Hotbars+ (also known as MultiHotbar internally and in earlier versions) is a client-side Fabric mod that adds page support to the vanilla saved hotbar system. Ever needed more space to store your items? If so, then this is the mod for you.
Here are some benefits you get when using this mod:
- Huge capacity increase: 2,147,483,646 more pages (each containing 9 rows) to work with. All pages are compatible with vanilla Minecraft.
- Easy backup system: Press one button and the page you are actively using gets copied to a separate folder. Great for in case something goes wrong.
- Fast file hotswapping: Press one button and you can load in another hotbar file with ease. It also makes importing very simple: just copy a file into a certain folder, rename it to follow the format, and it'll load right up.
The mod works by hijacking the saved hotbar system Minecraft uses to use a different file to load and save from in place of the traditional hotbar.nbt. It hotswaps files for each page. A simple concept, yes, but it works.
Hotbar pages after 0 are stored in the hotbars folder in the root of the Minecraft client installation. This is to retain backwards compatibility with vanilla Minecraft. Each file is saved in this format:
hotbar.<number>.nbt
Backups are stored in the backups folder, also in the root of the Minecraft client installation. Each file is saved in this format:
[<unix timestamp>] <file name>
| More Toolbars | Hotbars+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Increased Hotbar Capacity | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Backup Feature | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Increased Row Count | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Quick and Easy Hotswapping | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Client-side Commands | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Actively Maintained | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Total Capacity | 243 | 19,327,352,823 |
These mods will not work with Hotbars+ and in some cases could cause corruption.
| Mod Name | Reason | Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| More Toolbars | Mixin conflicts in multiple areas | The Hotbar file itself is compatible, so you can still use the hotbar file from an installation that had it, but you will still be limited by the 9 row limit in vanilla Minecraft. |
Hotbars+ requires at least Minecraft 1.16.5 and at least v0.31.0 of the Fabric API. You can download the latest version of the Fabric API here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-api
Installing Hotbars+ is simple. Just download the latest release jar (be sure to get the regular Hotbars+-<version>.jar and not the sources or dev files) from the releases page and put it into the mods folder.