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Shelf Obsessed
DO NOT feed my mods to AI - if you ask, I will teach you what I know. Once upon a time, there was a lovely little mod that let you put things on bookshelves. It was the very first mod I ever installed in Vintage Story and remains one of my favourites to this
Quick answer
Which Shelf Obsessed release matches 1.21.6?
Shelf Obsessed 1.9.5 targets 1.21.5, 1.21.6. It must be installed on the client. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Shelf Obsessed required on the client, server, or both?
It must be installed on the client. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.
This release supports both sides, but the source does not require it on the server.
What else does Shelf Obsessed 1.9.5 need?
1.9.5 on 1.21.6. Every mod below is checked against that same setup.
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
This file does not list any required or optional mods.
Before you install it
Add Shelf Obsessed without breaking your instance.
Built for Shelf Obsessed 1.9.5 on 1.21.6. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use 1.9.5. It targets 1.21.5, 1.21.6; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side
It must be installed on the client. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside 1.9.5. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Shelf Obsessed add?
DO NOT feed my mods to AI - if you ask, I will teach you what I know.
Once upon a time, there was a lovely little mod that let you put things on bookshelves. It was the very first mod I ever installed in Vintage Story and remains one of my favourites to this day. Unfortunately, SmeeSlug hasn't updated it in over a year now (May 2024) and a few things are now wonky.
So here I am! Bringing stuff to bookshelves in current itterations of the game and hopefully expanding on it. Why limit ourselves to bookshelves, afterall? There are normal shelves, tool racks, display cases, and vertical racks too! Some things sit funny, and that's a future-me problem. Happy shelving!
Bookshelf Backing Update (2.2.0) - bookshelf backing now matches the woodtype of the bookshelf, instead of just being black
DO NOT use Shelf Obsessed and Shelfish at the same time - These mods obviously conflict because they're doing the same thing; so you only get one, and Shelf Obsessed is the most compatible with current versions of Vintage Story.
Here's the discord link, in case of troubles or requests!
Vinage Story v1.22
I have done the "great overhaul" as of v2.1.0 of Shelf Obsessed. Patches for any mod that has not been updated to 1.22, or no longer functions on 1.22, have been fully removed from the files. Here is your updated lists of compatability!!
Vanilla Objects:
Seashells
Rusty gears, temporal gears
Bombs, beenades
Ferns, lupines, flower pots, planters, watering can
Beeswax, candles, honeycomb
Ink and quill, tuning cylinders
Bones, fat, rendered fat, feathers
Cloth, leather, flax fibers, flax twine, sewing kit, bandage
Cattail root, tule root, papyrus root, tree seeds, crop seeds
Crystal clusters, gems, crystalized ore, all quartz
Bowls, pots, jugs, crocks
Oillamps (empty and full)
Ingot molds. crucibles, charcoal, coke, ingots, metal bits/nuggets, iron bloom
Metal scale, plates, nails and strips, lamellae, chain, rods, arrowheads
Jonas parts
Mortar, compost, rot, daub, clay, powders, calcified flint
Flint, peat bricks, ore, sticks, resin, stone
Stone bricks, refractory bricks, raw brick, clay bricks
Backpack, hunters backpack, hand baskets, linen sacks, mining bag, sturdy mining bag, quiver
Shones, necklaces
Supported Mods (current count; 36) :
A Culinary Artillery - sauce pan, cork, glass bottles, clay bottles, small cauldron, mixing bowls, rolling pins, bark
Alchemy - potion flasks, flower cuttings, herb rack pieces, potion bases (excluding the basic)
Bartender - leather, wood, and glass liquid containers
Better Ruins - schematics
Bola - tool of same name
Bookends - bookend boxes
Bricklayers - vat pieces, vessel pieces, planters, flower pots, sherds, polishing set, small stone bricks, all bowls, large pot, cups
Butchering - sinew, ivory, bone needle
Coinage - trussell, punch, completed coins
Drunklings Stoneware Jugs - all the drinking containers
Envelopes - seal stamp, wax sticks, parcels, signet ring; warning, only the signet ring is sized in a way that looks good
Eternal Seraphim Backpacks - all the backpacks
