How to craft Hopper in Minecraft
Redstone Since 1.5 (Redstone Update)
Quick answer: Craft Hopper in a Crafting Table (3x3 grid) with 5x Iron Ingot + 1x Chest. You get 1.
Recipe
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Ingredients and how to get them
| Material | Amount | How to get it |
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| Iron Ingot | 5 | Smelt iron ore (common around Y=16 and in mountains) or craft from iron nuggets. |
| Chest | 1 | Craft from 8 wood planks in a ring. |
What is Hopper used for?
- Moves items between containers automatically - the core of every item sorter and autofarm collection system
- Pulls items from the container above and pushes into the container it points at (sneak-click to place)
- Catches item entities that fall on top of it
Variants
- Minecart with hopper for moving collection; no other variants
Java vs Bedrock
Identical recipe in Java and Bedrock Edition. Transfer speed is 2.5 items per second in both.