Always Open Chest removes the vanilla block-above restriction for storage blocks, so you can open chests, ender chests, and shulker boxes even when something is placed on top of them.
This is a lightweight Fabric mod for 1.20-1.21.11 that keeps vanilla behavior intact everywhere else. It just makes storage setups less annoying, especially in compact builds, redstone rooms, and tightly packed bases.
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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as alwaysopenchest-3.0-fabric-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 52 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.