Expanded Matter - ash, crushed materials, powdered materials
Figurines - all figurines and their boxes
Firstaid Kits - all the first aid objects; warning, some of the textures in the mod have broken
Fitting and Sharding - fragments, sherds, grog
Hobo's Flower Circlets - all the circlets
Liquid Containers - all the drinking containers
Nid Plush - the standing and sleeping Nid plush
Paper Fletching - paper feathers
PetAI - small pet bed
Pewter - all the objects; lighting, molds, tableware
Plushies - all plushies and patterns except Dave and drifters
Primitive Survival - bomb, fireworks, wood lanterns
Seafarer - all sails, crushed shells, schematic, message in a bottle, metal toolheads, crop seeds, amphora, storage amphora, grow pot, onggi jar, griddle
Signals - glass bulbs, insulators, solenoids
Sonito Forager Basket - both bags; warning, some of the textures in the mod have broken
Specialized Bags Revived - all the bags
Spooky Nights - candies and candy bag
String Sense - all strand types
Substrate - sawdust, wood chips, spore paper, spore print, fruiting bags, printed spore paper,
Tailor's Delight - buttons, cloth, leather/bundle/strips, awl, twine, brush, needle, pattern set, ruler, spindle, metal band; warning, some of the textures in the mod have broken
Tankards, Goblets, and More! - all the drinking containers
Tinker Tailor Patchworks - cloth/leather, patch cloth/leather, scrap repair kit, scrap twine
Vint's Bottles'n Cups - flasks, bottles, glasses, shot glasses
Wool - cloth, fibers, fleece, twine, knitting needles
Great Companion Mods:
Bookends - and any other clutter that Calminaion makes, it's all super cute
Display Case Versatility - DPhKraken has added so many things that I haven't been able to figure out yet, like elk medalions, to bookshelves - AND SO MUCH MORE
Better Bookshelf Backing - this one seems really obvious, but in case it's fallen out of vogue somehow; this is how you make the backing of the bookcases match the wood instead of just being black
V2.0.0 of Shelf Obsessed - for use on 1.21 versions of Vintage Story
Vanilla things can go on bookshelves, normal shelves, and display cases
Seashells, crystals, gems, crystalized ores, ores, and metal nuggets
Beeswax, candles, and honeycomb
Jugs, clean and dirty pots, watering cans, oil lamps, bowls
Crocks and bowls, both empty and full - I do not know what the rot timers will be like on bookshelves
Bandages (not poultices)
Bones, fat, and feathers
Flax twine, flax fibres, bolts of cloth, leather, and sewing kits
Beenades and all three kinds of bombs
ALL Jonas parts, gears, and temporal gears
Ingots, iron bloom, metal bits, rods, arrowheads, lamellae, scale, chain, plates, and nails
Quartz, amethyst, smokey quartz, clear quartz, rose quartz, cinnibar, lapis lazuli, sylvite, and sulfur
Ink&Quill, tuning cylinders
Resin, borax, peat, sticks, stone pieces, stone brick, flint, calined flint chunks, black/brown coal, charcoal, and coke
Daub, mortar, raw/fired clay bricks, all refractory bricks, and clay
Shoes and necklaces - NADYIAN VARIETIES DO NOT WORK
All three varieties of backpack, linen sack, basket, and both mining bags
Compost, rot, ferns, tree seeds, tuleroot
Cattail root and papyrus root - BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HANGING FROM THE TOP OF THE BOOKCASE OBJECT
Lupines - the other kinds of flowers look SUPER buggy, so didn't include them for the time being
Flowerpots and planters - empty, of course - both clayformed and fancy!!
*Currently 90ish vanilla items have been edited, if I missed the display case or shelf part of an item let me know!
Mod items that now go on bookcases!
A Culinary Artillery - bottles (corked, uncorked, glass AND clay), corks, saucepans (fired and raw)
Alchemy - glass potion flasks, clay (raw and fired) potion flasks, potion bases, flower cuttings (they look a bit wonky on some shelves), herb rack hooks and tops
Tankards, Goblets, and More! - original patch written by Emblazing (you are a hero <3), updated to include the woodtyped tankards and small demijohns
Butchering - bone needles, bone sewing kits, wet and dry sinew, and butchering bags (they don't sit very nice atm)
Geodes and Gemstones - the small geodes (unopened, cracked, opened)
Wool & More - raw fleece, fibers, knitting needles, twine, cloth
Tailor's Delight - all tools, all varieties of cloth and leather, leather strips, fibers, twine
Soap and Lye - bars of soap and wood ash
Soap and Lye: Bloom and Lather - bars of soap, wood ash, and candles!!
