Attention Fabric users: This is a Forge mod, it has always been and will always be. If I ever port it to Fabric, which I have no current plans to do, it will be as a fully separate project, and it will be clearly indicated.
How to Use
Craft the tape with string, paper and slime balls in any crafting grid (shapeless).
Right-click with the tape on a block with TileEntity (chests, machines, ...) to pack.
Harvest the box to carry it around, and place it in its target location.
Right-click on a packed block to unpack.
Note: Sneaking while placing the block will disable the rotation system while unboxing!
Allowing the tape to pack mob spawners
Add the mob spawner tile entity class to the whitelist section of the config file.
In 1.18+:
Use this datapack: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/packing-tape/files/4070570
In 1.14+
Navigate to your save folder, and inside serverconfigs, open the packingtape-server.toml file in your favorite text editor (Notepad++ is a good choice for Windows users).
In it, locate the whitelist line, and add the spawner within the brackets, like so:
whitelist = ["minecraft:mob_spawner"]
If you need to add more than one, you can separate them with commas, like so:
whitelist = ["minecraft:mob_spawner","minecraft:chest","someothermod:someothertile"]
In 1.12 and earlier:
Locate the config file in config/packingtape.cfg. Find the S:whitelist key, and add the TE within the angle brackets, one per line if you have multiple.
tileentities {
S:blacklist <
>
S:whitelist <
net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntityMobSpawner
>
}
Can I use this in <X>?
Yes. Unless <X>'s license is incompatible with this mod's, which is unlikely.
Help and Support
For bug reports and feature requests, visit the issue tracker (link above)
You can also find me on discord, in my little discord server (please use the support forum channels! DO NOT DM me unless strictly necessary).
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.9, 1.21.10
- 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: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Packing Tape is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.8 and newer. Downloaded 18,208,209 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.




