How do I install Just a Backpack?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Just a Backpack work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Just a Backpack

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by 5Avian · on Modrinth

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Just a Backpack

Requires Fabric API

Supports Trinkets

Just adds a dyeable backpack without gimmicks.

Open it by right-clicking or by pressing the Open Backpack keybind (default: B) to reveal 27 slots to keep your items in.

Please note that this mod makes Shulker Boxes mostly obsolete.

Crafting Recipe

The Backpack crafting recipe

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
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 Modrinth — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as just_a_backpack-0.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 19 KB
Download link checked 11 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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