Reliable Backpacks
by evanbones
Reliable Backpacks lets players wear a backpack that stores items and can be placed on the ground, with a configurable blacklist and a small set of behavior changes.
What it does
Backpacks are crafted from leather, rope and a farmers delight installed backpack, and once worn they hold items that stay with them. A backpack can be dyed like leather armor, and players can place one on the ground, where it keeps its contents. Breaking a backpack drops its items more slowly than a usual container, and backpacks retain enchantments such as Soul Bound. Backpacks can replace replaceable blocks such as grass when placed.
The mod is a bare-bones backpack mod that leaves out extra keybinds, menus and slots. Several backpacks can be opened at once, and players can quickly swap between them through the same container. Backpacks can be picked up by shift-clicking, and they float in water. An item blacklist tag controls which items cannot be stored, covering shulker boxes and sacks from the Supplementaries mod. The project was first published on 2026-03-12 and last updated on 2026-09-07. It is open source under the MIT License, with a public source code repository and issue tracker. Cloth Config API is optional and adds configuration screens. Curios and Trinkets are supported for wearing backpacks in their slots.
Key features
Wearable backpacks
Backpacks are worn in the chestplate slot and keep their contents while equipped.
Placeable backpacks
A backpack can be set down on the ground, and players can pick it up again with its items.
Quick swapping
Several backpacks can be open together, letting players move items between them quickly.
Item blacklist
A tag decides which items cannot be stored, including shulker boxes and Supplementaries sacks.
Enchantment retention
Backpacks keep enchantments such as Soul Bound when worn or placed.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want extra storage without extra menus or slots, and multiplayer groups that want to share containers.
How it compares
Complicated Backpacks is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Modular Backpacks targets Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, is under the All rights reserved license, and is not open source. Reliable Backpacks covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliable Backpacks | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Not published | 2026-09-07 |
| Complicated Backpacks | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-11-06 |
| Modular Backpacks | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-03 |
Questions
Does Reliable Backpacks need Cloth Config API?
Which loaders does Reliable Backpacks support?
Does Reliable Backpacks need to be installed on both sides?
In the catalog
Reliable Backpacks is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Backpacks can be placed down on the ground directly from your chestplate-slot. This means you can interact with them same as any container, allowing for quick swapping between several backpacks, and easy sharing between players. You can also open other players' backpacks directly from their backs! Crafted using…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/reliable-backpacks
- Owner
- evanbones
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15