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The dropper is a block that drops an item from its inventory as an entity (as if it were dropped by the player) each time it is powered. If there is a block with an inventory immediately in front of the dropper when it is powered, it will instead store the item within the Tile Entity associated with that block. A dropper can drop items through a glass block in front of it.

This is in contrast to a dispenser, which behaves differently with certain items, such as firing projectiles, placing liquids from buckets, and spawning mobs from spawn eggs. Dispensers also do not store items in container-type blocks, rendering items stuck somewhere in between.

While the hopper is useful for moving items side-ways, downwards, pulling items from containers, and doing all that without intervention by redstone circuitry, the dropper is the only block which can push items upwards into a container block. When multiple droppers are arranged vertically they can be configured to act as an upwards elevator for items.

Crafting

Ingredients Input » Output
Cobblestone +
Redstone
Template:Grid/Crafting Table

Video

Dropper/video

History

release
1.5
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Minecart with Command Block|Minecart with Command Block]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|renewable=No
|stackable=No
|size=Height: 0.7 Blocks<br>Width: 0.98 Blocks
|image=Minecart with Command Block.gif
|image2=Minecart with Command Block BE.gif
|invimage1=Minecart with Command Block
|networkid=10
|drops={{drop|Item|Minecart|1}}
|health={{hp|6}}
|rarity=Epic
}}

A '''minecart with command block''' is an impulse{{only|java|short=y}} or repeating{{only|bedrock|education|short=y}} [[command block]] inside a [[minecart]].

== Obtaining ==

The minecart with command block is obtainable only using the [[command]] {{cmd|give @s command_block_minecart}}, as it does not appear in the creative inventory{{only|BE}} and has no [[crafting]] recipe. It can also be summoned using the command {{cmd|summon command_block_minecart}}. It can be broken like any other minecart, but only the minecart is retained, while the command block is lost.

== Usage ==
{{main|Command Block}}
The minecart with command block combines the functionalities of both minecarts and command blocks. Although the minecart visually contains an impulse command block, it functions more similarly to a repeating command block, and runs its command once every four game [[tick]]s when on an active [[activator rail]]. When it passes over a [[detector rail]] with a [[comparator]] connected next to it, it outputs the command block's result.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Minecarts with command blocks use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.<ref group="sound" name="rollsource">{{bug|MC-42132}}</ref>
{{Sound table
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|subtitle=Minecart rolls
|source=Friendly Creatures <ref group=sound name=rollsource/>
|overridesource=1
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=entity.minecart.riding
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.minecart.riding
|volume=0.0-0.35 <ref group=sound>Relates linearly with horizontal velocity (max 0.5)</ref>
|pitch=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound>Will increase by 0.0025 per tick if the minecart's horizontal velocity is more than 0.01</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=minecart.base
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Item
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=item
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Item
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=item
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|id=563
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritename=minecart-with-repeating-command-block
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|id=100
|foot=1}}

=== Entity data ===
Minecarts with command blocks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity. 

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w39a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE2.png|32px]] The texture of the [[command block]] in the [[minecart]] has been removed due to the new texture and types for the command block.}}
{{History|||snap=15w35a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has been changed from <code>MinecartCommandBlock</code> to <code>commandblock_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 422.}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The entity ID has been changed to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w20a|Minecart with command block [[Rarity|rarity color]] was changed from common to epic.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w44a|Minecart with command block is now available in the creative inventory, but only if cheats are enabled.}}
{{History|||snap=22w45a|Moved the minecart with command block behind the Operator Utilities tab in the creative inventory. The tab is only available if cheats are enabled and the "Operator Items Tab" option in the controls menu is turned on.}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.5|snap=alpha 1.0.5.0|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block. The [[minecart]] has a [[repeating command block]] in it, instead of an impulse command block.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID has been changed from <code>minecartcommandblock</code> to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of the minecart with command block has been changed. Also the item texture has been changed to match {{el|je}}'s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42990}}</ref>}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=?|xbone=?|ps=?|wiiu=?|switch=?|Added minecart with command blocks. This only exists as an item, as placing it will result in a normal minecart being placed. The command block in the minecart cannot be modified via NBT editing and it has an unused tooltip stating "Used to execute commands on the move!".}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Minecart with command block 13w39b.png|A minecart with command block in [[1.16.4]].
File:A minecart command block testing the block in the red bucket with air.png|A minecart command block testing the block in the red area with [[air]].
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}

