Simplified Backpacks
by flngus
Simplified Backpacks adds placeable backpacks in several tiers, each with more rows of storage, plus addons and sorting buttons that players can use while carrying them.
What it does
Backpacks can be placed by sneaking and right-clicking a block, and picked back up by sneaking and right-clicking or breaking the backpack block. Each tier adds a row of slots, from one row at tier 1 up to six rows, and the upgrade recipes use the previous tier's upgrade template together with planks, leather or other tier material. Backpack upgrade bases are sold by leatherworker villagers, and the same upgrade can be crafted instead.
Addons give a backpack one extra function, and a backpack holds only one addon at a time, applied in a smithing table with the addon's smithing item. Applying a new addon removes the existing one. Villagers of the leatherworker profession sell addons. The mod requires Trinkets Updated, and LambDynamicLights - Dynamic Lights is optional. Simplified Backpacks is client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published for Fabric only, for 1.21.8, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, and the 1.21.8 build uses Trinkets Canary instead of Trinkets Updated.
Key features
Sorting buttons
One button sorts the backpack contents alphabetically or by item count, and another transfers matching items from the inventory into the backpack.
Magnetic pickup
A toggle turns magnetic item pickup on or off, and a second toggle controls whether picked up items pass through the filter.
Tiered storage
Backpacks come in tiers with one to six rows of slots, and each tier is crafted from the previous tier's upgrade template.
Pride flag model
A button toggles a pride flag model for the backpack, and the Prideful addon can be applied in a smithing table.
Language options
The mod includes joke translations such as Upside Down, Shakespearean English, Anglish and Skyrpy alongside English.
Gallery
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.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Server Backpacks is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and published for Fabric 1.17.1 – 1.18.1, so players join without installing anything. Ez Backpacks is client and server, not open source, under All rights reserved, and built for 26.1.2. Basic Backpack is client and server, open source under the MIT License, and targets 1.21.1 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Backpacks | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
| Server Backpacks | Fabric | 1.17.1 – 1.18.1 | Server-side only | 2022-01-23 |
| Ez Backpacks | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-17 |
| Basic Backpack | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-25 |
Questions
Does Simplified Backpacks need Trinkets Updated?
Does the server need the mod?
How do backpacks get upgraded to a higher tier?
In the catalog
Simplified Backpacks 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.
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What the author says
This mod needs Trinkets Updated to work! For 1.21.8, use Trinkets Canary. Simplified Backpacks adds a simple Backpack, which can be upgraded to various tiers, with each one increasing the amount of rows in the backpack!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simplified-backpacks
- Owner
- flngus
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15