Minecraft Item Sorter | Easy, Expandable, Full Auto

Minecraft Complete Item Sorter.
This Minecraft Item Sorting system is everything you need to build large scale item sorters with heavy item input!
Its an expandable design with a silent droppervator and can store an unlimited amount of items depending on your needs! Its a perfect item sorter for any Minecraft world!
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Materials
0:56 Build Start
1:48 Build Complete lol
2:04 How to Expand
2:43 Fastest Way to Large Scale
4:58 Hopper Chain Setup
6:27 Honey System Setup
7:27 Water Way Setup *** Important info here
9:34 Setup Complete Storage Expansion
10:52 Droppervater
13:09 Complete! Full Stop!

[@ChapmanMain]

Just replace the top chest with a Barrel if you dont want it to be a pass through Chest. You could also use more Iron and make them into hoppers but its up to you what you want to do k!

[@sammykinggames7667]

Does this works for Minecraft bedrock 1.19?

[@tr87run45]

@@sammykinggames7667 yes

[@Savy31]

I can’t open the top chest at all when the ice is on it

[@goldenmagikarp8761]

​@@Savy31yeah same

[@KyleKeesling]

@@sammykinggames7667 I just built it in bedrock 1.20 and so far everything seems to be working great

[@SpricketGus]

This is a great tutorial, but it took me so long to get all that netherite in survival.

[@frederikrasmussen104]

hahaha

[@Zuhkoa]

😂

[@brysonedgell]

Bro he literally said you can use any block. Ur not smart😅

[@frederikrasmussen104]

@@brysonedgell your ignorance is amusing.

[@SpricketGus]

@@brysonedgell ever heard of a joke?

[@guilhermesilva98]

this guy not only explains how to do it, he even explains how to do it "fast and easy"

[@NitroKitKat]

I can disagree, where are the 4 items to let others in? How about the tip to name some items to prevent similar items that aren't named to come in the sorter?

[@teejaybradford4517]

@@NitroKitKat i still don't get how it knows which items to keep???

[@NitroKitKat]

@@teejaybradford4517 ok so, listen to me, hoppers takes items from the first slot to last slot, first slot contains the items u want and the other slots are filler slots (usually u fill them with named items so they don't stack with any other items ever unless you name them the same and are the same type ie. Dirt named trash can't be stacked with anything else but with dirt named trash) using a comparator (which detects how many items are there in a container (chest hopper etc)) it deactivates a Redstone torch( which when it's ON it stops the hopper from letting the items in) and let's the items from the 1st slot to flow in the chest/hopper That little contraption in the back with a comparator 3 Redstone dust a repeater and torch does all that

[@Marquis.777]

When ever I add 4 of an item into a top hopper to lock it, it goes through into the chest instead of locking it. What am I doing wrong?

[@aapjew18]

@@Marquis.777 If it's built correctly, it should be locked by default. Did you place the redstone torch at the bottom? That's what locks the second hopper. The 4 filter items just prevent other items from getting into the hopper.

[@ericv.3647]

Make sure the 4 filler items you use is something that will never enter the sorting system. It's best to use the anvil to change the name on the filler blocks so it is unique .

[@ramilensar8103]

İt happened to me couple of times really painful

[@CelineLight1]

Or you could name it

[@michakrzyzanowski8554]

Waxed Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs named udhfuhsdoaifjoj3u45908fgk

[@NooshaSheep]

The first spot on my auto-sorter is my filler-item collecter :) It's totally fail-safe!

[@seeit360]

Spider eyes named "filter"

[@caestusnoestus]

if anyone will ever see this comment: instead of honey blocks you can use chests/ender chests/cakes at every corner, they do the same job

[@soyunchoripan8196]

i spend 6 hours making a fucking big honey farm whyle seing the video an now i see this

[@user-mj8rd8gq6k]

How about slime blocks?

[@emzeemostlygaming3678]

@@user-mj8rd8gq6k slime blocks have a regular hitbox so no

[@benfoxon2531]

Thank you x

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

Thank you so much!

[@kittymeow3298]

Tip I learnt from other sorter videos: For the item you want to sort, you dont need to put 41 of it inside the hopper, its a waste of materials. Instead, add 44 of the filter item (there are 5 slots in a hopper, put 1 filter item into the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th slot while leaving 41 remaining of the filter item into the last slot). Lastly, add 1 of the item you want to filter in the 1st slot of the hopper and everything should work. I tired it and it worked wonderfully!

[@CamdenTG]

It works! Thx so much!

[@MinerManDouglas]

So useful for my item sorter in my world. Thanks :) ps. works flawlessly no issues with this

[@pangur6772]

whats a filler item? i've tried nether bricks but then both the hoppers next to them get consumed

[@Eliegent]

@@pangur6772 change the name of the filler block, or nether bricks u are using, you can rename them in a anvil. just rename a stack of whatever item you are using in your case (Nether Bricks) so just rename them to like a letter or anything, just make sure it's a different name

[@AKA_Kira]

It isn't a waste of materials as it creates overflow protection, I.e. you have 44 filler blocks but only o1 of the time you are sorting, if it overfills now you have 64+44, that will cause the signal to be too strong and drain other adjacent sorters. Trust me, it sucks when that happens.

[@lowdensh]

brilliant video, i have watched a few different automatic storage / sorter tutorials today, but your explanations and demonstrations were the clearest and also straight forward. thank you so much!

