
Craft From Chests
Craft From Chest is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that lets you use items from nearby containers (chests, barrels, etc) when crafting via the recipe book at a crafting table.
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About this Mod
Craft From Chest What the Mod Does
Craft From Chest is a Minecraft mod that lets you use items stored in nearby chests and other containers when you craft at a crafting table as long as you use the recipe book to fill or craft the recipe.
The Problem It Solves
Normally, the recipe book only uses items in your inventory. If your materials are in chests, you have to open each chest, move items into your inventory (or into the crafting grid), then craft. This mod lets the recipe book “see” those chests so you can craft without moving everything into your inventory first.
How It Works In-Game
Open a crafting table and use the recipe book (the book icon in the crafting GUI).
Click a recipe to fill the grid or craft (e.g. click once to fill, again to craft).
The recipe book can now take ingredients from:
Your inventory (as usual), and
Any container within range of the crafting table: chests, barrels, shulker boxes, and other blocks that hold items.
When you take the crafted result, those ingredients are used and removed from the right place including from the chests. You don’t get free items; the chests are actually emptied for what you crafted.
So: recipe book at crafting table = can use items from nearby chests.
Manual crafting (dragging items into the grid yourself) is unchanged: only your inventory and what you put in the grid are used.
How Far “Nearby” Is
30 blocks wide from the crafting table (15 blocks in each horizontal direction).
5 blocks above and 5 blocks below the crafting table.
So you get a flat, wide area around the table rather than a huge sphere. Containers anywhere in that box can be used by the recipe book.
What Counts as a Container
Any block that holds items and is in that range works: chests (single and double), barrels, shulker boxes, and other storage blocks that expose an inventory. If the game treats it as a container, the mod treats it as a source for recipe-book crafting.
Available Versions
How to Install Craft From Chests on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Craft From Chests". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+8 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Craft From Chests server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Craft From Chests compatible with fabric?
Craft From Chests officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Craft From Chests – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Craft From Chests consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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