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.

Features

This is a brief list of features. More can be found on our website:

• Open shulker boxes from your hotbar
• Automatically pick up items and place them in a shulker box
• Whitelist certain items for a shulker box
• Visual display to show shulker box whitelists

Compatibility

The mod is compatible with Minecraft 1.21 and above.

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Configuration & Permissions

Configuration Options

The mod creates a bettershulkers.toml file in your server's config folder. Here are all available options:

Option	Default	Description
disable-pickup-feature-of-shulkers	false	Disables the main feature of this mod, which is shulkers retaining their inventory when broken. Note: This does NOT disable the recipe to craft pickable shulkers.
add-recipe-for-pickable-shulker	true	If true, a recipe is added to make shulkers pickable. Note: This does NOT disable the pickup feature, only the recipe to craft them.
right-click-to-open-shulker	true	If true, players can open shulker boxes by right-clicking them in hand.
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.

Permission Nodes

The following permission nodes are available for server administrators:

Permission Node	Description
bettershulkers.command.set	Allows setting a shulker's material using the /shulker command.
bettershulkers.command.reload	Allows reloading the configuration file using the /shulker command.
bettershulkers.open	Allows opening shulker boxes by right-clicking them in hand. (permission req. for this disabled as default)

Commands

• /shulker set <material> - Set a shulker box's material (requires bettershulkers.command.set permission)
• /shulker reload - Reload the configuration file (requires bettershulkers.command.reload permission)

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