Minecraft - Tutorial: Quick & Easy Item Sorter (With Overflow Protection)

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[@AamenMah]

The fact that this design hasn’t broken in over 8 years is incredible

[@croatianrabbit5748]

the fact that this design hasn't broken in over 8 years and 1 day is incredible

[@ShiroCh_ID]

@@croatianrabbit5748 the fact that this design hasn't broken in over 8 years and 3 days is incredible

[@szelesb]

​@@ShiroCh_IDthe fact that this design hadnt broken in 8 years and 6 days

[@mrsnekk5297]

@@szelesb The fact that this design hasn't broken in over 8 years, 1 week, and 1 day is incredible.

[@levontriz]

@@mrsnekk5297 The fact that this design hasn't broken in over 8 years, 1 week, and 2 days is incredible

[@Rodorenn]

Still coming back to this design in 2020 - this design is a classic!

[@Rodorenn]

@@soupxasy4323 Are you sure? I just built it in 1.16 pre2 and it works just fine.

[@min_doe9619]

@@Rodorenn mine wont work it still puts the named items in

[@min_doe9619]

@@Rodorenn NEVERMIND IM STUPID I MISSED A REPEATER LMAO

[@AKA_Yo_Dude]

It does exactly what i was looking for, it's perfect for early and late game and cheap to make

[@Tylerphal]

Pat Therrien extra hoppers are expensive

[@MrCorpsey]

The fact that this design hasn't broken in over 9 years is incredible. Thanks impulse!

[@BeezKneez282]

Bro I've been coming back to this tutorial for 8 YEARS now. You'd think I'd have memorized it by now

[@griffinshorts785]

Lol

[@agentcminecraft]

Same

[@richy2736]

lmao same dude

[@prosandcons-fl2cc]

same lol

[@samzoutlet6173]

glad to know it still works before i build it

[@Jimba]

The fact that this design hasn't broken in over 8 years and 7 days is incredible

[@samhicks97]

4 years later and confirmed still working in 1.13. *cheers pulse!*

[@samhicks97]

@Pyxlup Goheen spread the word, it's working cross consoles! :D

[@birchberry9354]

It doesn’t use a bug so as long as there’s no major update to redstone, and I doubt there will be, it will work indefinitely

[@freshviolets]

Oh good! I was going to ask but thanks! Hope that continues into 1.14 and 1.11 (Java/Bedrock)

[@Dabossnick5]

Confirming function in prerelease 5

[@KevinD7]

But it breaks on xbox 360 :(

[@nick_urquhart]

Confirmed working in 1.14, still working perfectly. Thanks Impulse!

[@striqesthestrooqes3254]

thanks for the info :D

[@striqesthestrooqes3254]

so I just built this but it takes the filter items what do I do?

[@avocado.toast519]

@@striqesthestrooqes3254 same problem

[@limmeh7881]

@@striqesthestrooqes3254 how did you build it? Screenshot please?

[@striqesthestrooqes3254]

@@limmeh7881 it just thw sam just don't use glass

[@tetsujin_144]

Sometimes I forget that some of these familiar faces from Hermitcraft also made substantial contributions to redstone technology and the technical game...

[@notrod5341]

The amount of stuff docm77 worked on is nuts.

[@ExzcellionGamma]

Hail impulsesv sorter and Etho clock

[@Virus173205]

I bookmarked this forever ago and came back to it today. Have only recently been watching Hermitcraft (binging through several Hermits' full season 6 during lunch break for the past 7ish 9ish months) and was in for a bit of a surprise.

[@maxwilson7001]

What’s Etho’s clock?

[@drexleribanez]

@@maxwilson7001 hopper clock

[@matthewjones5951]

Me watching Hermitcraft S8: "I need an item sorter, I know just where to go"

[@MusicalScreaming]

Is this a scar reference or am I overthinking?

[@MarkiSparki]

it's quite obvious. but simply to inform: works perfectly in 1.15 !

[@Broso56]

Doesnt work for me, the named items just yeet out of the hopper

[@MarkiSparki]

@@Broso56 weird. the hoppers below should definitely be blocked with the redstone torches. sure you placed them right?

[@Broso56]

@@MarkiSparki i didnt. 1. I placed the redstone too far below. And also i made the comparaters take the signal from the TOP hoppers instead. Didnt notice

[@polarbloom6474]

I accidentally didn’t switch between regular chests and trapped chests because I was impatient and didn’t watch the whole video. But... it still worked. I did this in a testing world. Could you maybe confirm this please?

[@myxion2671]

@@polarbloom6474 in older versions you had to place trapped chests if you wanted the chests to be directly one block beside each other. thats the only reason they were there

[@arthurmalavasic6788]

It's 2022 and I just rewatched because I haven't built this in a while and didn't feel like loading old worlds to remind myself. The longevity of this build is insane.

