How to Make a Chest in Minecraft

A large chest will have 54 storage slots. It opens as a single chest, with six rows of slots and can hold up to 3,456 blocks.

1. 1
   Make the chest as for the single chest above. You can't craft a large chest.
2. 2
   Place two chest blocks adjacent to each other. You now have a large chest.

   • You must place both chests from the same direction for them to connect into a large chest.
   • If you hold shift while placing the chest, it won't connect and make a large chest.
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This is much like a normal chest, with a few differences. for one, it releases redstone when open. .

1. 1
   Obtain a single normal chest.
2. 2
   Make a tripwire hook. These are made by, in a crafting table, putting 1 plank on top of a stick, on top of an iron ingot.
3. 3
   Combine the hook and the chest in the crafting table. This is a shapeless recipe.

   • Note that you can put two trapped chests next to each other, to make a large chest.
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For the first time of use, here is what to do:

1. 1
   Right click on the chest. It will open.
2. 2
   Transfer items into the chest. Shift click on the item. The item will go into a slot that's available for it.
3. 3
   Transfer items out of the chest. As with the previous step, shift click on the item in the chest and it will come out of the chest.

   • Left clicking will help you to collect all of the items in the slot. Left click again to place items.
   • Right clicking will let you take just half of the items in a slot.
   • Right click to place a single item.
4. 4
   Close the chest. This can be done by simply pressing the inventory button or the ESC button.
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