Talk:Dispenser

What is meant by "distance"?
It says in this article that when a dispenser contains armor, it will equip it on a player or armor stand within a one-block distance. What exactly is meant by "distance"? Is it a radius, or is it a distance from the front of the dispenser (in the direction the dispenser is facing)? VeenM64 (talk) 18:58, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It tests for "in the block in front of the dispenser", in other words it looks for entities whose bounding box intersects that block. If multiple eligible entities are found, it picks the "first" one in the list of entities it got from the check. Anomie x (talk) 21:45, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

image facing
Just was wondering why the dispenser in the big image is facing in a different direction then the small gui one. Same for the dropper. Is this intended? --Schortan (talk) 19:47, 24 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Good question! It appears that a large collection of pages for blocks use a block model with the front facing the viewer's left while the player inventory block really faces left. This same pattern is not used for all blocks as some pages have the block model facing the viewer's right, just like the player inventory block. This seems to be a style issue where there is no specific format. Someone probably could create a project of this if they desired, but there are bigger issues people may want to tackle first.
 * -SuperDyl19 (talk) 06:32, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Shulker Boxes
Shulker Boxes need added to the Dispenser Behavior table. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by RadioRoscoe (talk • contribs) at 04:50, 12 February 2017‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with
 * Done. &mdash;munin &middot; Book and Quill.png Stone Pickaxe.png &middot; 14:49, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

1.13 Changes
As of version 1.13 {java}, the bow no longer needs to be undamaged. (Crafting section - already listed under History) –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.188.220.6 (talk) at 06:34, 14 August 2018 (UTC). Please sign your posts with

Saplings, correct?
So we can Bone Meal, Saplings, into Trees, I thought I'd read over on the Bone Meal page. About Dispensers, specifically (but we should add that, here [if that works]). 1 /17 /19 4:54 a.m. Yilante 76.209.248.192 12:55, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Bone meal is already in the dispenser behavior table. Exactly what is it you think is missing? That it works on saplings? It works on lots of plants, so why single out one of them? The list is in the Bone meal article, which is where it belongs since the behavior is the same whether or not you're using a dispenser. I just don't understand what you propose to add. – Auldrick (talk &middot; contribs) 13:07, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Texture Update and InfoBox
Just a minor change to the InfoBox, but can someone add the updated texture to the infobox, please? Fezemerald (talk) 22:02, 14 July 2019 (UTC)


 * – Nixinova Nixinova sig1.png Nixinova sig2.png 22:29, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Why does dispensers change texture.
I have a question for minecraft why do dispensers change texture in different position? Simeon a minecraft lover.--Simoneloeclan (talk) 07:26, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Equipping mob heads
Is there a list of mobs that can wear heads or carved pumpkins via dispenser? Because it certainly is not working for me when trying to equip a mob head, armor or carved pumpkin on an enderman via dispenser in Java 1.16.5 vanilla (I used a dispenser looking down on enderman so it's head was in the block the dispenser was facing). – Unsigned comment added by 141.98.255.144 (talk) at 23:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC). Sign comments with