MetalChests Mod 1.12.2 is a better alternative to IronChests. It’s basically just IronChests without the fluff and more direct mod support. Enjoy!
Features:
- No Crystal Chest!
- No DirtChest9000!
- No Iron Shulker Boxes!
- Minecarts with Metal Chests!
- Boats with Metal Chests!
- Chest recipes change based on available metals
- Balanced upgrades to change your chest to any variant from any variant
- Significantly increased performance over IronChests
- Any added content is highly configurable
- Trapped upgrades! (right-click chest holding redstone; remove doing the same)
- Luminous upgrades! (right-click chest holding glowstone dust; remove doing the same)
- Upgrades work on:
- Any chest oredicted as chestWood
- Trapped Chests
- Minecarts with Chests
- Boats with Chests
Screenshots:
Crafting Recipes:
MetalChests Mod 1.12.2 Download Links
For Minecraft 1.12.2
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
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- Downloads as 207752.mcaddon
- Download size: 226 KB
- Download link checked 27 Jul 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.