Where to Find Hopper in Minecraft
A redstone component that collects items dropped on top and transfers them into containers below or beside it.
Hopper at a glance
The Redstone category of Minecraft holds Hopper, a redstone component, and this guide sets out the location, the 1 method behind it, and the quickest way to hold Hopper yourself. All Overworld biomes (crafting) is the address for Hopper, and there you craft it from 5 Iron Ingots and 1 Chest. Finding Hopper is rated easy (2/5): most players can secure it within their first in-game day with basic tools. Practically speaking, no distant biome is involved in getting Hopper: a Crafting Table makes it, so the rest of this guide is about lining up the ingredients and picking the moment to make one.
Primary Location
All Overworld biomes (crafting)
Difficulty
Easy (2/5)
Version Added
1.5
Stack Size
64
Where to Find Hopper
Look in All Overworld biomes (crafting) for Hopper, because no other biome on our list carries Hopper. Collects items from above and transfers them to the container it points into. Place while crouching and aiming at the target container to set the output direction. The main non-crafting route to Hopper is looting it from generated structure chests.
Biomes & Dimensions
- All Overworld biomes (crafting)
Best Way to Get Hopper
The most reliable way to get Hopper is to craft it at a Crafting Table from Iron Ingot and Chest: 2 ingredients, a fixed grid, and no luck involved anywhere. Crafting Hopper needs Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore or raw iron, which peaks around Y 16) and Chest (craft from eight planks), and each of those has its own place in the world to come from. Essential for item sorters, auto-smelters, and automatic farms. Transfers 1 item every 4 game ticks (0.4 seconds). Storage is no problem here: 64 Hopper per slot, 576 across a hotbar row and 1728 in a single chest, so gather as much as the trip allows. Hopper has been in the game since the 1.5 update, so any up-to-date world or server hands you the same Hopper with the same numbers behind it. Once you have Hopper, it earns its place in the kind of automated farms, hidden doors, and timing circuits that redstone makes possible, so it is worth keeping a few crafted and ready in your storage.
All Methods
- 1Craft using 5 Iron Ingots and 1 Chest
Crafting recipe for Hopper
HopperCrafting TableStation: Crafting Table
Tips for Finding Hopper
- Collects items from above and transfers them to the container it points into
- Place while crouching and aiming at the target container to set the output direction
- Essential for item sorters, auto-smelters, and automatic farms
- Transfers 1 item every 4 game ticks (0.4 seconds)
More notes on Hopper
Transfers items at a rate of 2.5 items per second. Can be locked by powering it with redstone.
Hopper elsewhere on Astroworld
Items and guides next to Hopper
Next to Hopper you will run into Redstone Comparator, Dropper, Chest Minecart, and Furnace, and the reason is usually shared: one biome, one structure or one crafting chain. Everything measured about Hopper is on the Hopper item page.
View the Hopper item pageGetting Hopper in practice
A hopper is five iron ingots and a chest, and iron is the reason players ration them early. Every sorting system, furnace array and item elevator is built from hoppers, so a base without an iron farm ends up limiting its automation to whatever the first few hoppers can do.
What to watch out for with Hopper
Five iron and a chest is expensive before an iron farm exists, which is why most first sorting systems are built one hopper at a time. Hoppers pull from the block above and push into whatever they point at, and a hopper pointing into a chest is the whole of item collection.
Frequently asked questions about Hopper
Where do you find Hopper in Minecraft?
Hopper is found in All Overworld biomes (crafting). Craft using 5 Iron Ingots and 1 Chest.
What is the best way to get Hopper?
Crafting it at a Crafting Table from Iron Ingot and Chest beats searching, because that grid gives Hopper every time.
Can you craft Hopper?
Yes. Hopper is crafted at a Crafting Table using Iron Ingot and Chest.
How hard is it to find Hopper?
Finding Hopper is rated easy (2 out of 5): most players can secure it within their first in-game day with basic tools.
When was Hopper added to Minecraft?
Hopper was added in the 1.5 update.