Daymare's Cup Mod - shot glasses, cups, mugs, accented mugs, and wine glasses
Figurines - THESE ARE SO CUTE ON BOOKSHELVES YOU NEED THEM, now includes chess pieces and blindboxes
Bookends - setboxes now go on bookshelves; also, PERFECT companion mod for Shelf Obsessed!!
Desk Picture Frame - desk picture frames go on bookshelves, provided you don't change any of the names when repacking the mod to add your own pictures
Rustbound Magic - magical repair kits (figuring out more is gonna take a hot minute)
Toolsmith - crude/carved/professional tool handles (with and without grip options) and whetstones go on bookshelves AND in displaycases
Ruderalis - canvas, canvas sack, and canvas storage bag!
Vintage Coffee - tankards
Liquid Containers - all your fancy drink vessels now go on bookshelves!
Bottoms Up - these already went on bookshelves, but now they can ALSO go in display cases (and trust me, you want them in those, they're so fancy <3)
Glassmaking - all the tools, the parts of the tools, the ladles, the glassblends; most items from this mod can now go on bookshelves, but they do look super wonky in some cases
Signals - glass bulbs, insulators, and solenoids
Eternal Seraphim Backpacks - all the backpacks
MoreBags - all the backpacks (including the code for the no-longer-working spider silk and hideandfabric variants - in case those ever get revived)
SpecializedBags Revived - again, all the backpacks
Bola - the bola
Paper Fletchings - paper feathers
Pipeleaf - briarburl, clay pipe parts (raw and fired - warning, the bowl sits weird on the shelf atm), pipeleaf
Sonito's Forager Backpacks - both backpacks
Pet Backpack - the pet backpack, obvs :P
Pet AI - the small pet bed (the medium and large ones are way too big for bookshelf blocks unfortunately)
Substrate - sawdust, woodchips, prepared spore paper, imprinted spore paper, and spore prints
Expanded Matter - ash, all the crushed and powdered variants
Bricklayers - vats (assembled and in pieces), storage vessel pieces, ceramic sherds, oil lamps (all of them), flower pots and planters (all of them); polishing set and small bricks need testing, but they're in there too.
Spooky Nights - candy bag and all the candies
Primitive Survival - statues, lectern pieces, bucket handles
Envelopes - stamps and wax sticks
Coinage - trussell, punch, planchet, and coins now go on shelves/bookcases/displaycases
Firstaidkits - First aid kits (large and small), sutures, splints, poultice bundles, and potions (whenever those are released, provided their name doesn't change)
Spyglass - spyglasses and spyglass tube pieces
Hobo's Flower Circlets - the circlets, these are SO pretty!!
Figurine Seasons - Nom the Mimic figures and the blindboxes it comes in!
Pewter - bowl, crocks (whole, bottom, lid), candle lamp and candlelabra, jug (also confirmed that the rod goes on bookshelves as well)
Drunklings Stoneware Jugs - large and small jugs, fired and raw versions
*requires the related mod (and whatever its dependencies are) to be installed to function, ofc
Project description from Vintage Story Mod DB.
Pick your setup
Shelf Obsessed releases for each Vintage Story version.
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
1.22.3
1 loader build1.22.2
1 loader build1.22.1
1 loader build1.22.0-pre.1
1 loader build1.22.0
1 loader build1.21.6-rc.1
1 loader build1.21.6
1 loader build1.21.5
1 loader build1.21.4
1 loader build1.21.3
1 loader build1.21.2
1 loader buildShowing the newest 12 of 17 game versions. Older files are in the list below.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Shelf Obsessed versions and loaders
1.9.5
shelfobsessed_v1.9.5.zip
6 Jan 2026
1.9.4
shelfobsessed_v1.9.4.zip
30 Dec 2025
1.9.3
shelfobsessed_v1.9.3.zip
24 Dec 2025
1.9.2
shelfobsessed_v1.9.2.zip
23 Dec 2025
Looking for an older file? The official Vintage Story Mod DB project page is in Resources.