Sophisticated Item Actions
by P3pp3rF1y
With Sophisticated Item Actions, a player holding an item can highlight nearby storages that contain it and move stacks between the inventory and those storages without opening a GUI.
What it does
The mod works in the world rather than through an inventory screen. Held, hovered or selected items drive two actions: highlighting nearby storage blocks and entities that hold the item, and depositing stacks into them or restocking the inventory from them. Vanilla chests and barrels are covered, as are modded blocks and entities that expose an item handler.
Sophisticated Core is required, and the mod runs on Forge and NeoForge. Create, Just Enough Items (JEI) and Sable are optional dependencies. When JEI is present, an item hovered in its item lists or bookmarks can serve as the filter. The mod is published for 1.20.1 – 26.3 and is not open source, under All rights reserved. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.
Key features
Storage highlighting
Nearby storages holding the selected item are outlined, with green for an exact match including item components and blue for the same item type.
Deposit by modifier key
Shift deposits from the main inventory, Alt deposits from the hotbar, and the two can be combined to limit which part of the inventory is used.
Restock by modifier key
Shift restocks the main inventory, Alt restocks the hotbar, and Ctrl also fills empty slots targeted by those keys.
Default matching rules
Deposits only fill storage that already holds the item, and restocks only top up partially filled stacks, unless Ctrl changes the behavior.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
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
Use cases
Sorting a base from a distance
A player can see which chests in a base already hold a given item and file new stacks into them without walking to each container.
Who it’s for: Players who run large storage setups with many chests, barrels or modded containers, and players who want to manage items without opening every container one at a time.
How it compares
Soph Upgrade Addons is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and is also client and server. Sophisticated JEI Index is open source under the MIT License, covers 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 on Forge and NeoForge, and is client and server. Sophisticated GUI is not open source, is licensed as All rights reserved, and is limited to 1.20.1 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophisticated Item Actions | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
| Soph Upgrade Addons | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-13 |
| Sophisticated JEI Index | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-08 |
| Sophisticated GUI | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Sophisticated Item Actions need Sophisticated Core?
Does the server need Sophisticated Item Actions?
Is JEI required to use the item filters?
In the catalog
Sophisticated Item Actions is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Sophisticated Item Actions adds player-driven item interactions that work directly in the world, without requiring an inventory GUI. It allows you to highlight nearby storages, deposit items, and restock items based on what you are holding, hovering, or selecting via modifier keys, making everyday inventory…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sophisticated-item-actions
- Owner
- P3pp3rF1y
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15