Hopper functions to collect items from above and store them somewhere. To make this useful block, you'll need a chest and five iron ingots. After creating a Hopper, you can create automatic operating systems for furnaces, brewing stands, as well as minecart delivery systems.
Hopper is not available in Minecraft Pocket Edition.
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Part 1 of 3: Making Hoppers
Step 1. Learn Hopper's recipe
First, make a crafting table from four wooden planks. Place the crafting table and right click to use it. Insert the following items into the build grid in the following order:
- First row: ingots, (blank), ingots
- Second line: iron bars, crates, ingots
- Third row: (blank), iron bars, (blank)
Step 2. Make a chest
If you don't have a chest, you can make one from eight wooden planks. Place the material into the manufacturing grid and clear the center of the grid.
Use wooden planks, not logs (logs/wood). To turn a log into four planks of wood, place a log into the manufacturing grid
Step 3. Find iron (iron)
Look for iron ore in caves or underground. The shape of the iron ore block is similar to a stone block with beige patches. Dig ore using a pickaxe and then smelt the ore using a furnace to make iron ingots. If you already have a chest and iron bars, you can make Hoppers using the recipe above.
Part 2 of 3: Using Hopper
Step 1. Bow down
The hopper that has been made will be placed on top of the item holder. Instead of dropping the Hopper, you will open the item holder when you click on it. To prevent this, you can try clicking on the item holder while crouching.
- For the computer version of Minecraft, you can crouch down by holding down Shift. For the Mac version of Minecraft, click the Caps Lock key once to duck down.
- For most consoles, you can duck by pressing the right analog stick once. Press the stick again to stand.
Step 2. Place the Hopper over the cargo hold
Think of the Hopper as a large funnel (input or a place to enter goods) that ends in a small spout (output or a place for goods to come out). Hold the Hopper and click where you want to place the spout, such as a chest or other item holder.
- The hopper will not change the direction of movement after it is placed. If you make a mistake, destroy Hopper with a pickaxe, pick up the item, then place it back where you want it.
- You can place the spout on top or next to the item, but you can't place it under the item.
Step 3. Drop the item into the Hopper
Test Hopper by dropping items into it. If there is an item holder attached to the Hopper, the item inserted into the Hopper will move into the item holder automatically. If the item holder is not attached to the Hopper, the item will still be stored in the Hopper.
- As with chests, you can open Hopper's inventory by interacting with him.
- Hoppers can only move one item at a time, but the rate of moving items is very fast, so moving a lot of items won't take long.
Step 4. Place the item holder on top of the Hopper
Any item holder placed on top of the Hopper will drop the item into the funnel. Try to put the furnace on top of the Hooper and then smelt some iron ore. Each iron bar produced will fall into the Hopper and then into the item holder attached to it.
Step 5. Build an automatic furnace station
Hoppers can make it easier to use stoves that use a lot of items and often need to be looked after directly by you. Here's a guide you can follow to get your furnace to work automatically:
- Hopper placed next to the furnace will fill the fuel slot. Place a chest containing coal or other fuel on top of the Hopper.
- The hopper placed above the furnace will fill the top slot of the furnace. Place a chest containing raw meat, ore, or other ingredients on top of the Hopper.
- Hopper placed under the furnace will accommodate the goods produced by the furnace. The spout at the end of the Hopper must be attached to the chest, so that the resulting item can be stored there.
- Furnaces will burn items until they run out of fuel or raw materials, or until the chest runs out of free space.
Step 6. Turn off the Hopper by using redstone
The redstone active signal will lock the Hopper, so items cannot enter it. Attach the Hopper to the lever or button using redstone dust. Use the lever or button to turn the Hopper off or on.
Part 3 of 3: Adding Hoppers to Minecart
Step 1. Merge minecart with Hopper
Place Hopper on top of the minecart on the build grid. The result of the merger was “Minecart with Hopper.” The item can move like a minecart and pick up items like a Hopper.
Minecart with Hopper travels further than regular minecarts when traveling on powered rails
Step 2. Pick up items using Hopper
Minecart with Hopper will pick up anything that is on the rail or next to it. It can also retrieve items from any item holder placed on it. Place the Minecart with Hopper under the item holder and wait for the empty space to fill. Navigate through the powered rails to deliver goods without having to climb onto them.
Step 3. Move the item using another Hopper
Make a Hopper that connects to the chest at the destination and place a rail on it as a Minecart with Hopper stop. The rails can be placed in the same way as laying the rails on the ground. When the Minecart with Hopper arrives at its destination, make sure it stops at the rail stop that has been made. Items carried by Minecart with Hopper will be moved automatically into the Hopper which is placed under the stop rail and then put into the chest.
