How to make moving things in minecraft

There are several redstone-powered blocks that you can use to move items around. And don't forget the usefulness of good, old-fashioned water!

The hopper is a block that is used to collect items from the environment, or to move items between containers.

The hopper is crafted from iron and a chest:

Right-click on a hopper to see its inventory: it has five slots into which items can be placed.

Items that fall onto the hopper will also enter its inventory, if there is space for them.

The narrow end of a hopper will attach to the block that you click on to place it. If that item is a container (a chest, furnace, dispenser, dropper, brewing stand or another hopper) then the hopper will pass items onwards into that container.

TIP: To attach a hopper to another container, hold down SHIFT whilst clicking.

 

Hoppers will also suck items out of containers that are directly above them.

This makes it easy to automatically operate items such as furnaces and brewing stands.