Description
These are the instructions to build a Minecraft down elevator. This build will enable you to send items down. This can be useful if you are mining and wish to send items down into the mine to save having to go yourself.
This works by placing a magma block at the bottom of a water column the magma block will pull the items down and then they can be placed into a chest.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients and recipes that you will need to make this Minecraft down elevator. Please ensure that you have all of the ingredients before you start your build.
| Item | Picture | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Magma |  | 1 |
| Stone block |  | 4 |
| Redstone dust |  | 3 |
| Repeater |  | 1 |
| Comparator |  | 1 |
| Hopper |  | 3 |
| Dropper |  | 1 |
| Bucket of water |  | Depends on height |
| Chest |  | 1 |
| Glass block |  | Depends on height |
- Hopper – to make a hopper you will first have to create a chest.
- Repeater and comparator – you will need to make redstone torches first.
Build Plans
Here we will explain in detail how to build a Minecraft down elevator. Please follow the instructions carefully.
- Lets begin by placing a chest with a hopper on top, you will need to crouch to place the hopper.
- Build the glass compound around the hopper so that the glass is 1 block higher.
- Next bring the glass out from the hopper so that water can flow down the middle and not overflow (normally 7 blocks).
- Lets now place a magma block at the end of the glass runway. This will pull the items down.
- Now you need to place glass blocks around and on the same level as the magma block.
- You now place a second level of glass blocks so that they are a block higher than the magma.
- Place a water bucket on the back wall over the magma block.
- Place glass blocks in a 3 x 3 block square with the water block that we placed before in the middle.
- Place a water bucket at the back of the square.
- Continue with this until you get to the required height.
- Build a platform out from the water block 5 blocks long and 3 blocks wide.
- Place 6 blocks on top of it in the formation shown in the screenshot.
- Next, lets first place a dropper that points towards the the water.
- Attach a hopper that leads into the dropper, crouching to do this.
- Place a comparator facing towards the dropper.
- Place a block behind this with redstone dust on top.
- Place redstone dust behind this.
- Next to the last redstone dust we placed, place a block.
- In front of this place redstone repeater.
- Finally place redstone dust in front of this so that it looks like the screenshot..
- Place a chest on top of the hopper.
- Place a block behind the dropper on top of the comparator.
- Place a block behind this leaving a one block gap.
- This then completes the build.
Hints and tips
What can go wrong – items shooting out of the structure.
- The dropper can shoot items out of the structure. If this happens place another glass block opposite the dropper.
What can go wrong – water not reaching the hopper.
- Move the hopper closer to the water source block.
Where next
Additional builds –
- Transport – you can add minecart system to this build so that the items can be transported further to where they are needed.
- Sorter – a sorter can be added so that items can be sorted for you.
Other suggestions –
- You can pair this with an up elevator so that you can send items both up and down to where they are needed.