[@CZghost]

Okay, this is very useful :) Thanks :D Ogh, just an update: With Minecraft 1.13+, you do not need to alternate trapped chests and regular chests, they are now allowed to be placed next each other, which makes it super convenient :)

[@veggiestew9127]

thanks, this is what I came here to check :)

[@Valturax_Official]

@@veggiestew9127 same

[@JeremyWhalen]

@@veggiestew9127 me too!

[@blueametrine]

Confirming, April 2024 update 1.20.4, this design still works. It has been my go to item sorter for years now. Thanks Impulse!

[@westleyfredrick7362]

Thanks for the confirming it works in 1.20.4!

[@sticklegacy5973]

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF THIS BUILD AND WHY IT WORKS, I will attempt to simplify this: Comparators put out a redstone signal charge at a level proportional to how full the hopper is. This means if the hopper is full, the comparator attached to it in this fashion puts out a charge of 15(full charge) (it can travel across 15 blocks before the signal stops) If the hopper is empty, the comparator attached to it puts out a charge of 0 (no charge) . If the hopper is about half full, it will put out a charge of 7 or 8 (half charge). Now let's take a ratio of how full the hoppers are when filled up as he filled them (1 full stack of the item desired, 1 stone in each other slot) 64 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 68 maximum hopper capacity is 64 x 5 = 320 68/320 = .2125 Now to find how much redstone signal this will send out, we take the ratio and multiply it by the total signal strength possible: .2125 x 15 = 3.1875 This means that the signal can reach up to 3 blocks away. If you notice after he puts the items in the hopper, they all go down to 41 before they stop. The reason for this is understandable if we do the same process above to calculate the signal strength ratio provided at 41 items. 41 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 45 45/360 = .140625 .140625 x 15 = 2.109375 This means the signal can reach up to 2 blocks away. If you go back to watch how he designs the first section, he connects a repeater to a block with a redstone torch. This means if the repeater starts to receive a signal, the redstone torch will be turned off. While the redstone torch is on, the hopper it is next to becomes LOCKED. A locked hopper cannot drop or receive items. The connection to the receiver is 3 blocks away from the comparator. So logically, when the comparator starts putting out a signal strength of 3 or more (more items inside it), the repeater goes on, the redstone torch goes off, and the hoppers become unlocked. (the flow of items downwards to the chests continues) And once the top hopper goes down to a signal strength of 2, the repeater goes off, the redstone torch goes on, and the hoppers become locked again, keeping your items from dropping through. This is why also just having 11 of each item in the other 4 slots and 1 of the item you want sorted into your hopper works as well, because it will go down to 45 total before switching off. Hopefully this clarifies things for those confused instead of making it more confusing. Happy crafting :)

[@maxwilson7001]

Thank you for this! I understand perfectly. I really appreciate the example of 11 filter items and 1 item to be sorted. Helps for more expensive things

[@dee2007]

Thanks for explaining the math behind this system. I like to know 'why' something works so I can fix it or adapt it when I build it in my world. Also appreciate the explanation of why you can interchange the item filter amounts 11 vs 1. Cheers!

[@MGArtDZN]

the 11v1 didn't work for me...the hoppers on the side got unlocked for no reason and all itens where going down :(

[@dherzog02]

Most of this is correct except the formula for calculating the output is incorrect. It is also important to know that changing it to have one of your filter item and 11 of each "junk" item in the other four slots will break the "overflow protection" part of this design. The correct formula for the signal strength if there is anything in the hopper is: floor(1+([# of items]/320)*14). So when the hopper has exactly 45 items, the signal strength is: floor(1+(45/320)*14) -> floor(1+ (0.140625*14)) -> floor(1+1.96875) -> floor(2.96875) -> 2 So a signal strength of 2 will power the Redstone up to two blocks away which isn't enough to unlock the hopper below it. As soon as item #46 is added, that ending calculation becomes: floor(3.0125) -> 3. When the Redstone reaches three blocks away, the hopper below it becomes unlocked and starts pulling items until the number of items drops down to 45 again. So for this part to work, any combination of exactly 45 items will work as a filter as long as you have at least one of the item you're filtering for in the first slot and at least one "junk" item in the other four slots. So 41/1/1/1/1 works as a filter and so does 1/11/11/11/11. There are lots of ways to combine this and the system will still work as an item filter. So that brings us to the "overflow protection" part. Overflow could happen if you get so much of one item that it fills the chest and both hoppers above it. The original design for the filter hopper (41/1/1/1/1) limits the total items to 68. You could end up with 64 of your filter item but the other four slots will always have exactly 4 items. So the most you can ever have in the "filter" hopper is 64+4 = 68. With 68 items, the signal strength calculation comes to: floor(1+(68/320)*14) -> floor(3.975) -> 3. So the filter hopper will never cause the comparator to output a signal strength greater than 3. If you change the breakdown in the hopper to 1/11/11/11/11, you still have exactly 45 items to start but in a backed up system you can get a lot more items into that filter hopper. You could end up with 64 of the item you're filtering for and 44 of your "junk" items. With that much in the filter hopper, you end up with a signal strength calculation of floor(5.725) -> 5. So the Redstone signal will not only unlock the hopper below the filter, the signal will start reaching the adjacent hoppers, unlocking them as well. All it takes is a signal strength of 4 to unlock adjacent hoppers and wreck the system. The threshold for a signal strength of 4 is when there are 69 items in the filter hopper. That is why the original design that limits the items to no more than 68 is so important. All of this also assumes that all items are stackable to 64, the math is is different if you have items that stack to 16. Non-stackable items cannot be used in this system at all.