[@iesika7387]

The reason for the 41 blocks in the hopper and 4 other items is because that arrangement gives the correct redstone signal strength when one more thing is added to your first item slot, which unlocks the hopper by unpowering it. Your hopper then locks again when that number drops to 41. That's also why you don't want your sorter to go tooo fast - if the signal gets too strong from too many items in that first slot you'll add a little too much redstone signal which will then spill over to the next segment of the build. I'm not great with redstone math, but iIfigured something out while building this purely through trial and error. I wanted to use eggs as my placeholder block because I have an infinite supply of way too many eggs. it seems like the signal strength is higher for 16-stack items, though, so the math changed - my hopper stops dropping at 29 instead of 41, which saves a bit on filling that first slot and might give a bit more leeway on speed. We'll have to see if there are any unintended side effects, but so far so good and i finally found a use for all those eggs.

[@NFA_Crystal]

i actually encountered the same issue, but with enderpearls since we have an endermen xp farm on our server xD i'm glad i checked the comments real quick, thanks a lot sir !

[@driinun8433]

I think you're definitely right - I use wooden shovels, and I only need one of each item.

[@loonybin7835]

The reason for using items that stack to 64 in the filler slots is for overflow protection. Between 42 and 64 fullness of the first slot, the comparator output is the same, so it's impossible for the system to break and spill out, as you put it. Using eggs or other items that stack to 16 might allow you to use fewer items in the first slot, but it also might not give you that overflow protection, so if the stack ever gets to 64, your build could break. It's also worth noting that you don't actually have to fill the slot to 41 manually. Just put a single item in and it will automatically cap at 41 when enough of that item goes through the machine.

[@Marquis.777]

When ever I add 4 of an item into a top hopper to lock it, it goes through into the chest instead of locking it. What am I doing wrong?

[@69toffer]

@@Marquis.777 are you sure you have a redstone torch under the block the comparator sits on? Without the torch there isn't enough to lock the hopper and items pass thru .

[@Joxman2k]

Just a note: Placing a Sea Pickle on a corner block will straighten items going around a waterflow corner.

[@Nekulturny]

I really appreciate your video. I've seen a couple others with massive builds, yes, they show you how to copy their design block for block, but they're not really putting a lot of focus on the technique as you do. I'm not looking to copy someone block for block on their storage room, I want to be able to understand the mechanics of the sorting system so I can make my own build to suit my needs. Your video very helpful in showing me the concept so I can apply it to my own application.

[@fireboarder12]

you should check out jc playz. he primarily plays bedrock, but almost all of the Redstone he does works in java too and he really explains why you do things

[@epicplatypus2827]

I had no idea autosorters were so simple Definitely going to build this on my SMP

[@beezus3867]

this is by far the best tutorial I've seen, and so far building it it does work in bedrock edition too! Id say the only things missing are mentioning you should rename your "filler" items, and that you can use chests and cakes in place of the honey blocks !

[@BrendaLopez-wu9dq]

do you know how the hopper can collect two types of objects rather than just one?

[@smurphas6119]

You do not have rename the filler items, that only needs to happen if there aren't any items you could put as the filler items that aren't being sorted.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

@@smurphas6119 if you're using trash items then it's better to rename them, cause you may end up throwing one by mistake. That's what the final chest is for, to have all the trash you don't want sorted

[@VoltisArt]

@@BrendaLopez-wu9dq I believe the resting total with the filler items must be 45, so the hopper releases an item into the chests at 46. You might be able to get away with two types of collection items, (say 20+20+2+2+1 instead of 41+1+1+1+1) but on the odd chance you passed both items over the hopper at almost the same time, the stronger signal might activate a neighboring hopper or two causing a dump, which then must be reset. It's safer to reserve one hopper for one collection item, and take your time collecting more materials to expand the system later.

[@team-tim-]

@@VoltisArt Moreover, the redstone will make only drop the first item in the hopper, and it can lead to create an empty slot

[@timmyfingaz100]

WOW!!!! I started playing MC again so have this bookmark saved and its so nice to see you blowing up bro, well deserved!!! Come a long way since the videos with no voices!!

[@elilewis8212]

Casually walking around with 350 levels

[@noahmauriucebuskirk1485]

Me at 420. Its the xp farm.

[@aidenpearson1101]

Me at 566:

[@qsnsLOLyourshit]

I mean, it’s creative, why not

[@Vi______]

ImpulseSV on hermitcraft 8 be like:

[@aidenpearson1101]

@@Vi______ 545 levels*

[@ericfinn1325]

Thank you so much I was looking for a sorter that is something just like this! Great tutorial and it doesn’t take that long and many materials to make!

[@ellasmith6789]

Hi! i built the item sorter but had a question, my items go up into the water but don’t pass the sign. I’ve double checked the honey and ice blocks. can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

[@tkfritten4468]

I fixed the problem where the hoppers arent fast enough to pick the items up. Just put a top slab above the dropper which shoots the items out and then waterlog it. so it only has half a block space above it which slows it down

[@helloNotato]

useful tip, thanks! commenting to bookmark it

[@simonemainetti5759]

nicee this made me fix the overflow problems too, good tip 👌

[@Impimperator]

wait how? do I just put the slab and then right click it with water? the blocks just get stuck on the slab

[@playingbandits3033]

this is surprisingly straight to the point and easy to do, im going to usse this in my survival world, great video!

[@ellasmith6789]

Hi! i built the item sorter but had a question, my items go up into the water but don’t pass the sign. I’ve double checked the honey and ice blocks. can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

[@hapyy1993]

I watched Shulks design. and i was about to cry. Thank you for making this an achievable task.

[@honeynut4048]

Yeah his tutorials are a bit hard to follow

[@ellasmith6789]

Hi! i built the item sorter but had a question, my items go up into the water but don’t pass the sign. I’ve double checked the honey and ice blocks. can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

[@hapyy1993]

@@ellasmith6789 is the hopper going into the comparator have a honeyblock ontop of it? or is there a hopper ontop of that hopper that goes into the comparator. because i expect thats your issue. or are you saying the items are getting stuck behind the sign?

