Chest Thief

Your chests are being robbed. The thief doesn't vanish — it takes your loot to a real underground dungeon you can raid to get it back. On a multiplayer server, everyone's loot ends up in the same place — and whoever gets there first takes everything.

Your base is a target.
A thief spawns near player chests, steals at night, and disappears. The more you own, the more often it comes. Secure your base — or go on the offensive.

Find the dungeon.
Stolen items accumulate in a criminal base somewhere in your world, packed with loot
from every chest in the area. A Wandering Trader sells a map. Fight through the guards
and take it all — including what was stolen from your neighbours.

Run your own operation.
Kill the guards, mine their chest with a Silk Touch tool, and bring it home. Thieves
will start delivering stolen goods to you instead. On a multiplayer server, nobody
needs to know it's there.

Use the thief as a spy.
Put a lead on a captured Chest Thief and it will walk you toward the nearest chest it can find — a dungeon, a hidden cache, or another player's base they thought was secret.

Compatibility

Configuration

Config files live in your Minecraft config/ folder. They are created automatically on first launch. New fields added by mod updates appear automatically with sensible defaults — no manual migration needed. All values can also be changed via the Cloth Config
in-game screen.

chest_thief_config.json

Spawning

Stealing

Combat

Stealth

Departure

chest_thief_values.json

A map of item ID → priority value. The thief always steals the highest-priority item
it finds in a chest.

{                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  "minecraft:nether_star": 1000,                                                 
  "minecraft:elytra": 900,
  "minecraft:diamond": 500,
  "minecraft:iron_ingot": 200                                                                                                                                                                                                    
}

Items not in the list get priority 1 and can still be stolen — the list only controls
what gets taken first. Set stealOnlyListedItems: true in chest_thief_config.json to restrict stealing to listed items only.

Default priorities (highest to lowest): Nether Star, Elytra, Enchanted Golden Apple, Totem of Undying, Beacon, Netherite gear, Diamond gear, Gold, Iron, Ender Pearl, and more.

syndicate_config.json

World generation

Guards

Loot

Discovery