yafuce's Nerfed Ender Chests
by yafuce
yafuce's Nerfed Ender Chests reduces what an Ender Chest can hold and how it can be used, on Fabric servers running Fabric API.
What it does
The mod rebalances Ender Chests so they suit carrying essentials on an adventure rather than serving as a main base storage. Players can no longer place shulker boxes inside an Ender Chest, and opening one requires an Eye of Ender. Once opened, the chest stays accessible for 10 minutes before it needs to be reopened.
Server owners can change the behavior through a customizable, data-driven config file. An option disables Ender Chest use altogether, and it is off by default. The author describes the change as making item transport through chest boats, chest minecarts and animals largely pointless, because a single chest is sized far below the base storage it would otherwise replace.
The mod is server-side only, so only the server needs it and players join without installing anything. It requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric alone, with a single file for 1.21.11 as the latest build. Its files cover 1.21 – 1.21.11, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Shulker box restriction
Shulker boxes cannot be placed inside an Ender Chest, which keeps the chest from holding a large stack of items.
Eye of Ender access
Opening an Ender Chest consumes an Eye of Ender, adding a cost to each use of the storage.
Ten-minute window
An opened Ender Chest stays open for 10 minutes, after which the player must open it again.
Configurable behavior
A data-driven config file lets server owners adjust the rules, including a switch that turns Ender Chest use off entirely.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions 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
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners running Fabric who want to reduce the storage capacity of Ender Chests and limit their use in survival or adventure play.
How it compares
Quick Ender Chest is server-side only, uses All rights reserved licensing and is published for 1.21.11 only, so it is not open source. LazyMC Double Ender Chest is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.21.11. No Ender Chests is server-side only and open source under the BSD 3-Clause License, with files for 1.21, and it removes the chests rather than restricting them.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yafuce's Nerfed Ender Chests | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-02 |
| Quick Ender Chest | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-04-04 |
| LazyMC Double Ender Chest | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-07-22 |
| No Ender Chests | Fabric | 1.21 | Server-side only | 2024-07-10 |
Questions
Does the server need Fabric API?
Do players need to install this mod?
Can the restrictions be turned off?
In the catalog
yafuce's Nerfed Ender Chests is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Using shulker boxes, a single Ender Chest can hold: 64x27x27 = 46,656 items (or 729 unique unstackables). For most casual players, that's almost all of a base's storage. It makes item transportation infrastructure (chest boats, chest minecarts, animals...) practically useless.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/yafuces-nerfed-ender-chests
- Owner
- yafuce
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15