[@shifranypurba8188]

Same

[@benjyww3544]

Don't have the iron for this now but I'm definitely saving this video for once I'm up and running in my world! Thanks!

[@mayonnaiseeee]

Amazing video, thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything as well as how to build it in mass (going to build your creeper farm too)!

[@tgsubie]

Dude i have been struuuuuggling to find a good sorter for the area i want to put it in, thank you this. My version of it wont be crazy big or anything less than 100 blocks probably, but this is fantastic and expandable and takes up much less space than the one ive been trying to build. I'll give this a shot later today or tomorrow.

[@JHak909]

Dude thank you so much! I was looking for a video that explains it like this! Thanks Again! :D

[@ellasmith6789]

Hi! i built the item sorter but had a question, my items go up into the water but don’t pass the sign. I’ve double checked the honey and ice blocks. can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

[@JHak909]

@@ellasmith6789 well.... You see I actually ended up building a different sorter..... I found one by Shulkercraft in which he does a 2 million item sorter that I exactly needed, so I don't exactly know how to fix your problem(not that this is bad or anything just preferred his) But if you will build Shulkercrafts instead, then make sure you have an op iron farm :D

[@JHak909]

@@ellasmith6789 try maybe adding 1 more water source in a way it flows towards the sign

[@69toffer]

@@ellasmith6789 make sure the sign is opposite side from honey block. It can't be on the honey block.

[@CptSpudders]

Cheaper filtration methods might also be 1 of the item you want sorted in the first slot, 41 filter blocks in the second slot, and 1 filter block in the other slots. Makes it cheaper to set up if you only have a couple of diamonds for example.

[@mausplunder5313]

ahh thanks

[@Tsharkeye]

this might break the overflow protection and messing up all your item filters

[@69toffer]

If you do these on something you gather a lot of (say cobblestone), if the first slot eventually fills up because the chests are all full, it WILL break the system. I only recommend doing this on something like a diamonds chest or some of the more rare items.

[@pedronunes3063]

@@69toffer Just checked and it's true, thank you for explaining.

[@zombhunter9082]

This build still works besides the fact that the stuff isn't being sucked into the honeyblocks/hoppers, there just going to the junk chest at the end of it, love this build and great instructions!

[@thedorkydesigner]

do you know how to fix that? i just made this and noticed that the honeyblocks arent picking up the items

[@chrysalismacosmist165]

This is a LIFE SAVER I have a horrid habit of keeping my chests messy Thank u for the tutorial man!

[@Flibbitz]

Don't know if it's stil relevant, but placing 11 of each 'dummy' item in the hopper allows you to only have 1 of the item that you are actually sorting. Saves you 40pieces of everything.

[@keanwee8409]

Thank god now i dont have to get 41 netherite scrap

[@ploxl1441]

if your item delivery is slow enough that works yes, but if you use the water stream and too many of the item end up in the first slot of the hopper, the signal will be strong enough to release the hoppers next to it, ruining your filter system. :) speaking from experience

[@michaellautermilch9185]

@@ploxl1441 yep, just use a slower system! Unless you have as many items as on Hermitcraft or Scicraft... but most people can afford to wait a few extra minutes.

[@henrybotha]

I will build this for commodity items. I can live with sorting my diamonds and netherite by hand 😁

[@old5929]

@Chapman, I figured a way to lessen the required items for hoppers to work (without adding *blocking blocks*). Item Conversion of hoppers needed from dust ~ plank: 64 Stack Items > 41 ~ 18 16 Stack Items > 10 ~ 4 I just simply change the redstone dust in front of the comparator with a plank instead, since it gives a better signal, and it's cost-efficient too, I rarely comment but thank you for the build, especially the Droppervater! incase tl;dr Hopper (Facing the comparator) > Comparator (Facing the plank) > Plank > Dust > Dust I hope it's understandable, have a great day! Edit: Wording

[@loonybin7835]

You probably math it out such that you need even fewer items in the slot, but the point of doing the 41 setup is overflow protection. If there are 4 single items that each stack to 64, the last slot will produce the same output from a comparator between 42 and 64 items. Thus even if you put too much of an item into your sorter for it to handle, it will never break. If you use other combinations of items, like things that stack to 16, the signal strength could get too high and it will forcibly break the surrounding sorters by outputting too much signal.

[@MagicCookieGaming]

I've built this as a mega structure and didn't learn as much about the build as I did here, great job! Kept it simple and straightforward.

[@ChapmanMain]

Appreciate it!

[@srarynxxxxx]

hey, how did you open the chests in the top? It doesn’t open for me. Is it cause I’m on Java and not bedrock?

[@MagicCookieGaming]

@@srarynxxxxx I honestly didn't use the exact build here, but unless it's a build error it looks like your answer is probably right.

[@SirTurmoil70]

Impulse is great, great tutorial for his idea, thanks Chappy

[@dangregg8087]

Nice video! 2 changes can make this more resource efficient when building. instead of having a 3 block redstone tail, you can build it with 2 AND for your hopper blocks, use signs. This will allow you to set your filtering item stack to only be 6 items instead of 41. This way saves you Redstone and items won't just sit in the sorting hopper as a filter

[@purestormy5376]

I know this comment was made 2 months ago but could u explain more?

[@laurelb.9504]

What do you mean by replacing the hopper blocks with signs? I‘d like to use six items so that I can sort ender pearls and eggs.

[@restimo12]

@@laurelb.9504 he means the filter items in the hoppers, in the video he used netherite ingots, you can use signs instead which will let you use 6 blocks for the sorted items.

