Spatial
Spatial is a server-side Fabric and Quilt mod that replaces grid-based inventories with a spatial system, so items occupy shaped slots instead of uniform squares.
What it does
Spatial converts the grid-based inventory system into one where each item takes a shape defined in a config file. The shapes are written in a format similar to crafting recipe shapes: a character other than a space marks a slot the item occupies, and spaces count as empty slots. The example config gives goat horns an L shape. Spatial detects shaped recipes when the server starts, and modded items with non-shaped crafting recipes need manual entries.
An optional brutal mode disables stacking, and it is off by default. A separate client-side version improves rendering, and it is entirely optional.
Spatial is released under the MIT License and is open source. It is published for Fabric and Quilt, with files for 1.20.1 and 1.20.2 and 1.0.0+1.20.1 as the latest build, dated 2026-04-14. The server requires the mod; clients may add the optional rendering version.
Key features
Shaped item slots
Each item takes a configurable footprint, so a long item can occupy several slots in a row or column.
Config-based shape overrides
Shapes for added items are set through entries in the config, written like crafting recipe shapes.
Brutal mode
An optional setting disables stacking of items, turning every stack into single items in shaped slots.
Targeted inventory screens
The shaped layout applies only to selected screens, leaving modded screens that do not extend vanilla untouched.
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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.
How it compares
Gridless is a client and server mod for Fabric, open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.20.1. NewifyShulker is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and published for 1.20.1. Hexxy Dimensions is client and server, open source under CC0 1.0 Universal and covers 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spatial | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 1.20.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-14 |
| Gridless | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-02 |
| NewifyShulker | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-09 |
| Hexxy Dimensions | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2024-06-30 |
Questions
Does Spatial need to be installed on the client?
Does Spatial work with Quilt?
Do modded items with custom crafting recipes get a shape?
In the catalog
Spatial is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
Spatial is a server side Fabric mod that converts the inventory system into a grid-based system. A spatial system. So many mods these days are trying to fix the ever-growing problem that is the inventory. This mod is not one of those. Spatial revolutionizes the way that you struggle to organize your inventory.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spatial
- Owner
- noWickedfortheRest
- Published
- 2023-11-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15