How to Craft a Chest in Minecraft

Here’s how to build a Chest from scratch:

Minecraft Chest Recipe

Once you have a Crafting Table, all you need to make a Chest is the following:

PC: Right-clickMobile: Single-tapXbox: Press LTPlayStation: Press L2Nintendo: Press ZL

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What Can You Do With a Chest?

Use Chests to store items such as building materials and ingredients. Chests can also be used as crafting materials to make other types of containers. A regular Chest has 27 slots, but you can double its capacity to 54 slots by placing two chests next to each other.

How to Make a Minecart With Chest

A Minecart with Chest can be used to transport items along railroad tracks. To make a Minecart with Chest, put a Chest in the middle of the Crafting Table and a Minecart below it.

How to Make a Shulker Box

Shulker Boxes are portable containers. Like Chests, they contain 27 inventory slots. To make a Shulker Box, put a Chest in the middle of the Crafting Table, then put a Shulker Shell above it and a Shulker Shell below it.

How to Make a Hopper

Hoppers can be used to transfer items between Chests. To make a Hopper, put a Chest in the middle of the Crafting Table, then put 5 Iron Ingots around it in the pattern shown below.

How to Make a Trapped Chest

Trapped Chests look like regular Chests, but they can be used to set traps. To make a Trapped Chest, put a Chest in the middle of the Crafting Table, then put a Tripwire Hook beside it.