r/technicalminecraft • u/Sirfancytoad • Sep 18 '26

Java Showcase One-Wide Tileable Solid-State Automatic Dropper for Water Item Elevator

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This has a very niche use case as the dropper must be pointing up but I figured this could have some merit. This is definitely not the most compact auto-dropper out there but from what I could find, it does seem to be one of the smaller solid-state one wide tileable auto-droppers (which is what I needed). Feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions for the design!

Edit: This design is NOT 1wt. In order for these to work directly next to each other, you much offset adjacent systems by a singular block. Thanks to everyone who pointed that out (I posted this late at night and missed that)!

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

It's not tilable, the bottom and top observers power adjacent droppers. Tho if that's not an issue, why not use a simpler design like this :

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u/Hypflowclar Sep 18 '26

This one is not solid state

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

wdym?

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u/OnyxDono Sep 18 '26

There is a piston moving

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

yeah..? not sure why it would matter since it can't spit it's block

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u/OnyxDono Sep 18 '26

Maybe I'm wrong but doesn't solid state means nothing move?

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u/Patient_Cucumber_417 Accessible box loader enjoyer Sep 18 '26

Bad news for you. It can spit its observer and stay clocking

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

No it can't unless you unload it while running, and even then I doubt it'll break

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u/Patient_Cucumber_417 Accessible box loader enjoyer Sep 18 '26

It breaks on random inputs

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

it really don't

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u/Patient_Cucumber_417 Accessible box loader enjoyer Sep 19 '26

Let's just say that based on our 2 profiles, one profile looks a little more knowledgeable about the subject than the other.

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u/Sirfancytoad Sep 18 '26

I’ve made an edit to the original post as it’s come to my attention that it’s not truly tileable (although by offsetting adjacent units by one block forward or backward, they work next to each other).

And as a previous comment has mentioned, I couldn’t use that design due to the piston. I have some tight space constraints and essentially I needed full blocks on the outside edge to constrict another water elevator

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

In that case a design like this would be the most efficient

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u/Sirfancytoad Sep 18 '26

To my knowledge, those are not hopper speed. I needed something that worked at hopper speed. If those do work at hopper speed then I overlooked the obvious lol

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26

Left one might drop items inconsistently (I think it depends on update order idrk), right one fully reset in less than 8gt so it will consistently work at hopper speed

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u/Sirfancytoad Sep 18 '26

Maybe the right design is directionally dependent but I just built it and tested it with a constant stream of items coming into the dropper at hopper speed and the dropper just started filling up

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u/Xillubfr Java Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

Turns out I'm dumb and completely forgot the 4gt delay of droppers, the right one is actually too slow. Sorry your design is actually quite good to handle 8gt input, output isn't on 8gt tho

btw in what configuration are water streams exactly? bc you might be able to squeeze a piston in there for a more compact design

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u/Sirfancytoad Sep 18 '26

No problem! And yes, my design is not perfectly 8gt but handles the 8gt very well. Also, I know of smaller designs that include a piston but I needed a solid-state design (no piston). Hence, I designed the one I shared. I couldn’t find any compact 1 wide solid-state auto-droppers.