[@LordAzrael21]

Great explanation! Small correction: Locked hoppers can't PULL items from containers above them, but they can receive items (such as from other hoppers pointing into them) - which is why it is important that the hopper next to the comparator doesn't point down into the locked hopper, or it would still push items through.

[@sydneylenati]

My husband (who can not be left to his own devices in our storage room) suggested I check your auto sort tutorial for our server. Thank you, Impulse! I've been amazed by your tutorials over the years, and this one is no different. Keep up the awesome work, man.

[@thepacificpirate]

9 and a half years later, and this still works! Amazing job impulse!!

[@elchamo14]

Hi, in my case when the output chest fills up completely, the filtered item starts overflowing to the trash bin, doesn't this happen to you?

[@thronee_]

@@elchamo14 this is correct. you need to extend your output size

[@lcc9769]

I've been looking for sorting systems for at least a week. This is exactly what I've been looking for. No stupid water flows. No stupid redstone. Just simple mechanics that work every time. Thanks!

[@TheRiekman]

Great sorting system! I do think it's important to note that the named "dummy" items you put into the hoppers should be stackable to 64 items. I.e. you can't use named eggs, signs, tools, etc. Otherwise you will have the redstone signal possibly overflow again.

[@impulseSV]

TheRiekman I did forget to mention that. Good catch!

[@Jiglegobles]

I watched a video who used your redstone design for his own build but he used snowballs instead of named items. Do you see any issues with the substitution of snowballs instead? Any ideas of something easier to use instead of naming a ton of different items for all the chest?

[@qahnaarin6532]

Adam Magana you dont rename a bunch of stuff. Just a stack of cobblestone or dirt or any other junk item. You take the stack and they're all renamed. Saves time and xp.

[@vivafeverfifa2524]

@@impulseSV I did this with dead bushes in PE version. Caught a few "bugs". 1. You cant drag items across hoppers so you have to get 5 different named objects, put them in and take the first one out 2. I don't know if it's the bushes or something else but sometimes the system doesn't sort fast enough and some sortable blocks end up in the overflow chest.

[@mmmilovegirls]

@@vivafeverfifa2524 I had this problem too, the problem for me was that it was using a double chest for input, and it was taking 2 items at a time, causing half of it to end up in the overflow chest. easy fix is to use a single chest as input. (your sounded similar to mine, so i thought i mention this)

[@HamzaWasHere007]

9 years later in September 2024, and I'm here to recreate this design in my world. Judging my the comments section, it seems like this video is made for people like me!

[@xRayne22x]

I have used this item sorter constantly it never fails me. Still the best one out there!

[@KingDaddyDmac]

very helpful, thanx dude :)

[@vikumdharmasena5135]

DMAC THE MIGHTY BRO!

[@lestercrest2724]

KingDaddyDMAC I love u dmac

[@karola4492]

KingDaddyDMAC I which you all the time

[@macncheeseface7291]

Ha nice

[@hunterwulfstern6121]

I never made a item sorter in vanilla Minecraft in all my years of playing it,and I am so glad I have finally taken the leap to make one. Thank you Impulse for the tutorial.

[@nathanielcarey9619]

Stilling going 9 years for all platforms. You are the man impulse

[@LillianWinterAnimations]

Impulse: Well I bet you're thinking "You're not showing me anything new!" Me (hasn't played since 1.4): My mind is currently blown

[@galethegamer]

My mind was blown to, but mostly because I don't know how redstone works

[@NitroKitKat]

@@galethegamer in this contraption it works like this : the comparator detects how many items are in the hopper and based on that it sends a strength signal, the more items in the hopper the better. At a signal strength of 3 it turns on the repeater and deactivates the torch to let items flow in the chests, the hopper is locked because of the restone torch giving power to it.