[@dylanlane9405]

@@restimo12 its 29 not six

[@ihalloway]

Remember.. its simple ice only.. cause otherwise chest wont open ! this ice water technique is great, gonna go faster , will look aesthetic, and would be cheaper than using tons of iron and redstone.. besides everyone puts their input chest way too high .. i reccomend watching "minecraft tutorial - compact automatic sorter". Dude has made that chest is at same alignment as other chests !

[@Pancake_lover18]

Ohhh I was so confused, ty

[@theoptic6282]

what a great video i mean i have watched atleast 20 of these and now i finally understand how it works thanks to you

[@adamsweet7971]

Built it, build was easy to follow. I moved each row of chests back by one block to allow for trickle down, bottom chest is always the fullest. Issue with water way, honey seems to stop items from sliding on packed ice through water gaps, signs on glass side, only allowing water to go 5 blocks

[@austinsherwood7188]

My filtration hoppers are overloading so items are skipping even with the built in protection. Is it still working for you?

[@giganigga420brazeit]

i followed these exact steps and made a test/demo in creative but items still get stuck or go past their designated hopper all the time! its so annoying and i cant seem to figure out why

[@ianboyer2224]

Probably the reason why it’s annoying is because it didn’t work

[@stryfe5437]

This guy deserves waayyyyyyy more subs ngl

[@bariumselenided5152]

Thanks. I made this with cake as the alignment block and my items weren't turning corners. Also the water stream in mine went over the hoppers, which made having a constant stream kinda hard. I'll definitely be upgrading based on this when I get back on

[@SilverSL]

Love the tutorial mate. but few points which need to be said. poacked ice stops from being able to open chest underneath. (replace packed ice with slabs to be able to open chest underneath) Also now this could be just server lag but even so, if you throw to many items at once into the water the hoppers will not pick them up. so for your dump chest make sure to have the tick rate's set to a decent speed as to not overload the hoppers at once. otherwise the hopper will not pick the item up. ive tested this on single player and multiplayer. it seems to be just a server side issue atm as single player doesnt do it but be warned. lastly make sure to have the signs on the glass not the honey blocks. items tend to be getting stuck on the honeyblocks where the signs are placed so make sure to place the signs on the glass side not the honey block side. again could just be a certain issue but i had this issue on both my SPW and MPW. Oh also, space out the signs abit more. i had signs placed every 3-4 block which also made some of the blocks get stuck. i moved the signs 6 blocks apart and had no issues with the items getting stuck.

[@kuudere8136]

The ice is just to get the objexts faster to destination The top chests don need to be opened When u take item from the lowest it will refill from the ones above

[@GenXUndercover]

fix for items passing hoppers ? ty for help

[@Humanrightsdenier]

@Kuudere my guy all the items go to the chests you can't open

[@SilverSL]

@@kuudere8136it doesn't do this. Unless you change the design of the hoppers. But your current design has all items going into the top chest which is impossible to open with the packed ice. Unless you change the design to have the top chest as a double chest then the bottom ones using single chests the packed ice serves no purpose.

[@SilverSL]

@@Humanrightsdenier as my comment states, replace packed ice with slabs.

[@Jubijub]

In Bedrock 1.19, the items get stuck at the level of the signs (ie they don't get enough momentum to pass the block without water. Fix : replace the honey block in front of each panel with an iron fence, and it works Thanks a million for this design, it works really well :)

[@EllaForsyth]

does the rest of it work for you? i’m planning in building this in my bedrock world but i’m not sure if the tutorial is for bedrock or java

[@Jubijub]

@@EllaForsyth it does : the “droppervater” works, as well as the hopper filters. The only change I made to the design is wherever there is a sign, I replaced the honey block in front of that sign by an iron fence. Our full chain is 50 chests long in. square shape, and it works well Tested on 1.19 Bedrock, last Sunday 😂

[@EllaForsyth]

@@Jubijub perfect thank you so much!!

[@benluther2826]

I’m still having issues with the ice block. It is making it so I can’t open the chest. Do u know how I could fix it? Thanks so much

[@Jubijub]

@@benluther2826 It's an issue with this design, you cannot open the top row chest. A workaround could be to replace it with a barrel. I choose to ignore it, 3 to 4 chests per item is more than enough for our needs (we don't build mega building)

[@danielpuriran9485]

U deserve more views and subs!thanks for the tutorial!!❤️

[@waterfrog1677]

Great tutorial, been looking to build something like this in my Minecraft world.

[@joshwyrick8765]

Hey doer awesome sorting system. Cant wait to see final product in mycraft series. #droppervater!

[@papapenguin1885]

If I put in too many items in the dropper at once, I seem to lose about 8-10 blocks per stack. Is building a hopper line that feeds those back to the original chest worth it, or is there a better solution?

[@sabineziegler3004]

I would build a separate water stream

[@madebyflotec940]

Very good tutorial! Thanks!

[@casualrobot8251]

Thz bro .1st I understood this sorting staff 😁

[@Hwuahn]

“These are the materials you’ll need” *oh oka- DIAMONDS AND NETHERITE?* “and these are the items that will be sorted” *phew..*

[@MM-dn4xk]

how is this man have only 67k subs? These farms are so helpful and easy!

[@Pyrothesavage]

because the other billion players are on console where this build needs to be tweek'd , items dont glide across ice in console , so you have to build the dropper system higher up and cascade the water like a long set of stairs

[@gdtexrik5510]

100k*

[@MM-dn4xk]

@@gdtexrik5510 mate this was 3 months ago........ 0_0

[@69toffer]

Because this sorter, exactly the same thing with the exception of honey blocks is the same one that ImpulseSV first came out with in like 2012. The redstone is exactly the same. Only real difference is you use glass pains instead of honey blocks to align theitems being sorted or use a hopper chain on top of the the other hoppers instead of water. The water makes it a tad more lag friendly. This isn't new.

