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{{About|the block that drops arrows as an item|the block that can fire arrows|Dispenser}}{{Block
|image=Dropper (S).png;Dropper (W).png;Dropper (N).png;Dropper (E).png;Dropper (U).png;Dropper (D).png
|image2=Dropper (S) BE.png;Dropper (W) BE.png;Dropper (N).png;Dropper (E) BE.png;Dropper (U).png;Dropper (D) BE.png
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=Wooden Pickaxe
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}

A '''dropper''' is a [[block]] that can be used to eject items or to push items into another container.

== Obtaining ==

Droppers can be mined with a pickaxe, in which case it drops itself and its contents. If mined without a pickaxe, the dropper drops only its contents.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Dropper|Pickaxe|Wood|foot=1}}

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|A1= Cobblestone |B1= Cobblestone   |C1= Cobblestone
|A2= Cobblestone                    |C2= Cobblestone
|A3= Cobblestone |B3= Redstone Dust |C3= Cobblestone
|Output= Dropper
|type= Redstone
}}

== Usage ==

A dropper can be used as a container or as a [[redstone component]] to move objects.

A dropper can be placed so that its output faces in any direction, including up or down. When placed, the dropper's output faces toward the player. With default textures, the droppers output side looks like a face when positioned for horizontal output. Otherwise, the output side has a square hole.

A dropper cannot be moved by [[piston]]s {{in|java}} and [[water]] and [[lava]] flow around a dropper.

=== Container ===

A dropper has 9 slots of inventory space.

To open the dropper GUI, use the {{control|Use Item}} [[control]]. To move items between the dropper inventory and the player inventory or hotbar while the dropper GUI is open, drag or shift-click the items. To exit the dropper GUI, use the {{key|Esc}} control.

By default, the GUI of a dropper is labeled "Dropper". A dropper's GUI label can be changed by naming the dropper in an [[anvil]] before placing it, or by using the {{cmd|data}} command{{only|Java}} (for example, to label a dropper at (0,64,0) "Alice's Dropper", use {{cmd|data merge block 0 64 0 <nowiki>{CustomName:'"Alice's Dropper"'}</nowiki>}}).

A dropper can be "locked" (or subsequently unlocked) by setting the dropper's <code>Lock</code> tag with the {{cmd|data}} command. If a dropper's <code>Lock</code> tag is not blank, the dropper cannot be accessed except by players holding an item with the same name as the <code>Lock</code> tag's text. For example, to lock a dropper at (0,64,0) so that only players holding an item named "Alice's Key" can access the dropper, use {{cmd|data merge block 0 64 0 <nowiki>{Lock:"Alice's Key"}</nowiki>}}.{{only|java}}

=== Redstone component ===
{{see also|Redstone circuit}}

A dropper can be used to eject items, or push items into another container.

;Activation

: A dropper can be activated by:
:* an adjacent active '''[[power component]]''' (''Exceptions:'' a redstone torch does not turn ON a dropper it is attached to)
:* an adjacent powered opaque '''block''' (strongly-powered or weakly-powered)
:* a powered '''[[redstone repeater]]''' or '''[[redstone comparator]]''' facing the dropper
:* powered '''[[redstone dust]]''' configured to point at the dropper, or on top of it, or a directionless "dot" next to it; a dropper is ''not'' activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point in another direction.

: In addition to the methods above, droppers can also be activated by [[quasi-connectivity]].{{only|java}} A dropper activates if one of the methods above ''would'' activate a mechanism component in the block above the dropper, even if there is no mechanism component there (even if the block above the dropper is [[air]] or a transparent block), but only when the dropper receives a block update (including a redstone update within two blocks of the dropper).

: A dropper has a 2 [[redstone tick]] (4 game ticks, or 0.2 seconds barring lag) delay between activation and a response. During this time, additional inputs are ignored.

;Behavior
{{See also|Tutorials/Item elevator#Dropper}}

: When activated, a dropper waits 2 redstone ticks (4 game ticks, or 0.2 seconds barring lag) and then ejects one item from its inventory. The dropper does not continue to eject items while activated — ejection occurs only on the initial activation (the [[Pulse circuit#Pulses|rising edge]] of an input signal). To eject multiple items, repeatedly activate the dropper with a [[clock circuit]].

