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{{Block
 
|image=ItemBlockDispener.png
 
|image=ItemBlockDispener.png
 
|type=Automation
 
|type=Automation
 
|stackable=Yes (64)
 
|stackable=Yes (64)
 
|firstver=1.20
 
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|gravity=No
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|flammable=No
 
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Functions like an [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Dispenser dispenser], but dispenses blocks and entities in front of the dispenser instead.  With regular blocks, the block is placed in front when the dispenser receives [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone#Redstone_power power], then removed once the dispenser is powered down.  It also varies from a typical [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Dispenser dispenser] in that it places fully functional [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecart minecarts] and [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Boat boats] in front of it, rather than the items.  The Block Dispenser also fires its contents in order (complete with an indicator in the inventory displaying which item will be fired next), rather than randomly, allowing for the selection of a sequence of blocks to be dispensed.
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The '''Block Dispenser''' functions like an [[dispenser]], but dispenses blocks and entities in front of the dispenser instead.  With regular blocks, the block is placed in front when the dispenser receives [[Redstone]] power, then removed once the dispenser is powered down.  It also varies from a normal [[dispenser]] in that it places fully functional [[minecart]]s and [[boat]]s in front of it, rather than the items.  The Block Dispenser also fires its contents in order (complete with an indicator in the inventory displaying which item will be fired next), rather than randomly, allowing for the selection of a sequence of blocks to be dispensed.
  
In terms of the crafting recipe, the logic behind it is that with time the [[Moss Stone]] absorbs some of the attributes of the [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Monster_Spawner spawner] around it, while the souls contained within are capable of activating those properties when [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone#Redstone_power redstone power] is applied.
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In terms of the crafting recipe, the logic behind it is that with time the [[Moss Stone]] absorbs some of the attributes of the Monster [[spawner]] around it, while the souls contained within are capable of activating those properties when [[redstone]] power is applied.
 
   
 
   
 
==Crafting==
 
==Crafting==
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[[File:BD02.gif|thumb|right|300px|The BD can be used to place and pick up tons of blocks.]]
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{{Title}}
!Name
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<onlyinclude>![[Block Dispenser]]
! Ingredients
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|align="center"|[[Moss Stone]], <br>[[Soul Urn]],<br> [[Stone Brick]],<br/>[[Redstone Torch]],<br/>[[Redstone]]
! Input » Output
 
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!Block Dispenser
 
|align="center"|[[Moss Stone]],<br/>[[Soul Urn]]s, [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stone Stone],<br/>[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_Torch Redstone Torches],<br/>[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_Dust Redstone Dust]
 
 
|{{Grid/Anvil
 
|{{Grid/Anvil
|A1= Moss Stone |B1= Moss Stone       |C1= Moss Stone       |D1= Moss Stone
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|A1= Moss Stone |B1= Moss Stone     |C1= Moss Stone     |D1= Moss Stone
|A2= Moss Stone |B2= Soul Urn         |C2= Soul Urn         |D2= Moss Stone
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|A2= Moss Stone |B2= Soul Urn       |C2= Soul Urn       |D2= Moss Stone
|A3= Stone     |B3= Redstone (Torch) |C3= Redstone (Torch) |D3= Stone
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|A3= Stone Brick; Brick Stone Strata2; Brick Stone Strata3 |B3= Redstone Torch |C3= Redstone Torch |D3= Stone Brick; Brick Stone Strata2; Brick Stone Strata3
|A4= Stone     |B4= Redstone (Dust)  |C4= Redstone (Dust)  |D4= Stone
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|A4= Stone Brick; Brick Stone Strata2; Brick Stone Strata3 |B4= Redstone       |C4= Redstone       |D4= Stone Brick; Brick Stone Strata2; Brick Stone Strata3
|Output= Block Dispenser |OA = 1}}
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|Output= Block Dispenser |OA = 1
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}}</onlyinclude>
 
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* Floodgate
 
* Floodgate
 
* Secret doors
 
* Secret doors
* [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecart Minecart] doors  
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* [[Minecart]] doors  
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWpL3pzU_hA Battosay's Minecart Doorway]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWpL3pzU_hA Battosay's Minecart Doorway]
* Farming - ([[Hemp]], [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Wood Wood], [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Sugar_Canes Sugar Canes])  
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* Farming - ([[Hemp]], [[Wood]], [[Sugar Canes]])  
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09pdmvvGRk Battosay's Tree Farm]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09pdmvvGRk Battosay's Tree Farm]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtnlTiRqiBM Battosay's Sugar Canes Farm]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtnlTiRqiBM Battosay's Sugar Canes Farm]
* [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecart Minecart] & [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Boat Boat] dispensing
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* [[Minecart]] & [[Boat]] dispensing
* [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Storage_Minecart Storage Minecart] unloading (sucking the cart in will cause inventory to spill out)  
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* [[Minecart with Chest]] unloading (sucking the cart in will cause inventory to spill out)  
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESD852a-jc Battosay's Storage Minecart unloading]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESD852a-jc Battosay's Storage Minecart unloading]
 
* Animation
 
* Animation
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIhd1qwOZcs Battosay's BTW Animation]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIhd1qwOZcs Battosay's BTW Animation]
* Automated building (with [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Piston Pistons])  
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* Automated building (with [[Piston]]s)  
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4vl1hqRFc Battosay's Automated Building]
 