[@Broso56]

You probably understand redstone more now, but im giving you a breakdown anyway cuz im bored. Components used in item sorter: Comparator: Comparators take the signal from anything that is a storage. This can be Hoppers, Chests, Barrels, i mean even dispensers. The signal Strength (how far the redstone signal goes from the comparator) is based on how many items are in said storage. 1 item will power it 1 block, then it takes more and more for it to increase. Repeater: Redstone Repeaters take a redstone signal of any kind (from comparators, or from levers, or whatever it doesnt matter) And boosts it to the maximum strength, or in other words, allows a 17 long redstone dust line to be powered (or 16 i dont remember) Redstone torch: Redstone torches are used to invert a signal. What this means is a redstone torch will provide power to any blocks in front of said torch, until its powered by a different source, then it will turn off. And redstone dust. I would imagine you know what this does, but if you dont it just allows power to go through it, think of like a wire in real life or something. Notes: Blocks can be powered by a source, and when they are, provide power to anything against said block. Powered blocks cant power other blocks, only components like redstone dust and what not. Does not refresh signal. Also, some blocks cant be powered. Hoppers will stop moving items from/into storage if it is powered. This is also known as hopper locking. How it works: Lets start from the input chest, the input chest rests above a hopper and when you put items in the hopper will take the items and move them into other hoppers. (this is the top row of hoppers) Middle row of hoppers have 4 named blocks each and the item you want in the chest below. Ill use diamonds as an example. Talking about the top row again, the hoppers keep putting the chest's items into the other hoppers forward to it, until it gets to the right middle hopper that has the right item you want to sort. Then that middle hopper then takes said item and funnels it down to the bottom chests. thats the middle and bottom row hoppers. When 42 of the right items are in the hopper, it powers the redstone comparator to 3 redstone dust (46 including the 4 filler items, the named items) and gives enough for the redstone to power the block underneath, which powers the redstone repeater, refreshing the signal to be able to power the redstone torch to be off, which then allows the bottom hopper to start funneling items into your chest. Once it goes back to 41 items, redstone torch gets powered back on from the contraption, and the hopper is locked again. I hope I explained this well to you and anyone else who is confused how it works, im mainly just bored though so i just thought i would type it out.

[@xhille1122]

i've been learning redstone in bits and pieces, but finally worked out your item sorter today! i've been afraid to do it for so long and now see how simple it is! thanks impulse!

[@michaelbrocaglia3827]

One day I'll be able to build this amazing contraption without referencing this tutorial... Today is not that day!

[@StarWarsExpert_]

is it now?

[@penta4568]

It’s not for me, just built a raid farm & completely forget how to build this. There’s a reason this video has 1.6M views lol

[@wolfknap9494]

what about today?

[@penta4568]

Nope lol

[@Pompejus2]

how about today guys? xd

[@theenforcer6849]

This man should have more subscribers than people in the world exist. Seriously, this design has worked for two editions of Minecraft and it is five years old. Truly, a work of a wonder impulsesv!

[@HappyhipposMC]

This has been the greatest sorting system in Minecraft for over 7 years. I am surprised it only has just under 2 million views.

[@Broso56]

If any of you are coming to this video wondering if its a good Item sorter or not, let me tell you, it is great. Its worked for 6+ years across all versions since video release, its EASILY expandable both to the side, and down, so that you can have each item have several double chests to store it, for common items like cobblestone, or expand to the side to allow for more unique items to be sorted. Its decently compact too, and easy to hide all the redstone. DEFINETLY recommend. 10/10, used this design for years.

[@kriskotooBGXD]

I have a massive sorting system in a server, using the old design, and was constantly running into overflow issues really happy to see that the fix is pretty simple!

[@killerbeanleaf5904]

Still working in 1.15 snapshot 5 years later... TYSM!!!!! easy and reliable

[@steelrarebit7387]

Just built this sorter to handle my guardian farm drops in 1.13.2. Still works and super simple. Love it.

[@anedgomar]

Still works in 1.13. Awesome

[@jasperosterberg7987]

Dude I can't get this to work for my life.

[@randomroyale6240]

Same it's f**king broken

[@suiko24]

@@randomroyale6240 I just built this. It is working. Double check the direction of the hoppers. The main difference, is with 1.13 is you don't have to use trapped chests. The chests stack now without needing to do trapped

[@samhicks97]

@@randomroyale6240 Check your center line hoppers, did you put in the unique named item/block? check the Wiring and the repeaters, it should be 1 tick for all of them. EDIT: Watch the video again and see if you missed out on a step.

