Workshop Zone

Workshop Zone

Workshop Zone connects nearby containers and vanilla workstations into one temporary workshop without replacing Minecraft's original screens.

Open a supported container or workstation to access a responsive workshop sidebar. From there, you can quickly switch between nearby devices, organize labeled storage, deposit matching items, search the workshop inventory, locate containers, and safely use warehouse materials for crafting.

Features

• Quickly switch between nearby containers and vanilla workstations
• Exact-item container labels
• Item Tag category labels
• Custom multi-label whitelists with up to 32 entries
• Label-based one-click inventory deposit
• Search only for items that actually exist in the current workshop
• Display item quantities and matching containers
• Open or highlight matching containers in the world
• Logical double-chest support
• Warehouse-assisted crafting with confirmation
• Shift-click recipe support for safe batch material refill
• Responsive sidebar placement
• Automatic JEI, EMI, and REI detection
• Right, left, top, bottom, and custom draggable sidebar positions
• Simplified Chinese and English localization
• Multiplayer and dedicated server support

Supported Storage

• Chests
• Trapped Chests
• Barrels
• Double Chests

Supported Workstations

• Crafting Table
• Furnace
• Blast Furnace
• Smoker
• Smithing Table
• Anvil
• Chipped Anvil
• Damaged Anvil
• Stonecutter
• Grindstone
• Loom
• Cartography Table
• Brewing Stand
• Enchanting Table

Warehouse-Assisted Crafting

When the player's inventory does not contain enough materials, Workshop Zone can use materials from accessible containers in the active workshop.

Before anything is moved, the mod displays a confirmation panel.

• Player inventory materials are used first
• Storage only supplies the missing amount
• Normal recipe clicks prepare one crafting operation
• Shift-clicking a recipe prepares the maximum safe batch, up to 64 operations
• Materials are placed into the vanilla crafting grid
• Workshop Zone does not directly generate the output
• Vanilla Minecraft still handles outputs, recipe remainders, statistics, and recipe unlocking
• Failed transactions are rolled back

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.1
• Fabric Loader 0.19.3 or newer compatible version
• Fabric API 0.116.15+1.21.1 or newer compatible version
• Java 21

Workshop Zone and Fabric API must be installed on both the server and joining clients in multiplayer.

Optional Compatibility

• Just Enough Items (JEI)
• EMI
• Roughly Enough Items (REI)

Recipe viewers are optional and are not required to run Workshop Zone.

Current Limitations

• Minecraft 1.21.1 Fabric only
• No cross-dimensional workshop access
• Unloaded chunks are never force-loaded
• Shulker boxes and modded machines are not currently supported
• Warehouse-assisted crafting currently supports standard 3×3 crafting recipes
• The crafting grid must be empty before warehouse materials are inserted
• Recursive sub-recipes and automatic smelting are not supported
• Independent recipe-transfer buttons from recipe viewer mods may not trigger warehouse-assisted crafting

Source Code and Issues

Source code, technical documentation, and issue reporting are available through the project repository.