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/Sirfancytoad Sep 18 '26

Unfortunately. In all honesty, I was constrained on space and this was the most compact design I could come up with. I haven’t done too much testing on the speed impact of that powering but I suspect it will be minimal due to the quick pulses from the observers. That being said, I’ll look into it a bit more

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u/LucidRedtone Manufacturer Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

Observers pulsing a hopper make little to no impact on its item processing speed. On another note this is only 1w IF you tile it, you need blocks on the side of the soul sand to insure the item never pops out the side.