[@zaphod77]

@@jasperosterberg7987 this absolutely works. 1) make SURE all of the middle row of hoppers is pointing either at or away from the comparator. otherwise it will break. 2) make sure the top row of hoppers are all pointing sideways 3) make sure the bottom row is pointing down. pointing them sideways opposite the comparator can also work if you put the chests there. 4) make sure the renamed blocks are in the middle row of hoppers, and that there is exactly four total, with one in each slot except the first, which you place your item in. using renamed blocks that stack to 64 at a height of 1 is what makes everything work. 5) make sure there are no unstackable items put into the middle hoppers. they will just go out immediately, because they will compare as 64. items that stack to 16 are okay. 6) make sure that all solid blocks are actually opaque. they need to be able to accept redstone power to power the repeater and the hoppers.

[@alizacelemcentauri986]

Thank you so much, Impulse! I was getting a headache trying to figure out how to build a storage system by myself, then i tried this and... it works!

[@kaffii]

the Etho hopper clock and the ImpulseSV item sorter, a holy duo

[@RaspoutinesGhost]

Thanks so much Impulse, all my farms, and storage are now sorted, must have watched, and referenced this video a dozen times this week.

[@anubis6919]

7 years later and still working flawlessly.

[@kiddkammakazi2943]

Just made this in my 1.19 Fabric Singleplayer world and still amazed that it works! This design will literally be forever.

[@Jaimz]

PewDiePie watched your video in his livestream lmao

[@98SE]

lol thats why i came here :)

[@Broso56]

there. I got you a stack of likes (64) just need fiiiiiiive more.

[@bowieabbott7195]

The way pewds said it as well

[@whitehammer1972]

I WAS THERE

[@nanorex_gaming]

Here's a handy tip for integrating this into larger sorting systems: If you have an item that you want to sort but is rare (eg diamonds) simply place a block in front of that sorter's comparator, then in the filter hopper place two of the item you want to sort and five items that are named and stackable to 16. That's an easy way to convert a single unit of this system to one that only requires two items for the filter (as opposed to forty-something), but doesn't have overflow protection (which is not really needed for rare items such as diamonds).

[@Robomandude]

the comparator checks for total items in the hopper. items that stack to 16 count 4 times and items that take up a full stack count 64 times. You just need to add about 38 named items to make it only keep one of the item to be sorted.

[@AntOfThy]

Just rememebr that either solution will break overflow protection for that specific item.

[@quagmire94]

wrong when i deposite diamonds .... i deposite them by the stacks of 4 since i dont like having much on me at any given moment ... someone on the server i play figured out that my spawner had sand as the side block ... they spent thousunds of $ on sand filling all my hoppers chest and overflow chest

[@schneckenpferd]

Fancy my surprise to find help for a redstone project in an old video made by my favourite Hermit Impulse! I had to pause a Hermitcraft 10 video for the search. The tutorial helped like a charm. Thank you Impulse

[@dandelionxii1143]

1 july 2019 Works on bedrock edition, I love you man 🎉

[@rav6274]

And can u put as many chest u want ??

[@elmong0]

Rav Yes

[@Imjust_aspider]

I know ps4 is bedrock but mojang doesn't do much for us it work for ps?

[@dandelionxii1143]

@@Imjust_aspider i think yes

[@thatonesilentguy9741]

Bruh impulse is stil hearting comments this video is from 2014 gg impulse!

[@r_ryan9959]

It's been six years since I first followed this tutorial, and I'm still referring back to it.

[@snowsoldiwr008]

The fact that this design still working after all this years is amazing

[@Thomanski]

Exactly 2 years ago. Still works perfectly! :D

[@vegetapt9144]

yup just made more of these yesterday working like a charm like always

[@LoGKhepre]

Thomanski, I agree but you're a stoner mouse 🐁 so i'm scared

[@oost_javeln]

Almost 4 years, works

[@jacobkuhn7312]

4 years ago and still works like a charm

[@maddiefox6805]

still works after 4 years! Still going strong! :D

[@rebekahsilver4674]

I was looking for ages to find one that actually worked and this one did and now my Realm will be more organised thx to this! :D

[@rohangade3847]

This has been here for 6 years, searched the whole you tube for item sorter videos this is STILL the best one yet.

[@happyhippie7898]

Or it Still working java

[@rohangade3847]

@@happyhippie7898 yup still working in java 16.4

[@KAMO99]

This is very useful, however now in the update that Minecraft has brought us: 1.13... we can now put chests next to each other without them being a trapped chest! So ignore the trapped chests, use normal chests in +1.13! thank you impluse!!

[@dillonbarnes2039]

Still works in 1.16.2! This is great!

[@kurumilover6999]

Can you do like a 3 item filter like for my gold farm?

[@dillonbarnes2039]

@@kurumilover6999 Yes. Can't think what the third item would be though. Golden nuggets and rotten flesh. You can't create an item filter for the swords though as they are non-stackable items. They would just go into the chest at the end. I hadn't even considered creating a sorter for my gold farm but it is a great idea. Thanks!

