About Portable Crafting
From ModrinthUse crafting stations (tables, smithing, anvils, stonecutters, etc) directly from your inventory.
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Open crafting screens from your inventory.
Works server-side, with extra polish when installed on the client.
Requires Connector and FFAPI on (neo)forge.
Server Features
- Open workstation blocks by right-clicking them in the inventory (or using them from the hotbar)
- Supports crafting, smithing, stonecutting, grinding, looms, cartography tables, and anvils by default
- Supports all vanilla and most modded non-container workstations via the config (see below)
Mixed-Side Features
- Opening workstations is seamless, with no ping-dependent "ghost pickup" while the screen is loading
- Quickly open your crafting table via a hotkey (Default:
v) - Swap to portable workstations using Inventory Tabs
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Modpack Configuration
You add and change which workstations are portable via config/portable_crafting.toml.
Blocks _must_ open the specified screen handler on use, or this will not work.
[blockItemScreens]
"minecraft:crafting_table" = "minecraft:crafting"
"...block_item" = "...screen_handler"
[blockItemTags]
"c:player_workstations/crafting_tables" = "minecraft:crafting_table"
"...item_tag" = "...block_item_from_above"
Modded non-container workstations that use vanilla code conventions will work. Others crash, so test as you go.
The config is synchronised to the client when mixed-side to display tabs and apply seam-hiding changes.
Incompatible Blocks
Don't file issues for modded workstations! We can't fix them on our side.
To function as portable workstations, blocks must:
- Have no state/container, i.e. items cannot be left in them
- Override
getMenuProvider/createScreenHandlerFactoryto open their screen - Have a screen that doesn't rely on the existence of a block at the position provided at any time
- Have a screen that can be uniquely identified by a screen handler type
Afterword
All mods are built on the work of many others.
This mod specifically is inspired by a similar feature from Svenhjol's Charm - one of the few implementations of portable crafting grids that didn't introduce new items at the time.
We made this mod for Tinkerer's Quilt - our modpack about ease of play and vanilla content.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 8 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Portable Crafting on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 3.0.5+1.21, released 2026-04-06
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.18.2 to 1.21.1 (8 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| Quilt | 1.18.2 to 1.21.1 (8 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| Forge | 1.19.3 to 1.20.1 (4 versions) | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Portable Crafting.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0.5+1.21 | 2026-04-06 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric, NeoForge, Quilt |
| 3.0.4+1.21 | 2026-04-06 | 1.21 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | Fabric, NeoForge, Quilt |
| 3.0.3+1.18 | 2024-08-24 | 1.18.2 | Fabric, Quilt |
| 3.0.3+1.19 | 2024-08-24 | 1.19.2 | Fabric, Quilt |
| 3.0.3+1.20 | 2024-08-24 | 1.19.3 to 1.20.1 (4 versions) | Fabric, Forge, Quilt |
Run Portable Crafting on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Portable Crafting as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 7 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorsleepingdragoninn, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLGPL-3.0-onlyFree











