Chest

Blocks

Chest — block.

Obtaining

A chest is crafted from eight planks with the centre slot empty. Chests also generate as storage in many structures and are the source of validated loot-table drops when broken.

Loot tableChestDetailed drops are not published yet.

Data: Obtaining
Crafting	8 planks around an empty centre
Generated sources	Structures and loot chests

Breaking

A chest drops itself with its stored custom name when broken. The normal block loot is protected against explosion loss by the validated chest loot table.

Data: Breaking
Hardness	2.5
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool	AxeTool
Drop	1 chest with its custom name
Explosion rule	Survives the explosion check

ChestBlock

Crafting

crafting grid

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Result

Chest

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

A chest opens a 27-slot inventory. Two adjacent chests can form a 54-slot large chest when their facing and placement allow it. Chests can be waterlogged, connected to hoppers, placed on boats or minecarts, and used in storage automation.

Data: Usage
Single inventory	27 slots
Large inventory	54 slots
Waterlogging	Supported
Automation	Hoppers can insert and extract items

Sounds

Data: Sounds
Note block instrument	bass

Behavior

Opening, closing and breaking use animated container states. Piglins become hostile when a player opens or breaks a chest in their vicinity.

Data: Behavior
Stack size	64
Solid block	Yes
Map color	wood
Note block instrument	bass
State count	1

Data values

The block identifier is `minecraft:chest`. A chest stacks to 64 as an item and stores facing, type and waterlogged block states.

Data: Data values
Identifier	`minecraft:chest`
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Blockstate	`assets/minecraft/blockstates/chest.json`
Loot table	ChestLoot table
Stack size	64
Default facing	North
Block entity slots	27
Type	single / left / right
Waterlogged	false / true
Combined menu	54 slots for a large chest

History

26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Gallery

Chest block image — Normal chest — Normal chest · Local Minecraft asset

Chest block image — Christmas chest — Christmas chest · Local Minecraft asset

Chest block image — Christmas chest right half — Christmas chest right half · Local Minecraft asset

Chest block image — Ender chest — Ender chest · Local Minecraft asset

Trapped chest — Redstone chest variant · Local Minecraft asset

Oak planks — Crafting material · Local Minecraft asset

References

The public facts below are traced to the Java source snapshot and its data files. They describe the implementation and recipe without exposing internal Payload identifiers.

Data: References
Source	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	`97d8d2da1e496980aefb4da08992a63e56e71afb48f1fb03910d51042911ba8f`
Block implementation	net/minecraft/world/level/block/ChestBlock.java
Block entity	net/minecraft/world/level/block/entity/ChestBlockEntity.java
Block registration	net/minecraft/world/level/block/Blocks.java
Item registration	net/minecraft/world/item/Items.java
Shaped recipe	data/minecraft/recipe/chest.json
Block loot table	Chest`chest`

Data and provenance

minecraft:chest

Snapshot digest verified.

Page is awaiting additional checks.Missing locales: ru, en

Data source97d8d2da1e496980aefb4da08992a63e56e71afb48f1fb03910d51042911ba8f

Provenance and publication

Readiness: Pending
Snapshot: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Source set: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Entity identifier: minecraft:chest
Digest: 97d8d2da1e496980aefb4da08992a63e56e71afb48f1fb03910d51042911ba8f
Missing locales: ru, en