[@54m0h7]

Great tutorial! Nice and slow explanation, with some do's and don'ts, alternatives, etc.

[@ellasmith6789]

Hi! i built the item sorter but had a question, my items go up into the water but don’t pass the sign. I’ve double checked the honey and ice blocks. can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

[@bree._notfound]

This was the best tutorial ever! I ended up making this on my brothers smp and it was I think 56 by 70. This tutorial really helped!

[@squeakypistonproductions2228]

I spent 20 hours building this in a realms server to only discover its about 85% effective, Items will race over your hoppers even in a creative flat world.

[@floofofenrir8667]

Although that is a common issue, you can somewhat mitigate that by limiting how fast the items are spit out. Just be aware the system will take a bit longer to sort through

[@StatueOfEthan]

I've read other comments saying you can remove some of the ice so that the ice is only placed at the end of each water flow but still need to test if that helps.

[@meenjogreen]

I just got rid of the ice completely and used hopers

[@MudulerDerpz]

IMPORTANT: Instead of using honeyblocks, some people are saying you can just use chests - That is wrong! You can use chests on the corners (where there are no hoppers beneath), on the hoppers themselves you can use ender chests, cakes and anvils instead of honey. Ill keep you updated if i find a cheaper solution. I went through almost all blocks with lower hitboxes in creative, and most items (like fences, glass panes, iron bars) leave the items being stuck in the hopper below, so id recommend anvils if youve got the iron, cakes if have the neccessary farms or honey if u have bees.... Edit: If you use anvils: On the waterway, where the water has run out, and you place ice, the items will get stuck on the anvil. To prevent this, make it so that the items only get pushed in as far as a chest; as in you add a chest on the corner (with no hopper underneath) so the items get pushed only into the chest's hitbox, and then run over the anvils to be picked up by the hoppers.

[@deadlyj2291]

thx mate :)

[@m.zohair305]

can we use slime block?

[@bendanuke]

I have just built a double module version put a tower of five double chests connected to both modules and then made droppervater connected to looping waterway using slabs to let hoppers get blocks. Also I connected the input chest to my basalt generator output. Did it all in Bedrock 1.17 on console. :)

[@MrThefunnyman3]

Now it's been a year or two since I built one of these hence why I'm watching this. But I always used cobble slabs as the filler item. But I have 4 10 stacks in the hopper and than the sortable item to be 2. Not sure if the redstone has changed I just know all it does is lock and unlock the hopper for a tick to drop the item into the chest. This will help with the more expensive items you want to sort. I will have to mess around and see if you can have the hopper set up in that way. I always liked sorting diamonds and iron and other expensive items cause it's just so much easier. Great video tho

[@hungryhungryhummer]

You can also use 11 filler blocks in each spot of the hoppers then only put in 1 of what you want to sort.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

You CAN, but it defeats the purpose of using this design. It negates the "overflow protection" feature of using this design. This design will break filters if more than 68 items enter any single hopper. With the 41-1-1-1-1 setup, it is not possible for the hopper to have any more than 68 items. When a 69th item enters, the comparator's signal will be strong enough to activate the filter on either side - emptying them out and breaking them. If you only put 1 item in the left slot and then 11 in each of the other slots, it is entirely possible for 108 items to enter the hopper (64-11-11-11-11). This would be really bad. When the 69th item enters, each filter on either side will empty out - breaking them. When the 92nd item enters (also possible with your setup), TWO filters on either side would be powered and empty out breaking them.

[@gbaysinger]

@@willoughbykrenzteinburg yep. I just built this then found a different video doing 1 41 1 1 1 (1 item to sort, 41 + 1 + 1 + 1 of the blocking item ... same as 11 + 11 + 11 + 11) ... it broke down in exactly this way by depleting items in adjacent hoppers while the main hopper is active. Going back to 41 (item to sort) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 (blocking item) worked perfectly again.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

@@gbaysinger yep. You can get around this by just putting a gap between each filter so that none of the Redstone touches in thr back and then set it up however you want. In fact, there is another design where you only need 22 items instead of 45. BUT, you'd have an ugly gap between each filter and you'd need twice as many hoppers if thats how items get down the line. Some use water and ice

[@FletcherTaylor-tt5he]

when i try this it just dumps th whole stack when it goes in the hopper???

[@jairusallen6547]

this is a GREAT tutorial!

[@ghostsavage_yt8297]

I LOVE THIS!!

[@mikesaceshigh]

So what could cause the items to stop between your water flow, at the backflow stoppers? I'm using a sign on the glass

[@MrWuddles]

I'm having the same problem.

[@jaystonepk]

I’d been avoiding item sorters since I started playing about a year ago cuz I thought there were too complex. This tutorial breaks the whole system down wonderfully and is really easy to follow. I built this 3 tier small scale but built the droppervater already and it works great. Only thing is that I built the droppers 5 high and I get a few items hung up in the tower. I have 1 item in the lowest slot, 3 in slot 3, and 1 item in slot 5. Is that normal? Other than that it works great.

[@fireboarder12]

or only use one dropper that shoots into a bubblevater... there are much simpler ways to do that Redstone as well

[@thecycloslayer]

Try 2 ricks

[@cericat]

This design is honestly the best you'll find, it's also incredibly one of the oldest. Surprised it hasn't been broken yet.

[@bhxlegend]

@@fireboarder12 Clever idea thanks for helping

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

I find having a mix of old school manual chests and sorters best. Going through the hassle of sorters is only really beneficial for items you are collecting/collect on mass scale like dirt, stone, ores ect. For little things or every hard to get things having it's own sorter is just a waste especially given you need 41 of that item to just get the thing going. I kind of wish mojang added some sort of sorting hopper it would make these systems smaller and less resource intensive.

