Hopper Recipe
How to Craft Hopper
Hoppers are blocks that can move items between containers and can be used to create item transport systems.
Step-by-step Instructions
- Open a Crafting Table to access the 3×3 grid.
- Place ingredients exactly as shown in the grid (shape matters unless marked shapeless) then move the resulting Hopper to your inventory.
- Use, place, or craft further with your new item.
Ingredients Needed
- 5x Iron Ingot
- 1x Chest
Ingredient Tips
Iron Ingot: Smelt iron ore or deepslate iron ore in a furnace or blast furnace.
Chest: Gather Chest via its typical source (looting, mining, farming, or trading).
Technical Stats
- Stack Size: 64
- Renewable: Yes
Variants & Interactions
Key Interactions:
- Pulls from above, pushes to facing container
- Disable with redstone power
Uses for Hopper
- Automatically moving items between containers
- Creating item sorting systems
- Building automatic farms
- Crafting minecarts with hoppers
Additional Uses
- Item sorting
- Auto-smelters
- Mob farm collection
Fun Fact
A single hopper can transfer up to 9,000 items per hour when operating at maximum efficiency, making them essential for large-scale automation.
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FAQ
Why is my hopper not pulling items?
If powered by redstone it becomes locked. Remove power or ensure no powered block (like a redstone block) is touching its side.
How do I speed up item transfer?
Parallelize with multiple hopper lines or use water streams + hopper filters; individual hoppers always move 1 item every 4 game ticks (8 items/sec).
Why are items skipping my sorter?
Ensure the filter hopper is locked (powered) except when accepting the matching item, and use 41 filter + 4 single items (Java standard) to prevent overflow bleed.