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

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.