[@crazyjellybean5259]

If you dont know what you want in each chest beforehand, you can just leave the 1st hopper slot empty, and then when you put new items into your system, it will automatically make the filter for you.

[@Sarielal77]

Perfection!

[@georgecharter1965]

not all my items get collect, some just go straight past where they are meant to go. Does anyone know why this could be?

[@mklltz3708]

You need to change up how long the first water goes. Like the one on top of the hopper. It needs to go 4 blocks in total, including the source block. Also make sure none of your waters go 6 or more blocks

[@mklltz3708]

@King Louis You need to change up how long the first water goes. Like the one on top of the hopper. It needs to go 4 blocks in total, including the source block. Also make sure none of your waters go 6 or more blocks

[@petermiller9456]

Mine is doing the same thing. I think it's because with 41x items already in the hopper, if I throw more than 23x items in (64-41), the hopper only grabs the first 23x and the rest move past it. I can't figure out a way around it

[@capt-_-flame3958]

@@petermiller9456 Rename some cobblestone to cobble or something by using the Anvil, use 11 cobble in the filler slots to add up to 44, then the 45th item (item to be sorted) can collect more!

[@dupieochoa8346]

Now it's time to go mining for a bunch of iron and redstone 😅

[@svzqv8402]

That’s why u make a iron farm

[@OClurzxy]

@@svzqv8402 an*

[@alexanderminecraft7276]

next time im gonna play minecraft so will i build the farm.... NICE FARMM COOOL, FINALLY I CAN MAKE A ITEM SORTER THANKS

[@insameuser9741]

holy wow this was useful thanks

[@ericv.3647]

I've had trouble putting the hopper for the second chest directly under the other hopper because the redstone torch will lock the hopper, so I move it and the chests it feeds into one block forward so it is under the first chest.

[@sandwich996]

or you can extend the hopper count and extend it out so it goes one block outer on the redstone torches

[@nathan7259]

That top row of chests under the ice block row wont open either.

[@sandwich996]

@@nathan7259that is why you extend it out one block so it's not under the ice

[@nathan7259]

@@sandwich996 exactly.

[@ericv.3647]

@@nathan7259 That's pretty normal for these sorting system designs. I put a stack of hopper under it going into a stack of double chests so you don't need to open it since it will empty into the other chests.

[@timothychung9117]

The item sorter works amazing! Thank you so much~ One thing I have a question about though. The items seem to be going way too fast and sometimes rushes over the hopper missing it’s box. Do you think replacing the packed ice with regular ice would make a difference or would it be the same? Again awesome tutorial! The buds and I finished building a 500 double chest sorter in a couple hours using your video~ Keep up the great work! Earned my sub 100%

[@timmercer7526]

The type of ice will not matter. How are you dispensing items into your sorting machine? I did not use this videos method but instead i crafted a chest with dispenser with a redstone clock that spits one item out steadily, I only have 1 hopper per item so sometimes they do skip over but i just grab from the overflow and put em back in lol. I think if I put 2 columns for each item it would be good but I have a sorter with about 200 items... So doubling it would prolly drive me insane (I'm prolly gonna do it) ..

[@Enderplays12]

​@@timmercer7526It's quite noticeable on my local server. Probably related to some sort of tick delay. Going to try some things out, because even doubling the columns didn't fully fix the "leak".

[@gamerph5515]

Thank you for this :).

[@megirretti4047]

This is the best tutorial I've seen, and I've seen a lot! So quick and easy, even a newbie like me (I started in Nov 2021 lol) understood it easily ^^

[@spirit085]

I just made the sorting also 2 days age, with honey/ice. But if i drop more then 4 of a item in the sorting, the hopper cant catch them all. do you have same problem?

[@saehtnyS]

@@spirit085 make it cycle back so it can hit the hopper again

[@scottmccormick7672]

Can you filter more than one item per chest system? Like can I have stone block and stone block derivatives (stairs, slabs, etc) in the sorting hopper and have all those be sorted into the same chest?

[@NooshaSheep]

"not really" is the short answer. You could have separate sorters for each item all emptying their hoppers into the same chest, or there's another technique you can use that involves having all spots in your chests with something in them (tho not maxed out) and if there's room in the chest for the item it will be unloaded into it, otherwise it will move into the next hopper - there's tutorials for that type somewhere, but for me I decided the risk of leaving spots empty in those chests during general usage is too great and I'd forever be fixing auto-sorter failures. So, it's a yes and no depending on your level of commitment to it. :)

[@Tuubesoxx]

not with this sorter, you would need one that uses dropper-elevators and hopper chains like mistycat video titled "Minecraft MULTI Item Sorting System: Silent, Lagless, Easy, Expandable!"

[@synapticbit]

Some additions to the explanation would be nice... Sorting 16 stack items and sorting non-stackable items? Also, would love to see a system that utilized a chest or barrel for the filtering.

[@gredystar8333]

You can't do non stackable items. Either the first slot is always full with the non stackable items, or the item drains and anything can go in the filter hopper. 16 stack items work the same. 1 item in every slot 2-4, put a full 16 stack in the first slot and it will drain to the required amount on its own.

[@jackgilsenan1106]

Is there a way to make this system organize based on material rather than specific item. So for example an oak chest section with all things oak wood or a stone chest section that includes cobblestone and smooth stone and what not

[@catcher36]

Just built this in bedrock 1.20 . I made 265 slices in a T shape. For the water system I used glass panes on the straights and cakes on the corners to re align the items. If you do an outside corner, you will have to do a weird u shape bend in the water system to get the items back to the correct side for sorting. I will now add a shulker unloader at the start and an allay sorter at the end.

