How To Make A Chest In Minecraft

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make a chest in Minecraft!

Minecraft chests are, simply put, a block that holds items. You can remove items from your inventory and store them in your chest. When you want to use those items again, you can move them from your chest back to your inventory.

How To Build A Chest Video Tutorial

Available Platforms

Edition	Platform	Available
Java Edition	Windows, Mac & Linux PC's	Yes
Bedrock Edition	Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows 10 PC's	Yes
Education Edition	Mac, iOs 12, Windows 10 PC's	Yes
PlayStation Edition	PlayStation 3 & 4	Yes

Materials Needed To Make A Chest

• 8 Wood planks (any type)

Steps To Craft A Chest

Step 1. Open Your Crafting Menu

First, let's open your crafting table in Minecraft. You should see the same grid as in the image below.

Step 2. Add The Wood Planks To The Menu

In the crafting table, add the 8 wood planks to the grid. You can use any type of wood plank including spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, oak or dark oak wood planks.

You must add the items to the grid exactly as shown in the image below. In this example, we'll be using oak wood planks. In the 1st row place down 3 wood planks, in the 2nd row place down 2 wood planks (leave the middlebox empty), and in the 3rd row place down 3 wood planks. This is the Minecraft chest recipe.

Now that you've added the items to the grid as described above, you'll notice a chest appear in the box on the right.

Step 3. Move The Chest To Your Inventory

After crafting the chest, you'll need to drag it down to your inventory so you can use it.

That's how you craft a chest! Minecraft chests are blocks that are used for storage. You can remove items from your inventory and store them inside your chest. When you want to use those items again, you can move the item from your chest back to your inventory.

Chests can also be used as a crafting ingredient to make a hopper, minecart with chest, shulker box, and trapped chest.

Plus, if you have two chests you can a large chest!

How To Make A Large Chest

A large chest, sometimes referred to as a double chest, is basically two small chests combined.

You can create a large chest by placing down a small chest adjacent to another small chest. The two chests will join to make the large chest.

The large chest has 54 inventory slots, whereas the small chest has half that at 27 inventory slots.

Minecraft Chest Command

You can also use a Give Command to make chests in Minecraft. The chest command is available in the following game editions:

• Java Edition
• Pocket Edition
• Xbox One
• Nintendo Switch
• Windows 10 Edition
• Education Edition

To run the chest command in Minecraft, open your chat window and enter the command below depending on the version you have.

Java Edition 1.13 and higher chest command

/give @p chest 1

PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition

/give @p chest 1 0

FAQ's

Can you craft Ender chests?

You can craft ender chests using 1 eye of ender and 8 obsidian. In your crafting table, place down 3 obsidian in the 1st row. In the 2nd row place down 1 obsidian in the 1st box, 1 eye of ender in the 2nd box, and 1 obsidian in the 3rd box. Then place down 3 obsidian in the 3rd row. That is the Ender chest recipe.

How can I make my chest big?

You can make your chest big by placing down a chest next to another chest. This will combine the two chests into a large chest.

Are chests spawnable?

No, chests can not be spawned. They can be crafted and are naturally generated in certain areas of the game.

What is the difference between a chest and an ender chest?

A chest simply stores the players items in that particular chest. With an Ender chest, the items in the chest can be teleported between chests. So, you can access all of your items from different Ender chests.

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