How to Separate a Chest Boat into a Chest

Chest boats have the same problem as chest minecarts: once combined, vanilla will not let you take them apart. This mod adds the reverse recipe so you can salvage the chest.

Steps

1. Place the chest boat into a crafting grid.

2. The recipe output is a single chest.

3. Take the chest. The boat is consumed in the process.

What You Keep and What You Lose

• You keep the chest.
• You lose the boat. There is no way to get the boat back through this recipe.

Why You Would Use It

• You built a chest boat for a river trip and no longer need the boat.
• You crafted too many chest boats and want the chests for base storage.
• You are cleaning up after exploring and want to reduce clutter in your inventory.

Tips

• Because the boat is lost, only break down chest boats you are sure you will not sail again.
• If you might still need a boat, craft a plain boat instead of sacrificing a chest boat.
• The chest you recover is a normal chest and can be placed or used in any vanilla recipe.

This mirrors the minecart behavior: block comes back, vehicle does not. Treat it as a salvage recipe, not a reversible crafting step.