Simple Pocket Machines FAQ

Pocket machines require basic materials like wood, stone, and iron depending on which machine you're making. Check the crafting recipe for your desired machine (like a pocket furnace or crafting table) in your crafting menu or JEI/NEI—each machine has its own specific recipe.

Yes, pocket machines function identically to their full-sized counterparts—a pocket furnace smelts items at the same speed, a pocket crafting table uses the same recipes, and so on. The only difference is they're portable and take up inventory space instead of block space.

You need to hold the pocket machine in your hand and right-click to open its interface; you don't need to place it down. This lets you smelt, craft, or enchant on the go without building a temporary structure.

Pocket furnaces work just like regular furnaces and require fuel (coal, wood, etc.) to smelt items. Other pocket machines like crafting tables and enchanting tables don't require fuel or power.

Yes, a pocket chest functions as portable storage with the same inventory space as a regular chest. You can access it by holding it and right-clicking, making it ideal for collecting resources while mining or exploring.

Pocket machines are designed to be lightweight since they don't exist as placed blocks in the world—they only load when you open them. They should have minimal impact on performance compared to building multiple machine setups at your base.

A pocket enchanting table works independently without needing bookshelves around it, since it's a portable item. You'll still get enchantment options based on your experience level, but the enchantment pool won't be enhanced by bookshelves like a full-sized table would be.

Pocket machines drop as items like any other inventory item when you die, so you can recover them from your death location if you get back in time.

Yes, a pocket anvil works exactly like a regular anvil for repairing and renaming items. Simply hold it and right-click to open the anvil interface.

Pocket machines work with vanilla recipes and mechanics, so they're generally compatible with most mods. However, machines that rely on mod-specific blocks or energy systems may have limited functionality with pocket versions.

It adds portable pocket versions of common vanilla workstation blocks so you can use them on the go while mining, building, or surviving. The machines are survival friendly.

It registers 14 pocket machines: anvil, blast furnace, brewing stand, cartography table, chest, crafting table, enchanting table, ender chest, furnace, grindstone, loom, smithing table, smoker, and stonecutter.

The Modrinth project page lists 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.2, and 26.3.

It supports Fabric, NeoForge, and Quilt.

The recipes are an Item Frame plus the machine you want to make pocket-sized.

The pocket chest has the same size as a double chest.

Yes, it adds 14 pocket machine items and blocks , including pocket furnaces , crafting tables, chests, anvils, and more.

Yes, the mod is described as survival friendly and easy to craft, making it useful while on the move.

Yes, you can include it in a modpack, but all downloads must go through the official Modrinth and CurseForge pages, and you may not re-upload the mod elsewhere.

The wiki lists related mods including Simple Tomb , Simple Magnets , Simple Corn Mod , Simple Menu Mod , Simple Trophies , Simple Generators , Simple Planes Mod , Simple Sponge Mod , Simple Backups Mod , and Simple Farming Mod .