{{Entities}}

[[de:Befehlsblocklore]]
[[fr:Wagonnet à bloc de commande]]
[[it:Carrello da miniera]]
[[ja:コマンドブロック付きのトロッコ]]
[[nl:Mijnkar met opdrachtblok]]
[[pl:Wagonik z blokiem poleceń]]
[[pt:Carrinho de mina com bloco de comando]]
[[ru:Вагонетка с командным блоком]]
[[uk:Вагонетка з командним блоком]]
[[zh:命令方块矿车]]</li><li>[[Super Fertilizer|Super Fertilizer]]<br/>{{education feature}}
{{Item
| image = Super Fertilizer.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Super fertilizer''' is a powerful form of [[bone meal]] that is created using ammonia and phosphorus.

== Obtaining ==

=== Lab table ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Result
! Materials Needed
|-
!rowspan=2|{{slot|Super Fertilizer}}<br>[[Super Fertilizer]]
|{{slot}}{{slot|Ammonia|link=Compound}}{{slot|Phosphorus|link=Element}}{{slot}}
|-
|<center>[[Compound|Ammonia]], [[Element|Phosphorus]]</center>
|}

== Usage ==

Super fertilizer can be used in the same way as normal bone meal. It produces more flowers in a larger area when used on [[grass block]]s compared to bone meal. When super fertilizer is used on a [[sapling]], a tree is instantly grown after one use, instead of multiple uses as with bone meal. Super fertilizer matures crops with just one single use.

Note that super fertilizer doesn't instantly a hanging [[mangrove propagule]], likely due to a bug.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Gravel hit1.ogg
|sound2=Gravel hit2.ogg
|sound3=Gravel hit3.ogg
|sound4=Gravel hit4.ogg
|source=player
|description=When super fertilizer is created by a [[lab table]]
|id=step.gravel
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.2/0.4}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bonemeal1.ogg
|sound2=Bonemeal2.ogg
|sound3=Bonemeal3.ogg
|sound4=Bonemeal4.ogg
|sound5=Bonemeal5.ogg
|description=When super fertilizer is successfully used
|source=Blocks
|id=item.bone_meal.use
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Super Fertilizer
|spritetype=item
|nameid=rapid_fertilizer
|id=597
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Super Fertilizer BE1.png|32px]] Added super fertilizer.}}

{{History|education}}
{{History||1.0.27|[[File:Super Fertilizer BE1.png|32px]] Added super fertilizer.}}
{{History|foot}}

{{items}}
{{Education Edition}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Education Edition items]]

[[de:Superdünger]]
[[ja:スーパー肥料]]
[[ko:슈퍼 비료]]
[[lzh:神肥]]
[[pl:Supernawóz]]
[[pt:Super fertilizante]]
[[uk:Супердобриво]]
[[zh:超级肥料]]</li></ul>
13w03aDroppers were added to the game.
13w03a Re-UploadDropper duplication fix.
13w04aDroppers can now face all 6 directions.
Crafting recipe changed (removed Hopper).
13w10bPowered droppers now do not fire if they receive a block update.

Issues

Issues relating to "Dropper" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • By placing droppers so that they feed into each other, similar to a hopper pipe, and powering each of them and updating them with a 1 tick clock, an extremely fast transport system can be produced, with the advantage of going all 6 directions, at a speed of 10 blocks per second. This means that if you have a 100 block long dropper pipe, items going in on one end will pop out the other end in only 10 seconds.
    • This is twice as fast as a hopper pipe, however, two hopper pipes side by side take up less space, and make no sound.
    • This is also only half as fast as an ice-and-water pipe (water running across ice, with a sign behind every water source to ensure items only flow in the correct direction), which also takes up less space, and does not produce excessive updates, but only works horizontally and requires Silk Touch to create in Survival (unless built in an icy biome, or if the ice is pushed to the construction site via a piston train).
  • Dropping a block directly into a cobweb placed in front of it will mean that the time for the block to pass through the cobweb will be approximately half of the delay for dropping the block on top of the cobweb. This is useful for a 10-12 second delay redstone trigger.
  • When originally introduced, the inclusion of a hopper in the crafting recipe arguably made this the most complicated object in the game to craft, as it required three different things in order to be crafted, including the hopper, which required another crafted object, a chest, to make. In other words, making one dropper from the basic required materials was a three step process.
  • as of yet, the dropper does not exist in the Xbox 360 Edition.

Gallery

See also

References


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