Hopper
Hopper transports items between containers automatically — the workhorse of every storage system, sorter, and farm in Minecraft.
1.21
Description
Hopper is crafted from five iron ingots and one chest in a V-shape on the crafting grid. The device works as an automatic item transporter: it pulls items from any container directly above it, holds them in five internal slots, then pushes them into whatever container sits below or in front, depending on the direction it was placed.
The transfer rate is steady — one item every four ticks (5 items per second) — which sounds slow but compounds beautifully across long chains. Connect a furnace's output to a chest via a hopper, and the chest fills automatically as smelting completes; chain three or four hoppers in a row, and items sort themselves at the end. Combined with item filters made from comparators and named items, this single component enables complete automated storage systems, mob-XP collectors, and shulker-box loaders. Right-click opens the device's interface to inspect or seed its contents manually.
The transfer rate is steady — one item every four ticks (5 items per second) — which sounds slow but compounds beautifully across long chains. Connect a furnace's output to a chest via a hopper, and the chest fills automatically as smelting completes; chain three or four hoppers in a row, and items sort themselves at the end. Combined with item filters made from comparators and named items, this single component enables complete automated storage systems, mob-XP collectors, and shulker-box loaders. Right-click opens the device's interface to inspect or seed its contents manually.
How to craft this block
Ingredients:
Iron Ingot
x5
Chest
x1
Iron Ingot
x5
Chest
x1
Crafting
1
Used in crafts
- Minecart with Hopper
