How to Make an Item Sorter in Minecraft

This is an 11-step tutorial on how to make an item sorter in Minecraft!

Step 1: Wool

Place wool blocks of any colour into the shape shown.

Step 2: Repeater + Redstone + Comparator

Add a repeater into the middle of the shape, Redstone on the top right and top middle, and a comparator on the top left.

Step 3: Redstone Torch

Add a redstone torch onto the left middle and add a block in front of it.

Step 4: Chest

Add a chest on top of the block.

Step 5: Item Frame

Add an item frame below the chest, and add the item that will be sorted into that chest.

Step 6: Hoppers

Add two hoppers, one connecting to the chest and one connected TO THE COMPARATOR.

Step 7: Repeat

Do this as many times as you need to.

Step 8: Sorting

To make sure your machine knows which chest to sort what in, place the block you want in that certain chest into the top hopper, above that chest, in the order shown.

Step 9: Chest

1 block above the furthest away hopper, add a floating chest, or double chest.

Step 10: Items

Add the items that you are sorting into the chest.

Step 11: Hopper Chain

Add a chain of hoppers to from your chest to the end hopper.

Step 12: Done!

You have completed your item sorter!

Comments

[dougtheloremaster]

You are amazing. Using your guide helped inspire me to create a sorting computer that works by remote. <3 this was a problem bugging me for a while and thanks to your guide it all fit into place.
Mods used: Tiny mob farms (sheep) Mekanism (teleporter cables and the massive inventory bins of 233k capacity)
Simple Storage Network (for inventory components and link cables)
Here's a screenshot of the machine I built.

[ScullBanndet]

that is awesome! I could never do that.

[keii.kun24]

have any idea on how to make the sorter into a password protected door as i am trying to make one and have no idea how

[matthew.lit12]

Basically, you link a comparator to the output chest (the bottom one) and then a repeater taking the output of the comparator to Redstone on the other side. Then u link that up to the door

like if ^ is chest, * is comparator, and % is repeater it would be like this.

^*%
(with % facing away from comparator, not in to comparator)

[JacobFrules]

thank you

[ScullBanndet]

how come the hoppers don't hopper the filter items?

[dbp123]

It keeps keeping 1 item in the hopper behind the chest, what should I do

[Vyking]

Does this work on Minecraft Education Edition

[k_zinzen]

education edition is a version of bedrock, so yes.

[fariz.ayden]

Does this work in bedrock 1.17

[JacobFrules]

it should do, although i've never tested on bedrock

[jadon0506]

yes. this one works in both java and in bedrock.

[ajones21122]

Does it need the spaces inbetween each section?

Also mine won't sort anything past the third top hooper that feeds the items. Any ideas

[JacobFrules]

Yes, it does need spaces between each section.

[jadon0506]

wait but according to the minecraft wiki it is tileable

[matthew.lit12]

Are u sure?

[16Runnera]

if you turn the chests sideways, then it works with the chests next to each other

[jadon0506]

tip on the 6th place a chest where the comparator is then place the hopper destroy the chest place the comparator

[arjunkalapala]

Dear JacobFrules, thank you for posting this, I now have a sorter for every item in the game! Anyway thanks for these instructions. It is super easy!

[JacobFrules]

no problemo