Description
Better Shulkers
About
Better Shulkers is an open-source Fabric and NeoForge Minecraft mod that works completely on the server (no client mod needed) and improves many aspects of shulker boxes. This is intended to be used on vanilla-compatible servers, however should work fine with modded content.
This is Tater Certified's entry in the 2025 NeoForge Server-side Summer competition!
Features
This is a brief list of features. More info can be found on our website:
- Open shulker boxes from your hotbar and inventory
- Whitelist certain items for a shulker box
- Visual display to show shulker box whitelists
- Quick insert all items into a shulker with shift-right-click
- Enchant shulker boxes with Material Collector to automatically pick up items
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Configuration Options
The mod creates a bettershulkers.toml file in your server's config folder. Here are all available options:
• item-pickup-type (ENCHANTMENT): Controls how shulker boxes can pick up items automatically:
- NONE: Shulker boxes do not automatically pick up items
- RECIPE: All shulkers with a material can pick up items (uses crafting recipe)
- ENCHANTMENT: Only shulkers with a material and the Material Collector enchantment can pick up items.
• open-from-inventory (true): If true, players can open shulker boxes by right-clicking them in their hand or in their inventory.
• show-material-display (true): If true, item displays will render on the shulker box lid to show the material. Note: Displays may appear slow if players have high latency.
• require-permission-for-command (true): If true, players will need permissions to use the /shulker command.
• require-permission-for-right-click-open-shulker (false): If true, players will need bettershulkers.open permission to open shulker boxes by right-clicking them.
Permissions
bettershulkers.command.reload: Allows reloading the configuration file using the/shulkercommand.bettershulkers.command.set: Allows setting a shulker's material using the/shulkercommand.bettershulkers.open: Allows opening shulker boxes by right-clicking them in hand. (permission req. for this disabled as default)
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