[@garrettgobrien]

For those wondering about the mechanics of how it works, the comparator will output a stronger signal for the more items in the hopper (chest/dispenser/whatever). 45 items -> strength of 2 46 items -> strength of 3 68 items -> strength of 3 (full stack of 64 in first slot + 1 item in each of the other 4 slots -- this is the maximum possible if you put single filler items in the other 4 slots) 69 items -> strength of 4 (this should not be possible unless you put more than 1 filler item in each slot) So, why is this important? The 3rd redstone dust away from the comparator turns the repeater on/off. When it's a strength of 2, the repeater is off, turning the torch on, which locks the hopper below the top one, making it so nothing else can drop through. When an item comes through that's one of the 41 items (or filler items, but this should never happen), the signal increases to 3, turning the repeater on, turning the redstone torch off, unlocking the hopper and letting items down. As soon as it hits 41, the strength is 2 so everything is locked again. Because 3 is the highest, it cannot "bleed" over into the next item. If you have extra filler items, you may have a strength of 4 (if a lot of items are coming through, or the chests for that item fill up) and the repeater to either side will also be activated, breaking the system. There have been other methods of sorting in the past, but these usually break if the hopper fills with sorted items. This version just stops filtering that one item if it fills up. Having 2 or more filters for a single item can be useful if you can't increase the number of chests below. Going back to the filter item, it's very important that nothing coming in is the same as a filter item, if it is, then it will break the system. The easiest way to guarantee this is to take a stack of something useless (I've used cookies before), put them in an anvil and name them something ("Sorter Filler"). This will make them different and won't stack with anything else (including other cookies).

[@joshp825]

The chest under the Ice block can't open thi

[@toaster2094]

Waw this is what I’ve been Looking for thank you

[@ellasmith6789]

Hi! i built the item sorter but had a question, my items go up into the water but don’t pass the sign. I’ve double checked the honey and ice blocks. can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

[@toaster2094]

Well I really haven’t built it yet so can’t really say

[@RyanvonLutzow]

this is insanely easy to build and understand

[@vinceearl4240]

Why do you need 41 of the item to be sorted to go into the one hopper?

[@xDarkxTriviumx]

That number is used because of how a comparator reads the signal from the hopper. The 4 'filler' blocks as well as the 41 of the intended block make a signal strength that is just below the point where the comparator would output an extra redstone signal strength. If you build a single chest setup like he shows, you'll notice when the hopper gets 42 of the sorted item, the comparator on that hopper outputs an extra 'redstone strength' out of it which is enough to activate the repeater, which in turn disables the redstone torch, which that in turn allows the hoppers that the torch was disabling to start 'sucking' the items out of the hopper above it. Once the sorted item hits 41 again in the top hopper, the 'redstone strength' is reduced back again by one block length, which stops feeding the repeater, allowing the redstone torch to re-enable and stop the below hoppers from sucking from the top one. Hopefully I explained that properly.

[@tiwarishanu7549]

@@xDarkxTriviumx that's an amazing explanation mate! good job.

[@sebastian5742]

@@xDarkxTriviumx Wouldn't that work with 41 'filler' item? For example 1 diamond, 41 dirt, 3x1dirt. Its easier to get 41 dirt for each chest. Second thing is: Can you sort more than one item per chest? For example I want gold ingots, gold nuggets and gold blocks in same chest. Trying to uderstand this sorting logic

[@xDarkxTriviumx]

@@sebastian5742 For this type of sorting system you can really only do one item per column of chests. The way the hoppers suck items out is from left to right. So it wouldn't suck out any other slots from the inventory above it until the first slot is empty. As for the filler blocks, you can use any item you want, but using an item that is common makes it easy to break the sorting system. If you use something like dirt, the best method would be to put a stack of whatever sorting item you want into an anvil, and give it a random senseless name. (Such as renaming dirt to 'dochskcbdbjshxbfbdks'). That method would ensure that you can still have a sorting chest for dirt, without the dirt accidentally filling up any other sorting 'filler' slots.

[@nikolavlaovic3889]

First step when building this in survival is to build iron golem farm first :D

[@goodloser1616]

if sometimes some of your stuff is not sorted you can make a looped version but you have to cover a trash with block first and after your stuff get sorted you can uncover block and not needed stuff gets contained to trash at the end

[@niciishappy2444]

Idk whats the Problem, but if i throw like small amounts of items it work pretty good (1.16.5) but if im gonna throw more items in like 32 the first hopper wont collect all. In my world the first hopper with filter collects 28 from 32 and the other items were collected from a other hopper. Can someone help me?

[@matthewdennis7667]

how would you do stacks of 16? like enderpearls and eggs?

[@markojaksa641]

You could maybe make in it one block shorter, and have to find out what amount will push it through on the comparator treshold, thats the only diff

[@capt-_-flame3958]

Should work the same way. or if you are talking about needing more space, just add another slot for them

[@tristanwhaley2959]

all my items stop at each sign for some reason any help im using packed ice too

[@miknoo1833]

Just remove the honey block directly across from the sign and it works fine, I had the same issue.

[@mklltz3708]

Same

[@guyhun1491]

Super vidéo!!!!! ; )

[@archnebulawordsmith458]

Awesome!

[@shreyashmhalagi2008]

cant open top chests with the ice blocking it

[@timmercer7526]

I ran into the same problem, I have an Iron golem farm so iron is plentiful enough to just make another row of hoppers that go straight down to make room for the top chests. I really wish I could share the video in here on my house

[@shreyashmhalagi2008]

what I did is use the ice on the corners and just used upside down stairs where the chests are, works perfectly

[@kingalbby2497]

you can also just have the water stream over the hoppers. Ice only makes the items move down the line faster which is nice for really big sorters or for moving lets say. Items from a farm to the sorter input. Really if you have a server with Lag clear (deletes items not in storage or inventory) or if it will take more than 5 min for your items to get to the final location.

