
Builders can combine placed ingots with falling blocks in contraption designs.
Who it’s for: Players who build displays, vaults or contraptions in survival or creative worlds, on single-player or multiplayer servers where both the server and every player run the mod.
How it compares
Pedestal is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.3, under All rights reserved and not open source. Pile of Flint is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 and is open source under the MIT License. Revamped Piles covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under All rights reserved. PreciousPiles is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 with the same environment, client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PreciousPiles | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-04-10 |
| Pedestal | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2025-07-06 |
| Pile of Flint | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-21 |
| Revamped Piles | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-02 |
Questions
Does PreciousPiles need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does PreciousPiles support?
Can ingot piles be placed on any block?
In the catalog
PreciousPiles is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,010 Economy mods for Forge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
... is a small mod that let's you place ingots 🍫 and bricks into the world 💰 (8 at a time) by shift & right-clicking 🖱 with the item in hand. They can only be placed on solid faces 🧱 or other (full) stacked ingot blocks and will drop the ingots when the block below is destroyed 💥 - or when mined by a pickaxe. ⛏️
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/preciouspiles
- Owner
- oOMitchOo
- Published
- 2025-04-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15