[@NickAndriadze]

The fact that this design hasn't broken in specifically over 9 years, two months and 24 days is incredible. Jokes aside though, it's been nearly a decade and this is still the simplest yet most reliable sorter one could come up with, thank you for it! Extending the circuit so it doesn't bleed into the other lines at full load is genius. Exactly the kind of timeless tech I'd imagine from Impulse.

[@thejoosman]

Works perfectly still in 1.15.1-pre-1. Easy tutorial, definitely helps me to get a better grasp of what needs to be done for a sorting mechanism. Thank you! Also a great entry point in to redstone for sure! Time to try and add a mine cart to pull from overflow protection and run through another filter in a different location if need be :) Kinda like Sahara on the Hermit Craft Server.

[@madeleineruusu]

It's like Sahara, because this is one of the most famous item filters! Almost all the hermits use this design :D

[@TheBlackBeltPanda]

Simple fix for the overflow, nice. =D

[@jjws600]

I never thought of this either :)

[@p3nna]

Still relevant today. Awesome design works like magic

[@4Bucket2U]

legend for 7 years Still works in 2022, thats a feat!

[@milky5424]

5:08 tutorial starts

[@frankcastaldi2531]

9 years and still working!

[@xaratherus]

It's still working in 1.21 / 2024.

[@RogueCarrot]

The benefit now is that you don't need trapped chests anymore thanks to the newest updates. I just built this and it seems to be working great so far.

[@connermiller5801]

Why did you need trap chests before?

[@RogueCarrot]

@@connermiller5801 You couldn’t put the same kind of chest next to each other before. Now they changed it so you can by using crouch. It’s all automatic when placing them now. So having to alternate isn’t a requirement anymore.

[@diamondfinder8933]

7 years later...still works will go down in minecraft history as the OG sorter

[@aSlimyDragon]

I used this and in item elevator in something I just made and had the idea for a long time. So its a slime block piston door, but to activate it, you need to put a certain item in a chest behind a secret stair in the wall and it goes through an item filter to get rid of anything that's not the item, then sends it off into an elevator into a dropper, activating a comparator which then sends the signal to open the door. After going through, there's a pressure pad that activates the dropper, giving the item back to you. Leaving is a simple pressure plate opening. And the rejected items? They are sent into a different item elevator into a chest so you can keep the rejected items. If someone was stupid, you could get good stuff. I was proud when I finished it. It takes some time to go through all the hoppers, but it reaches it and works. And as your item elevates, it makes a clicking noise, telling you it's the correct item before opening the door. Then again, the other item elevator would make the same sound. Oh well. You'll know once the door opens.

[@tdude-ig2le]

genius. utter genius

[@aSlimyDragon]

Thx

[@tiogriver8479]

+Lauren Aldridge you can do a password system using a sorting system ;) where you need put multiplier item in the right sequence for open a door ;)

[@aSlimyDragon]

Tio Griver meh.

[@1ittt]

nahhhhh, i'm not even gonna try to understand what you said ;p

[@ieToastie]

This video helped me out in a pinch; thanks for explaining the functionality instead of starting with the block-by-block tutorial, it's always nice to learn something new instead of copying from a model.

[@ZloYxpMP4]

Is it okay for me to do video in this design in russian? I'll provide the link to original of course!

[@themage1028]

Without putting words in ImpulseSV's mouth, Im familiar enough with him as a KZbinr that I'm sure he wouldn't mind. :)

[@impulseSV]

ZloYxp.MP4 Sure go for it! This design is to good to not be shared ;-)

[@ZloYxpMP4]

impulseSV That's what I thought as soon as I saw it in your SMB video) Thank you!

[@ZloYxpMP4]

themage1028 well, apparantly you know him darn well)

[@themage1028]

;-)

[@jaysaur7053]

It kind of works... but 2/3rds of the items that should be filtered go straight through to the overflow randomly....

[@shami9773]

It’s amazing that this build still works

[@PartlyGaming]

Just another thing to add, if you don't want 41 of your items getting stuck in the hopper. You can place up to 41 of your blank blocks in the second slot of the hopper.

[@raymondstheawesome]

That kills the overflow protection. What makes this sorter overflow proof is that you need 41 of the filter item

[@Poquito]

If you don't want to have to keep a tonne of diamonds in the filter, you can just put more named items in the free spaces stacked up, then the number that you need in the filter decreases EDIT: It takes 11 named item in each of the 4 free slots to keep the filter amount to 1

[@pagli6722]

Does it work in PS4?

[@clementcolin4262]

how do you name an item ?

