Chest sorting

Open any chest. Hit the chest-sort button in the chest UI. The chest is sorted in seconds — items grouped by category (blocks, food, tools, weapons), stacked to maximum, alphabetized within group.

This applies to:

• Vanilla chests (single and double)
• Barrels
• Shulker boxes
• Ender chest
• Vault chests

How to sort

Open the container. Look for the sort button in the UI (or use the keybind). Click it.

The chest contents reshuffle: similar items merge into stacks, items group by category, the result is laid out predictably.

Toggle per-player

Default: enabled.

Sort behavior

By default, the sorter:

• Groups similar items — all stones together, all woods together, all weapons together
• Stacks to maximum — 64 dirt stacks become "as many full 64-stacks as possible plus a remainder"
• Alphabetizes within group — A's first
• Preserves item slot ordering — no random scattering

You can configure your personal sort preferences (e.g., reverse alphabetical, sort by quantity instead of name) via settings menus or commands.

Auto-deposit (the related feature)

A separate feature called auto-deposit or inventory unload quickly moves matching items from your inventory into nearby chests. See Inventory tweaks for /invunload or similar.

The combo:

1. Walk into your base with a full inventory
2. Run auto-unload near your storage chests — items distribute to matching chests
3. Run sort on each chest — chest contents are organized
4. Total time: 10 seconds

What it doesn't do

• Doesn't sort across chests automatically — each chest is sorted independently when you ask
• Doesn't filter — it sorts what's there, doesn't selectively keep/discard
• Doesn't run continuously — it's an on-demand action, not a passive

For continuous auto-sorting between chests, use linked chests.

Pairing patterns

After a mining trip

Walk to base, open the storage chest, hit sort. Done.

Before sharing

Sorted chests are easier for friends to navigate. Sort before guests visit your base.

After major build sessions

Building leaves your storage in chaos. End-of-session sort = clean state for next time.

See also

• Inventory tweaks — auto-unload pairs perfectly with sort
• Linked chests — for continuous sorting across multiple chests
• Vaults — vault contents can be sorted the same way
• Quality of life — full list of off-vanilla tweaks