Recipe Book Ferret
Recipe Book Ferret lets crafting recipes draw ingredients from nearby containers, so the crafting grid fills from chests and other storage without manual moving.
What it does
When a player clicks a recipe in the recipe book, the mod checks whether the player's inventory combined with the contents of nearby containers holds enough ingredients. If it does, the entry's icon is filled and the missing items are pulled from the containers into the crafting grid. When the player closes the crafting screen, any container-sourced ingredients still left in the grid are returned to their original containers.
The search covers regular chests, Copper Chests, barrels, shulker boxes, and Ender Chests, which are optional and off by default. It also reaches chests inside boats and minecarts, chests attached to saddled mules, and bundles in the player's inventory. The default search area is a 21 by 21 by 21 block space centered on the player's crafting table, and it can be expanded to 53 by 53 by 53 or reduced to 3 by 3 by 1.
Installation covers the server and each player's game. It is published for Fabric only, for 1.21.11, under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it is open source. Fabric API, Mod Menu and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) are required dependencies.
Key features
Recipe book ingredient fill
Clicking a recipe fills the grid from the player's inventory and nearby containers in one step.
Wide container search
Containers are searched in a configurable area around the crafting table, from a small 3 by 3 by 1 zone to 53 by 53 by 53.
Vehicle and bundle sources
Chests in boats and minecarts, chests on saddled mules, and bundles in the inventory count as ingredient sources.
Ingredients returned on close
Items taken from containers but left in the grid go back to their original container when the crafting screen closes.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
How it compares
Craft From Chests is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, licensed under All rights reserved and not open source, and it runs on client and server. Basic Chest Search is a Fabric mod for 1.21.9 – 1.21.10, open source under the MIT License, and it is client-side only. Always Open Recipe Book is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.11 under All rights reserved and not open source, which changes the recipe book itself rather than the container search.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe Book Ferret | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-06 |
| Craft From Chests | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-30 |
| Basic Chest Search | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-12-19 |
| Always Open Recipe Book | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-07 |
Questions
Does Recipe Book Ferret need Fabric API?
Does the server need Recipe Book Ferret?
Are Ender Chests searched by default?
In the catalog
Recipe Book Ferret is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
If a recipe is deemed craftable based on the player inventory + container contents, when the player clicks on the recipe book entry's icon, ingredients will be pulled from containers if necessary to fill the crafting grid. If the player closes the crafting screen while container-sourced ingredients are still inside…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/recipe-book-ferret
- Owner
- rossascendshamma
- Published
- 2026-02-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15