[@pagli6722]

Clément Colin with an anvil

[@clementcolin4262]

@@pagli6722 Thanks i figured it out, it didn't work because i thought it made sense to put a name tag in the anvil as well but apparently not :)

[@kaneamora7371]

You’re breathtaking.

[@Arthemise]

Still working as of 1.16.2! This design is basically fail-proof, and one of the easiest to remember. Thanks for the video!

[@angus1298]

For any1 asking it works in 1.17. On of the mistakes I made is I put the redstone and comparotes 1 block up. Try avoid it. ;)

[@JustThinker7]

I was gonna ask that tho, thx dude :)

[@parkersolar]

Obligatory still working in 1.17 comment! What a great design

[@aaronbrown4682]

Congrats on the heart

[@parkersolar]

@@aaronbrown4682 Thank you haha - I didn't expect it at all!

[@Duzloo]

I struggled so much with other tutorials but this one here saved me! Works flawlessly in 1.18, thank you so very much Impulse!

[@Saber64]

I've built this in 1.13 and it's not working, the items are not going into the filtration hoppers.

[@Saber64]

Any help would be great

[@bigdadymcdingle]

I have the same problem. The feeder line at the top is pushing items to the next hopper too fast for the filtered hopper to grab them. All the items just end up in the overflow chest

[@ckosmic]

Did you ever figure out a reason for this? I noticed that the server I play on grabs 3 items at a time and still produces this issue.

[@ryanwaite6036]

I'm also having the same problem, but for only some of the items.

[@ckosmic]

Apparently it's because of how Spigot works with hoppers which is different from vanilla.

[@frankm.716]

My item hopper also dispenses the 4 items that it's not supposed to?

[@Vike4-10]

Make sure the comparator is receiving an output from the correct hopper.

[@andikahetris5219]

You either forgot the redstone torch or put the repeater backwards

[@jakegrigg4974]

I have the same problem, did you end up getting it fixed? if so, how?

[@emilypark4846]

having same problem

[@jakegrigg4974]

Emily Park I think it doesn’t work on servers with hopper plugins such as some sky block servers

[@ward9]

Made this in my survival world it's now set up with nearly every item in Minecraft! Thanks Impulse!!

[@earlaalara5477]

I built this in a redstone testing world and it worked really well! I just built it again in survival and the items are getting stuck in the hopper with the named items in it, and they won't filter into the hopper beneath or the chest attached. Anyone else having this problem?

[@tcgomez2645]

The filter hopper will only start to pass stuff through if there is 45 items in it. So what you need to do is put 4 stacks of 11 in the named item slots (Slots 2, 3, 4, and 5) of the filter hopper, with the item you want to filter in the 1st slot. It will then only keep 1 filter item in that slot and filter everything else above the total 45 count.

[@badaceblackbelt]

I'm having the same problem in survival where the filter items won't run through the hopper with the named items. I put a full stack in and it still won't go down to 41.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

UnlikelyK Id just recheck everything. Follow the Redstone circuit. Is the Redstone torch toggling off when you put enough items in the hopper?

[@johnstewart1887]

TC Gomez The filter hopper just passes through to the bottom hopper (No i do not have the filter hopper aiming down) I place the named objects and they just flow down threw some and the others stay in the other hoppers

[@qahnaarin6532]

Is your comparator pointed in the right direction? The direction of both that and the repeater are crucial to make this work as well. Is the repeater on anything other than one tick? That'll boff your system too.

[@Kidozy]

doesn't work with 100% accuracy. the items i want to go in are also being spat out

[@kathleenkoch9993]

We're now in March of 2023 and the impulse sorting system is still in use! Wah! Sweet!🥰

[@dansnell5774]

So, what you're saying is that the basic filter needs a total of 45 items? Couldn't you do 11 items in the four junk spots and then just one of the required item in the filter spot?

[@Brl46574]

Yes, that seems to work just fine. Not sure how impulse didn't think to do that

[@michaelwang1974]

wouldnt that use more of ur xp? way more?

[@topberts7932]

this kills the overflow protection

[@TheRealWormbo]

A comparator reading a hopper outputs signal strength 3 only for 46 to 68 items (if those are stackable to 64). The point of the design is to never have it output a stronger signal, because that would "bleed" across to adjacent filters and break them.

[@topberts7932]

Filter items are pita to make so i use dirt and its symply the first item in my system. This way you can use any item for filter.

[@vapor404]

so i built this exactly to how impulse specified it yet the two torches on the comparater are off and all the filter items are going into the chests any help to fix this would be appriciated and yes the redstone torches are on

[@kiyaneddaoudi12]

You need to right click the comparator so that its torches turn on.

[@bkdotexe]

This design never breaks. Impulse is the best!

