Minecraft crafting guide
How to craft Dropper in Minecraft
To craft a dropper in Minecraft, place 7× Cobblestone, 1× Redstone in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 1 dropper
Dropper crafting recipe
Produces 1× Dropper.









- This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
- Dropper requires a crafting table to craft.
About the Dropper
A Dropper is a redstone-controlled block that ejects items from its own inventory. Unlike a Dispenser, it never activates items. It simply tosses them into the world, or places them into a container when it is facing one.
Key facts:
- Holds nine stacks of items.
- Ejects one random item per redstone pulse.
- Can face any direction.
- Does not fire arrows, splash potions, or activate other items.
That makes it useful for moving items between chests, feeding hopper lines, or dropping loot into the open.
How to get the Dropper
You get a Dropper by crafting it. You need seven cobblestone and one redstone dust. Arrange the cobblestone around the crafting grid like a bowl, with the redstone dust in the bottom center and the middle square left empty. It also drops itself when broken with a pickaxe.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× Dropper.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
Cobblestone | 7 | Exact item |
| 1 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Cobblestone | Redstone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 112 | 16 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 224 | 32 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 448 | 64 |
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