TradeChest
by rodortega
TradeChest lets a player set up an automatic shop chest, where customers place the items they want to buy and receive the goods they are selling without anyone at the stall.
What it does
A trade chest is crafted from a recipe and split into dedicated areas for buy items, sell items, a pickup zone and an owner collection area. Once configured, a customer places buy items in the chest and gets the sell items returned automatically, while the earnings move to the owner's collection area after each trade. The chest keeps a 9x5 inventory layout, so a shop can hold a sizeable stock in one block. Ownership is tied to a username, so a trade setup belongs to the player who created it and other players cannot change its settings.
Key features
Automatic trading
Customers place buy items in the chest and receive the matching sell items without an attendant.
9x5 inventory layout
The trade chest offers a 9x5 inventory, enough room to stock a shop with several kinds of goods.
Ownership by username
Each trade setup is bound to a username, so only its owner can configure it.
Owner collection area
Earnings from completed trades move to a dedicated collection area the owner can empty.
Crafted trade chest
The trade chest is made from a recipe, so players can build shops without a command or a creative menu.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Server shops
Server owners can give players a self-running market where items are bought and sold without staff present.
Player stalls
A player can set up a small shop in a town or spawn area and collect payments while away from the stall.
Who it’s for: Players who run shops on a Fabric server and server owners who want chest-based trading without a plugin. The mod suits communities that want a stock-and-collect routine on the server.
How it compares
Village Business is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.5 that runs on client and server and is open source under the MIT License, so it covers fewer versions than TradeChest. Pebble's Chest Shop is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that is server-side only and released under CC0 1.0 Universal, so players can join without installing it, and it is not open source. Trading Stalls runs on client and server for 1.21 – 1.21.11 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TradeChest | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-02-04 |
| Village Business | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-07 |
| Pebble's Chest Shop | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-09-13 |
| Trading Stalls | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-08 |
Questions
Does TradeChest need Fabric API?
Does TradeChest have to be installed on both sides?
Which game versions does TradeChest support?
In the catalog
TradeChest is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,159 Economy mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
A Minecraft Fabric mod that adds automatic trading chests with a 9x5 inventory layout. Set up vending machine-style shops where customers place buy items and automatically receive sell items in return. This mod is available under the CC0 license. Feel free to learn from it and incorporate it in your own projects.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tradechest
- Owner
- rodortega
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15