RPG Inventory
If you have ever wished your Minecraft character had more places to stash gear, RPG Inventory is the add-on you have been waiting for. It replaces the standard inventory screen with a richer layout that supports belts, necklaces, rings, gloves, shoulders, relics, and even class items. Whether you are building a warrior, a mage, or a rogue, this mod gives every playstyle the room it deserves.
The add-on is available for Minecraft 1.21.1 and runs on both Fabric and NeoForge, so most modern modpacks can adopt it without friction. If you want to download RPG Inventory, grab the build that matches your loader and game version, then drop it into your mods folder.
What the Expanded Inventory Screen Offers
The centerpiece is the expanded inventory screen. It is the most visible change, though server owners can disable it through the config, which also turns off every feature that depends on it. The new equipment slots behave like the four vanilla armor slots: each one can be toggled on or off, made visible or hidden, locked against manual placement or removal, and repositioned to suit your interface.
- 1 belt slot
- 1 necklace slot
- 2 ring slots, with the second disabled by default
- 1 gloves slot
- 1 shoulders slot
- 1 relic slot
- 1 class item slot, hidden by default
Beyond gear, there are eight spell slots governed by the rpginventory:active_spell_slot_amount entity attribute. The server config option default_spell_slot_amount decides how many each player starts with. These slots were designed with Spell Engine in mind, but they accept any compatible item.
Hand Slot Overhaul and Two-Handed Stance
The hand slot system extends the vanilla offhand. Your selected hotbar slot is effectively replaced by a dedicated hand slot, and items in either hand can be sheathed with a hotkey to reveal the hotbar again. Sheathed gear renders on the player model, and you can fine-tune its position in the client config. The vanilla Swap Hands key is disabled while this feature is active, though number-key swapping still works.
Two-handed Stance and Alternative Slots
Two-handed stance sheathes only the offhand, creating the unusual case of a full main hand and an empty offhand. Toggle it with a hotkey, unless the item sits in the rpginventory:non_two_handed_items tag. Mods such as Better Combat Extension can build on this state. Alternative hand slots hold the same items without applying attribute modifiers or enchantments, and dedicated hotkeys swap each hand individually or both at once.
Empty hand slots always contain an "Empty Hand Weapon", which technically counts as a weapon and enables unarmed combat when Better Combat is installed. Hidden technical slots handle sheathed hands, empty hands, and alternative hands behind the scenes, and every hotkey action supports optional cooldowns or stamina costs when Stamina Attributes is present.
Status Effects, Tooltips, and Extra Settings
Active status effects appear on the right side of the inventory screen, sorted into harmful, beneficial, and neutral categories. Effects can carry descriptions through lang files, and food effects get their own list. Equipment slots can also display tooltips when both the slot and cursor are empty, and the 2x2 crafting grid can be disabled entirely if you prefer a cleaner layout.
Advancement Locks, Player Binding, and Load Outs
Advancement locked items stay unusable until you earn the right advancement, and player crafted items record who made them as a cosmetic tooltip line. Player bound items only work for their owner, and slots holding another player's gear show a colored overlay. Mannequin blocks store load outs that copy items into empty equipment slots, with death behavior controlled by server config.
Death rules are equally flexible. Sacrificing an item in the sacrificed_to_keep_inventory_on_death tag preserves your inventory, while components like rpginventory:is_kept_on_death and rpginventory:is_destroyed_on_death decide the fate of individual stacks. PVP deaths can trigger teleports and resource resets instead of a full kill, which suits RPG servers nicely.
Compatibility and How to Install
RPG Inventory integrates with Backpack Attribute, Inventory Size Attributes, Player Attribute Screen, RPG Crafting, Numismatic Overhaul, and Trinkets, all on 1.21.1. Trinket slots appear on the inventory screen with configurable tooltips, and the purse widget shows up when Numismatic Overhaul is loaded.
Learning how to install is straightforward. Confirm your Minecraft version and loader, place the jar in your mods folder, and launch the game. If you would rather skip manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles RPG Inventory through a curated add-on catalog, letting you install it with a single click and keeping it updated automatically whenever a new build appears.
Final Thoughts
RPG Inventory turns a plain survival inventory into a proper character sheet. The extra slots, spell system, hand mechanics, and deep configuration options make it a natural fit for RPG modpacks, while the config toggles keep it tame for vanilla-friendly servers. Check your loader and version, install it, and give your gear the space it has always deserved.