: If multiple slots are occupied by items, a random occupied slot is chosen for ejection. The slot is chosen when an item is ejected, not when the dropper is initially activated, thus it is possible to move items into or out of a dropper between its activation and item dispensing. 

: If the dropper is facing a container, the ejected item is transferred into the container. Otherwise, the item is ejected in the direction the dropper is facing, as if a player had used the {{control|Drop}} [[control]]. Even items that would be treated differently by a [[dispenser]] (such as [[arrow]]s) are simply ejected by a dropper.

: A dropper makes a clicking noise (the <code>random.click</code> [[sound event]]) when activated empty or when ejecting items into air, but is silent when it successfully transfers an item into another container.

A dropper is an opaque block, so powering it directly can cause adjacent [[mechanism component]]s (including other droppers) to activate as well.

A line of droppers, each pushing items into the next dropper, is known as a '''dropper pipe'''. A dropper pipe must be [[clock circuit|clocked]] to move items, but can be clocked to move items faster than a hopper pipe's transfer rate. When a dropper pipe pushes items upwards, it is known as a '''droppervator''' (short for "dropper elevator"). 

=== Note Blocks ===
Dropper can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sound.

== Sounds ==

=== Generic ===

{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

=== Unique ===
{{el|je}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Click.ogg
|subtitle=Dispensed item<ref group="sound" name="StupidSubtitles">The dropper reuses the dispenser's sound events instead of having its own, see {{bug|MC-98316}}.</ref>
|source=Blocks
|description=Dropper activating
|id=block.dispenser.dispense<ref group="sound" name="StupidSubtitles"/>
|translationkey=subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense<ref group="sound" name="StupidSubtitles"/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Click.ogg
|subtitle=Dispenser fails<ref group="sound" name="StupidSubtitles"/>
|source=Blocks
|description=Dropper failing to activate
|id=block.dispenser.fail<ref group="sound" name="StupidSubtitles"/>
|translationkey=subtitles.block.dispenser.fail<ref group="sound" name="StupidSubtitles"/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=Dropper
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dropper
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=dropper
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dropper
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=bedrock
|displayname=Dropper
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dropper
|id=125
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=dropper
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Dropper
|foot=1}}

=== Metadata ===
{{see also|Data values}}

{{IN|be}}, a dropper's block data specifies its orientation and activation status:

{{/DV}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{:Dispenser/BS}}

=== Block data ===
{{see also|Block entity format}}

A dropper has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

{{/BE}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|B8i3BEnlmv8}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w03a|[[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added droppers.
|Droppers are crafted using 7 cobblestone, one hopper, and one piece of redstone:
 {{Crafting |nocat=1 |foot=1
 |A1=Cobblestone |B1=Cobblestone |C1=Cobblestone
 |A2=Cobblestone |B2=Hopper      |C2=Cobblestone
 |A3=Cobblestone |B3=Redstone    |C3=Cobblestone
 |Output=Dropper
 |ignoreusage=1
 }}
|The top and bottom textures of droppers currently remain fixed regardless of the facing direction.}}
{{History|||snap=13w04a|[[File:Dropper (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (D) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Droppers can now face all six directions.
|The crafting recipe of droppers has now been changed, removing the hopper from the middle.}}
{{History|||snap=13w10b|Activated droppers now do not fire if they receive a [[block]] update.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|[[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (W) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Dispenser (D) JE2.png|32px]] The models of dropper have been changed.}}
{{History||1.9.1|snap=pre1|Droppers can now use [[loot table]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 158.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Furnace (N) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (W) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (U) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dispenser (D) JE3.png|32px]] The textures of droppers have now been changed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (D) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added droppers.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Droppers can now be moved by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Furnace (N) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (N) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (U) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dispenser (D) BE2.png|32px]] The textures of droppers have now been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added droppers.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Furnace (N) JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (W) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (U) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dispenser (D) JE3.png|32px]] The textures of droppers have now been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (E) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (S) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Furnace (N) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dropper (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added droppers.}}
{{History|foot}}

<gallery>
File:1st image of new Dispenser slash dropper Placement.png|The first image of droppers (bottom) [[dinnerbonetweet:293667947434631168|released]] by [[Mojang]].
File:13w03a Banner.png|The 13w03a banner featuring a dropper and a [[minecart with hopper]].
</gallery>

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== See also ==
* [[Dispenser]]
* [[Hopper]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Storage]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]

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