How to Make a Chest in Minecraft

You have been playing Minecraft for quite some time now and you wish to go to the next level. One way to do is by making a chest in Minecraft. By having a chest, you would be able to keep all your items organized and stored safely. With it, you would be able to play without having to worry about your stuff.

In this article, you would be able to find a guide on how to make a chest in Minecraft. We shall go over which materials you would need and the process you would have to go through. You would also learn the types of chests that you would find in Minecraft.

What You Need to Know About Minecraft Chests

In Minecraft, you would be able to make things such as a bow or a torch or a chest and many other more. If you wish to learn how to make a chest, you are in luck as in this section, we shall learn which ingredients and items we need to gather to be able to create a chest.

• Wooden planks which could be acquired by chopping down trees with an axe.
• Crafting table. This is essential item which you would need to be able to craft a chest. It is made of four wooden planks with 2×2 pattern on your crafting menu.
• Furnace are planks smelt into ingots. This is made out of 8 cobblestone blocks that are placed into hollow square pattern.

Now that you have gathered all the ingredients, the next step would be to build your chest. To do this, you would need to place your crafting table down first and open the 3×3 crafting menu. You would need to place one block of wood in each square and this would help you have 8 blocks of wooden planks. Keep in mind that the center should always remain empty.

How to Make a Chest in Minecraft

Gathering the Necessary Materials to Make a Chest

Creating a chest is not as easy as it may seem. In fact, you would need to gather items and even create other items to be able to create your own chest.

In making a chest, you would need to have 8 wooden planks and this could be done by chopping down trees. You would need to collect the wood and once that you have 8 pieces of wood, you will have to open your crafting table and make 4 wooden sticks. To make 4 wooden sticks, all you need to do is to place two planks across the top and two at the bottom.

Then, place a coal or charcoal block. You would find it in the chests located in the underground caves and dungeons.

Crafting a Chest in the Furnace Room

To craft a chest in the Furnace Room of Minecraft, you would need the following:

• Crafting table
• 4 wooden planks
• 2 iron Ingots

Once you have the above materials, you would need to do the following:

• Open your crafting table
• Place the 4 wooden planks on top and bottom of 3×3 crafting grid.
• Place 2 iron ingots in the middle and bottom right slots of your 3×3 crafting grid.
• Take your newly created chest and drag it into your inventory for later use.

Now that you have a chest, you could store your items such as tools, armor and weapons in it.

Placing and Using the Chest

Making a cheat is fun. By following the steps provided above, you would be able to make a chest and store all your items. Now that you have a chest, you will have to select your chest in your hotbar. Right click on where you would want to place it. It will appear in your Minecraft world and you would be able to start using it. Open it and you would be able to see all of its contents.

For you to be able to open your chest, all you need to do is to left-click on it and it would open. There are 27 slots in the chest. This means, you could store a lot of your items. You could store your food, tools, weapons and other materials. Once you filled up all the slots, you would not be able to put anything new in the chest.

Crafting a Double Chest

To make a double chest in Minecraft, all you need to do is to have 8 pieces of wooden planks, 2 of each type – oak, spruce, birch and jungle. Then, open your crafting table and place your four pieces of wooden planks. This would create a regular chest and would be transferred automatically to your inventory. Place two regular chests in the world next to each other and you would have a double chest.

Additional Storage Options With Ender Chests

Ender chests are storage options which could be made by using 8 obsidian blocks and 1 eye of ender. By using an Ender chest, you would have a bigger storage where you could store 27 stacks of items. You could use any of the items stored in it and be shared with your friends. This chest is definitely a great item to work on.