Chest Helper: search every chest you have opened

Checked against: Chest Helper 1.0.11 – 1.0.16, its Modrinth page and the changelogs up to 24 July 2026.

Which file to install

Not every loader is built for every Minecraft version. Find the row for your game:

Chest Helper runs on the client only, so servers do not need it. Modrinth lists no required dependencies. The license is All Rights Reserved.

What it remembers

• Chests, barrels and shulker boxes you open, kept separately for each server, world and dimension.
• The memory is saved between game sessions.
• Items are matched together with their components, so renamed items, enchanted gear, potions, books, tools and filled shulker boxes are not lumped together just because they share an item ID.

It knows only what you have seen. A container you never opened is not in the list, and the mod updates its memory when you take or move items. If someone else changes a chest, the list shows what that chest held when you last opened it.

The item list

Press B to open it. Each row shows the item’s name and icon, the total stored in remembered containers, and how much of it sits in containers near you. Large numbers are shortened to 125, 1k or 1.5k. Coordinates in the rows can be shown or hidden.

Screenshots of the list, the settings and the container highlight are in the Modrinth gallery.

Taking and storing items

Chest Helper takes items from remembered containers within 6 blocks of you, using the same inventory actions you would. While it does so, it hides the container screen and shows a short result message instead.

Settings

• Reopen Chest Helper after taking items: returns to the list after a pickup.
• Ignore ender chests: leaves ender chests out.
• List radius: hides remembered containers farther than this from the list. The default is 160 blocks.
• Coordinates: show or hide them in item rows.

The list also has buttons to reset the saved data and to open the folder where it is stored.

What changed in recent versions

• 1.0.15 (Fabric 26.2, NeoForge 1.21.1): chests are no longer forgotten after you leave the list radius; other mods can no longer close or replace the Chest Helper screen during a search; pressing B or E while typing no longer closes it.
• 1.0.16 (NeoForge 1.21.1 only): "Deposit Matching" and "Withdraw Matching" hotkeys; Shift + middle mouse button locks a slot, and locked slots are skipped in transfers; JEI integration that takes recipe ingredients from chests and places them in the crafting grid.

So the newest features exist only on NeoForge 1.21.1. The 1.21.11 and 26.1 builds are still 1.0.11.

Install

1. Find your Minecraft version and loader in the table above. If your combination is not there, there is no build for it.
2. Download that file from the Versions tab on Modrinth.
3. Put the .jar into the mods folder of your game or launcher instance.
4. Start the game with that loader, open a few containers, and press B.

Limits

• It only knows containers you have opened, with the contents they had at that moment.
• Taking and storing work within 6 blocks. The list itself shows containers up to the list radius away.
• Modrinth names chests, barrels and shulker boxes; ender chests count too unless you switch on "Ignore ender chests".
• Builds differ: the slot lock, the hotkeys and JEI support are in 1.0.16, which exists only for NeoForge 1.21.1.

Why we made it

Chest Helper is the second public mod from Cube in Square. It solves a quieter problem than ArmorHide: on an old shared base, nobody remembers which of forty chests holds the candles, the maps or the spare costume pieces. The mod does not sort anything for you; it remembers what you have seen.

FAQ

Source: Chest Helper on Modrinth, published by Cube in Square: its description, version list and changelogs.