[@indigoace261]

He left out a step, in this video (see his Mycraft episode #34). He adds additional hoppers underneath the non-opening single chests, that goes into forward facing chests for the actual storage system. Some double chests are turned to the side for extra storage.

[@pimpinpimpin3077]

You can use normal ice, instead of packed ice.. This will allow the chest to be opened

[@jaredenck]

Is there a way to make the sorter put a different item on each of the 4 vertical chests? I don't need 4 double chests for sorting diamonds I'd rather just have 1 double chest on the top, and 3 other double chests below it sorting other things.

[@jekentmenietje]

You'd have to do some difficult wiring for that. Just put different items next to each other! You probably only need to sort bulk items anyways, diamonds can go in the overflow chest

[@angelicarain5540]

same this is what i wanted for my storage but turns out there are no tutorials for it 😔

[@JDAMx]

@@angelicarain5540 Mumbo made some crazy sorting system that did this in season 6 i think.

[@KidSavage04]

If you make the 41 items your filler item and not what you sorting by putting 1 of your sorting item in the first slot and 1 of you filler item in the next 3 slots then 41 in the last slot you only need one of what ever you are sorting. Good for item filters with expensive items like diamonds.

[@-_Sebastian_-]

When I configure the item sorter, I only put a single item in the first one that I want to sort and the others 11 at a time. Especially at the beginning in the survival world, you usually don't have many items, whereas you can farm cobblestone, for example, very easily. Simply rename the cobblestone in the anvil. This way you can also sort very valuable items such as netherite without having to waste a lot.

[@lonnykelly8054]

This still works but you have to remove the honey blocks where the signs/slabs are.

[@MrWuddles]

ah... I was wondering why my items were getting stuck. but how will the items get collected if I remove the honey block on that spot?

[@Onenonlyykyk]

I love your video brooou keep it up.......... im your old subscriber :)

[@LAMAxFACE]

I have a lot of items in my over flow which pass by the hopper for that item. I am using compressed ice since I couldn't find packed ice could that be why? To be clear if I put a stack of stone (64) in my input chest about 13 end up in overflow the rest in the correct chest.

[@phoenixxkn5555]

I'm guessing this is a tutorial of *sorts*

[@myleslester5006]

ha nice

[@imkindasmart6875]

It a flex when ur extra block is netherite

[@qsnsLOLyourshit]

Creative lol

[@TescoFR]

@@qsnsLOLyourshit he knows

[@abdiel_hd]

You can also replace honey blocks with a chest and upper slabs. Chests have a smaller hitbox too and slabs let items go through~ But it's great to have a use for honey blocks

[@austinyoungs1290]

i know this is a year later, but can you explain this? you put a chest with a slab on the upper half over hanging the ice?

[@abdiel_hd]

@@austinyoungs1290 Like it is shown in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYfHo4lppsuXfpY

[@Enderplays12]

@@austinyoungs1290 Also one year too late, but the answer is: Where the honey blocks are, instead, put chests. The idea is having something that stops the water from leaking, but lets the items drift just a tiny bit above the hopper so it can be sucked in. The chests, having a smaller hit-box, fit the requisites.

[@chelseyloe1822]

Okay ty I don't know redstone....annnnd I'm stoked to try this I actually feel confident

[@krkbaeee]

question: my items 60% of the time keeps going to the overflow chest, anyway to fix? edit: i set the repeater on the 4th tick it and worked, it might be slow but it’s better than having it overflow

[@nadhiffathin8309]

14:30 will that help?

[@kingalbby2497]

So it is because with 41 of the items in the sorting hopper. It can only pick up an additional 23 items at a time. so you throw into the system a full stack (64) of something. The hopper will pick up 23 of that stack and the rest will continue down the system. To fix this you need to slow down space out the input or Like he said have 4 or more sorters for same items. That is also why just using hoppers are great. They can't overfull each other. so A line of hoppers being fed by a Chest will almost never over burden a sorter. I also don't mind the *tick* sound for a dropper so I use a water elevator to move my items up. Truthfully as long as you have a chest that feeds the system you won't have your issue.

[@explodingkittens3091]

Tips to save you resources: You can also put 44 random items in the hopper and just 1 of what your sorting. You can also use chests instead of honey blocks.

[@MegahNevel]

put 40 of the filter item to sort items that stack to 16! (like ender pearls!)

[@HavocFactory]

But this can break your system if a full stack of your item backs up in the hopper (i.e., if the column fills and you have 'overflow'). In this case, if the four slots to the right are filled with your sorting token, the redstone signal coming off the hopper will be strong enough to short out the adjacent sorter, firing it until it is empty, and then allowing other items through. Not good.

[@explodingkittens3091]

Ok thank you for letting me know about that flaw

[@Tyxal.]

THE MOST EPIK INTROOOO

[@TheRetroVoyager]

I know I'm 2 years late for this. But there is a way to make it so that the Sorting hopper only needs 15 of the item. It does take a bit more resources to make, but you get to keep a lot more. 3 Repeaters are needed, all set to 4 tick delay. Comparator still the same, with 2 Redstone coming out into a Repeater. Redstone dust on the lower block. Then two Repeaters going into the Redstone torch block. With this configuration though, you will need to make sure you have at least 1 block space between the setups, or the Redstone on the lower block will cause the rest to go as well

[@calebheneghan9557]

with your "melon problem" you should just do a stream of crafting melons

[@conceiver4200]

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