[@austindorsey5090]

So when my system gets backed up with items, the bottom hopper that's suppose to be stuck at 1 gets more than that and causes the whole system to lock... what gives.

[@brandonmason1403]

I have an idea to prevent this... replace the top layer of chests with a hopper line that dispenses items into a cactus. Due to the bottom-first grabbing nature of hoppers it's your bottom chests that will fill up first. So rather than thinking of some complicated way to detect overflow (e.g. from the redstone signal) why not just use the top layer for this? Since there's no additional redstone circuitry it stacks along with the rest of the design. It's just the addition of 1 hopper per item stack.

[@monikagolebiewska5631]

It's taking my filter blocks

[@QuAntique]

On bedrock Android game it works perfectly

[@OneAdera]

@@user-hm1qu8ex7q They do, but in this case this sorter still works perfectly. Most likely they made a minor mistake with the redstone so it wasn't properly turning off the hoppers.

[@colmhauser9532]

Works perfectly in 1.15.2, easy to build, easy to understand, great video.

[@Elden_one]

Still working on all consoles 1.15 snapshot (Ps4,ps3,Xbox)

[@michellelavacca9857]

Is anyone else having the problem that the named items r going into the chests

[@ghuxsuperfan3066]

Use beds

[@Tom-vq4xm]

Ghux Superfan wdym use beds?

[@becomepro5481]

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[@MrAwawe]

@@ghuxsuperfan3066 no, don't. Beds aren't stackable, which means the signal coming from the comparator will be wrong. You have to use a 64 stackable item for the filler.

[@QkeleQ10]

Yeah

[@littlemissmisses2981]

This is the first video I’ve seen which explains exactly how these modules work, and why you put 41 + 4 items in the hopper to filter. Thanks impulse!

[@Master_Of_Aces]

My items get stuck in the first hopper help!!

[@DukkyMC]

Why did literally every KZbinr use this texture pack at some point?

[@beansntoastyt2616]

Faithful is just the superior texture pack

[@stephanierenae2774]

@@beansntoastyt2616 I also really love FlowsHD. It's boo-tiful *heart eyes*

[@heimoski]

A decade ago and still working damn. Thx, sir

[@hzedayz8241]

When I try and place the placeholder blocks in they just go through the hoppers. In fact anything I put in does, it doesn't lock whatsoever. Please help?

[@moonlitumbreon716]

you need to make sure the torches underneath are on as they are the thing that stops the hoppers from continuing to flow

[@CommuteGamers]

@@moonlitumbreon716 I have the same issue and I check to see if the torches are on and it is but the named items are still going through.

[@garretthorton163]

I have this issue too.... Any help would be really appreciated EDIT: I was using glass and I switched to wood planks and now it works.....soooo maybe glass doesn't work.

[@hzedayz8241]

@@garretthorton163 I fixed this issue, I found for me I had not placed torches in right place. They need to be on back side of the block 1 ABOVE. I will reply again later when im on too show image or something.

[@Florian-rn4lw]

they stay in the second layer by me

[@gh3875]

I've built multiple different sorter systems, none of them worked. THIS ONE ACTUALLY WORKS, THANK YOU. I built the one you walked through in the video.

[@limmeh7881]

What I'm noticing is the first time I put items in, I lose one item. I know it's because the torch comes on before the hopper outputs the item into the chest. How would I fix this? I understand how the whole thing works which is why I'm going meta lol..

[@kakorotskywalker]

Hey Impulse, I really love your this design. Do you by any chance have made a video explaining how hoppers work??? If not, can you make one? It'll be really appreciated. As I was trying to do some modifications to this contraption for my preferences and, I failed miserably and this sorter wasn't functional till I made an exact same one as your's.

[@Idontwantahandleplease]

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[@kakorotskywalker]

@@Idontwantahandleplease thenkz. However, I've already understood it lol. Mostly watched Mumbo's videos you have listen in that playlist lol.

[@rbplays69]

the fact that this design hasnt broken for almost 8 years is insane.

[@ep1cgaemur938]

Tutorial starts at 5:10

[@rav6274]

Can it be as many chest as u need it to be ?

[@realquadmoo]

Can you do an iTrade Pass machine tutorial?

[@bundlesofsticks]

You solved all my problems, I spent like 2 days trying to fix it and all it was is that I needed one more step back for redstone, saved me so much stress thank god

[@zakplayz6134]

is it possibe to have more rows of chests on top while still having the storage system working?

[@bingus5863]

Yes you just put more hoppers

[@gavindenney5797]

Make a storage silo

[@chuu_rroo]

half of the vid was the showcase ._. still pretty helpful tho.

[@sasawaa501]

Came from your most recent hardcore skyblock video just for the nostalgia. This is the first impulse video I ever watched. Still use this sorter all the time!