Crates
Crates adds data-driven fishing crates to Minecraft, so a catch from the water can turn into a loot chest that the player opens by hand.
What it does
Each crate tier is tied to a place in the world. Wooden crates are common and found only in the overworld, copper ones are uncommon and also overworld-only, and iron and diamond crates are rarer and deeper in the overworld loot pool. Desert, jungle, frozen and taiga crates are rare and appear only in biomes that match their names, so a player has to fish in the right terrain to get them.
A new fishing rod enchantment called Unboxing sometimes opens crates directly when the player reels one in. Unboxing III raises the odds that a fished-up crate goes up a tier. Because the crate contents are defined by data files, other mods can build their own loot tables against the same system. The mod is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and is published for Fabric only, with version 1.0.3 for 1.21.1 as the latest file. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.
Key features
Tiered fishing crates
Wooden, copper, iron and diamond crates each have their own rarity, with the diamond tier marked as super rare.
Biome-locked crates
Desert, jungle, frozen and taiga crates only drop in biomes that resemble their names, which rewards fishing across the world.
Unboxing enchantment
A fishing rod enchantment opens crates on its own, and its third level increases the chance of a higher-tier crate.
Data-driven loot
Crate contents are set in data files, so the loot can be changed or extended without editing the code.
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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
Iron Crate is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 26.2, with All rights reserved licensing and no open source code, and it is client and server. Flora is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, also client and server. MoarIceMod is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License, client and server, and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crates | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-17 |
| Iron Crate | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-03 |
| Flora | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-15 |
| MoarIceMod | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-20 |
Questions
Does Crates need Fabric API?
Which game version does Crates support?
Can other mods add crate loot?
In the catalog
Crates is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Unboxing is a new fishing rod enchantment that you can get sometimes when opening crates. It increases the odds of fishing up a crate, and goes up to Unboxing III. This mod should not be used for any sort of system that requires real money on servers, sites and such.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/svcrates
- Owner
- Scarlett-Vissca
- Published
- 2026-05-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15