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(Solved!) Saddlebag chests?

Petuniagirl99 12/17/25 8:46 pm
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12/18/2025 4:40 am
I could've sworn the donkeys and mules used to have an extra slot for chests that let you give them a chest and it would work as a saddlebag, but now that feature is gone??? When did that happen?

Anyway are there any datapacks that bring that back? Any suggestions are appreciated!
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Petuniagirl99
Level 31 : Artisan Goblin Mage
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ScotsMiser
12/17/2025 11:01 pm
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What version?



https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mule#Drops notes "If equipped with a chest or saddle, they drop those items, as well as any contents of the chest."
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https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mule#Equipment "A mule starts out with just a saddle slot, but if it is given a chest, it acquires 15 more inventory slots that can hold any items. …"
also "Dispensers can now put chests on tamed mules." under the 1.16 java notes.

But this would appear to conflict with the description of the Entity data [​same source]

ChestedHorse: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the horse has chests. A chested horse that is not a donkey or a mule crashes the game.
Items: List of items. Exists only if ChestedHorse is true.
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Petuniagirl99
12/18/2025 3:24 am
Level 31 : Artisan Goblin Mage
I'm playing the newest version (1.21.11) but I'm used to older versions like 1.6 when donkeys and horses first came out and had the chest feature

In 1.21.11 I tried to add chest but slot didn't show

Edit: Lol I had a brain fart there is no slot but you right click the donkey while holding chest just figured it out
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ScotsMiser
12/18/2025 4:40 am
Level 72 : Legendary Miner
Glad you solved it 👍 (and that the Entity data description turned out to be what was in error)
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