ChestTransporter: The Steampunk Tool That Moves Chests and Mobs
Few things in Minecraft are as tedious as relocating a storage room. You empty a chest stack by stack, break it, walk it over, and rebuild everything in the right order. ChestTransporter erases that chore entirely. This NeoForge add-on hands you a mechanical, steampunk-styled device with a spring-loaded claw that grabs a chest with everything still inside it and sets it back down wherever you like. It also captures living creatures, which makes it a genuine two-in-one utility for builders and farmers alike.
What ChestTransporter Actually Does
The core idea is simple: one click to pick up, one click to put down. Right-click a chest, a barrel, a shulker box, or a storage block from another mod, and the tool disassembles it along with its contents. Right-click a block afterward and the container returns exactly as you found it, preserving orientation, custom name, and lock state. Double chests stay together instead of splitting into two halves mid-move.
Living creatures work the same way. Right-click a mob to bottle it up, carry it across the map, and release it wherever you need it. The tooltip always shows which creature you are holding, so you never lose track of your cargo.
Mob Capture Tiers and Progression
Capturing animals uses a four-tier system that mirrors vanilla tool progression. Each tier is unlocked through a crafting-table recipe, and the final step to Netherite happens at the smithing table, just like diamond gear.
- Wood captures passive animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs.
- Iron adds villagers and the wandering trader.
- Diamond adds hostile creatures.
- Netherite rounds things out with bosses, including the Wither and the Warden.
That last tier is where the tool earns its reputation. Dragging a Warden across the overworld sounds absurd until you realize how useful it is for mob farms, trap designs, or simply clearing out an ancient city without a fight.
Compatibility and Extra Features
ChestTransporter recognizes vanilla storage blocks automatically, including copper chests at every oxidation stage, plus modded containers and mob spawners such as the Apothic Spawner. If Curios API is installed, a dedicated accessory slot lets you carry a loaded tool without spending a normal inventory slot, though the mod runs perfectly fine without it.
GeckoLib integration powers fully animated models: rotating gears, a pulsing gauge, and a claw that opens and closes with satisfying fluidity. The models and textures are hand-crafted and refined to sit naturally in the Minecraft world rather than looking bolted on.
Supported Versions and Loader
The add-on targets modern Minecraft releases on the NeoForge loader, with GeckoLib as a required dependency. Because the project is actively maintained, new game versions and compatibility fixes arrive as they surface. If you manage multiple worlds on different versions, the foxygame.net launcher is worth a look, since it keeps every installed build of ChestTransporter updated automatically and flags version mismatches before they break a world.
How to Install ChestTransporter for Minecraft
Setup takes only a few minutes if your loader is already in place.
- Install NeoForge for your Minecraft version.
- Download GeckoLib and place it in your mods folder.
- Download ChestTransporter, choosing the jar that matches your game version.
- Optionally add Curios API for the accessory slot.
- Launch the game and confirm both mods appear in the mod list.
If you plan to download ChestTransporter for a modpack, you have full permission to include it in public or private packs, commercial or otherwise, with no need to ask first. Credit is welcome but never required.
A Note on Origins and Rights
The concept of carrying a chest elsewhere comes from the classic Chest Transporter by cubex2 for Minecraft 1.12.2 and earlier, and full credit for that original idea goes to them. This project shares no code, models, textures, or assets with it. Everything here, from game logic to animations, was built from scratch on NeoForge with GeckoLib, and it expands the concept considerably with cross-mod support, double-chest handling, shulker boxes, spawner capture, and a full creature tier system.
Final Thoughts
ChestTransporter solves two of Minecraft's most repetitive chores with a single tool, and it does so with enough polish that using it feels like a feature rather than a shortcut. Whether you are rearranging a warehouse, relocating villagers, or hauling a Warden into a purpose-built arena, the claw does the heavy lifting. Grab it for your version, drop it in your mods folder, and stop emptying chests one stack at a time.