How to Use Funnels in Minecraft

Manufacturing funnels

Collect the necessary crafting materials. To make a funnel, you need the following items:

5 iron ore - Iron ore is a gray block with orange/peach colored dots on top, mainly found in caves or cliff faces. At a minimum, you need a stone pickaxe to mine iron.

2 blocks of wood (wood) - Chop two blocks from nearly any tree in Minecraft. This is the step to get eight wooden planks so you can craft a chest.

Fuel Source - You can use coal, found when mining the gray block with the black dot on it, or you can use wooden planks.

Furnace - Furnace is crafted by placing eight cobblestone blocks around the edge of the crafting table.

Crafting Table - A crafting table is created by placing 2x2 wooden planks in the "crafting" box in the inventory.

Turn wooden blocks into wooden planks. Open the inventory, place the wooden block in a square in the "crafting" frame, then click and drag the newly created wooden plank into the inventory.

In Minecraft PE, tap ⋯ , tap the crafting table icon, tap the wooden plank icon, and tap 4 x twice.

In Minecraft for consoles, press X (on Xbox) or square (on PlayStation), scroll down to select the correct wood type, and press A or X twice.

Melting iron (iron). Right-click on the furnace to open it, drag the fuel source to the bottom box and drag the iron ore to the top box. The furnace will begin creating iron bars.

In Minecraft PE, tap the bottom tile, tap the fuel source, tap the top tile, and tap iron ore.

In Minecraft for consoles, you need to select your icon and press Y or triangle , then select your fuel and press Y or triangle .

Craft chests. Open the crafting table, place a wooden block in each border slot (except the middle slot), then drag the chest into the inventory.

In Minecraft PE, you need to tap the chest icon, then tap 1 x .

In Minecraft for consoles, scroll to the chest icon and press A or X .

Get the iron bar. Open the furnace and drag the iron bar from the far right slot into your inventory.

In Minecraft PE, you need to open the furnace and tap the iron bar icon on the far right.

In Minecraft for consoles, select the furnace, select the iron bar icon, then press Y or triangle .

Reopen the crafting table. Now that you have all the necessary materials, you are ready to make the funnel.

Manufacturing funnels. Place the iron blocks in the top left, left of the middle row, top right, right of the middle row, and middle of the bottom row slots in the crafting frame, then place the chest in the middle slot of the frame. Drag the newly crafted hopper from the crafting table to your inventory to complete the crafting process. Now that you have a funnel, you can start using it.

In Minecraft PE, you need to tap the cone funnel icon, then tap 1 x .

In Minecraft for consoles, scroll to the "Mechanisms" tab, then select the cone funnel icon and press A or X .

Use a funnel

Place a soil base for the hopper. You need to place the hopper at least one block above the ground, so place the dirt block on the ground where you want the hopper to be.

Place the funnel on the soil. Simply face the top of the land block and press the "Place" key/button. The funnel will appear with the wide cone on top and the narrow tube facing the ground.

Remove the soil block. This is the step that allows you to place something else at the bottom of the funnel.

Place the chest below the funnel. This is the step that makes the hopper catch all the items dumped into the chest without spilling all over the ground.

You can hold ⇧ Shiftand right click to place the chest here without opening the hopper.

To place a chest without opening the hopper in Minecraft PE or the console version, simply crouch when placing it.

Hopper selection. Right-click, tap or press the left Trigger button on the hopper to open it. From now on, you can add items to the hopper. Any items you add will immediately be caught in the bottom part of the hopper.

Create monster traps. Place the hopper and chest on top of each other at the bottom of the 30 block deep shaft, then if a monster is lured to your position it will fall to its death and drop any items held in the chest below the hopper.

Pay attention to the capacity of the chest, because if the chest is full, the trap will no longer help you collect items from monsters.

Creates an automatic stove. Place the furnace in the top of the hopper, add fuel to the furnace, then place the chest in the bottom of the hopper. After doing so, you can place unprocessed food (such as chicken) in the oven to cook. When cooking is finished, that food will be automatically transferred to the chest.

Make sure the tube part of the funnel is facing the chest. Otherwise, the food will fall out of the hopper.

Lesley Montoya

Update 05 November 2023