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4vl1hqRFc Battosay's Automated Building]
* Redstone Mechanisms (Placing & removing of [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone#Redstone_Dust Redstone Dust], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone_Torch Torch], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone_Repeater Repeater])
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* Redstone Mechanisms (Placing & removing of [[Redstone]], [[Redstone Torch]]es, [[Repeater]]s)
*ROMs (By filling the Block dispenser with various slabs and full blocks, the Block dispenser can allow [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone#Redstone_power redstone power] to pass when the Block dispenser is given a certain number of redstone pulses)
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*ROMs (By filling the Block dispenser with various slabs and full blocks, the Block dispenser can allow [[redstone]] power to pass when the Block dispenser is given a certain number of redstone pulses)
 
* Production of [[Companion Cube]]s
 
* Production of [[Companion Cube]]s
  
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*Block dispensers that are sucked up by other block dispensers will have their contents deleted
 
*Block dispensers that are sucked up by other block dispensers will have their contents deleted
 
*Block dispensers will be powered if the block above them is receiving power
 
*Block dispensers will be powered if the block above them is receiving power
*It must be crafted on an [[Anvil]]
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*It must be crafted on a [[Soulforge]]
 
* Redstone
 
* Redstone
** [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone#Redstone_Dust Dust] - Can be powered when redstone dust is powered on top of the dispenser.
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** [[Redstone]] Dust - Can be powered when redstone dust is powered on top of the dispenser.
** [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone_Torch Torch] (Will flick on, then off and remain off)
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** [[Redstone Torch]] (Will flick on, then off and remain off)
 
*** Will be powered once when power is place to the dispenser.
 
*** Will be powered once when power is place to the dispenser.
 
*** Will be powered twice (once when power is received and once when cut) when power is run on the top of the dispenser.
 
*** Will be powered twice (once when power is received and once when cut) when power is run on the top of the dispenser.
** [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone_Repeater Repeater] - Will always be powered. (Doesn't need to have [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone#Redstone_Dust redstone dust] on top)
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** [[Redstone Repeater]] - Will always be powered. (Doesn't need to have [[redstone]] dust on top)
* [[Moss Stone]] - [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Cobblestone Cobblestone] in the vicinity of [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Monster_Spawner monster spawners] will slowly turn into [[Moss Stone|moss stone]], which makes it possible to farm [[Moss Stone|moss stone]]. The area of this effect around [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Monster_Spawner monster spawners] is roughly the same size of [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Dungeon dungeons].  
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* [[Moss Stone]] - [[Cobblestone]] in the vicinity of [[spawners]] will slowly turn into [[Moss Stone|moss stone]], which makes it possible to farm [[Moss Stone|moss stone]]. The area of this effect around monster spawners is roughly the same size of [[dungeon]s.  
* Will not pick up [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Wheat Wheat] that has not fully matured.
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* Will not pick up [[Wheat]] that has not fully matured.
* When it picks up something in front of it, only that item will enter the Block Dispenser inventory (i.e: If picking up [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Wheat wheat], and seeds that would have been dropped if it had been broken normally by hand will not appear at all either inside the Dispenser or on the ground).
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* When it picks up something in front of it, only that item will enter the Block Dispenser inventory (i.e: If picking up [[wheat]], and seeds that would have been dropped if it had been broken normally by hand will not appear at all either inside the Dispenser or on the ground).
* Will pick up the following block types without altering them: [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Bookshelf bookshelves], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Coal_Ore coal ore], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Cobweb cobwebs], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Crafting_Table crafting tables], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Diamond_Ore diamond ore], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Emerald_Ore emerald ore], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Furnace furnaces], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Grass_Block grass blocks], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Huge_Mushrooms huge mushrooms], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Ice ice], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Lapis_Lazuli_Ore lapis lazuli ore], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Mycelium Mycelium], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Nether_Quartz_Ore nether quartz ore], and [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone_Ore redstone ore]
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* Will pick up the following block types without altering them: [[bookshelf|bookshelves]], [[Coal Ore]], [[cobweb]]s, [[crafting table]]s, [[Diamond Ore]], [[Emerald Ore]], [[Brick Oven]]s, [[Grass Blocks]], [[Huge Mushrooms]], [[ice]], [[Lapis Lazuli Ore]], [[Mycelium]], [[Nether Quartz Ore]], and [[Redstone Ore]].
  
 
===Blocks That Cannot be "Sucked" Up===
 
===Blocks That Cannot be "Sucked" Up===
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Water Water]
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*[[Water]]
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Lava Lava]
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*[[Lava]]
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Bedrock Bedrock]
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*[[Bedrock]]
 
*[[Windmill]]
 
*[[Windmill]]
 
*[[Waterwheel]]
 
*[[Waterwheel]]
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Grass Grass]
 
 
*Double half slabs (will only be picked up as one half slab)
 
*Double half slabs (will only be picked up as one half slab)
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Fire Fire]
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*[[Fire]]
 
*Stoked Fire
 
*Stoked Fire
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Painting Paintings]
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*[[Painting]]s
 
*[[Cement Bucket| Cement]]
 
*[[Cement Bucket| Cement]]
  
 
===Blocks That Will be "Spit" Out as Items===
 
===Blocks That Will be "Spit" Out as Items===
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Sign Signs]
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*[[Sign]]s
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Door Doors]
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*[[Door]]s
 
*[[Windmill]]s
 
*[[Windmill]]s
 
*[[Waterwheel]]s
 
*[[Waterwheel]]s
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Bed Beds]
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*[[Bed]]s
  
 
===Mobs That Can be "Sucked" Up Into Items===
 
===Mobs That Can be "Sucked" Up Into Items===
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Wolf Wolves] become a [[Companion Cube]] (In the dispenser) and 2 [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/String string] (In the world)
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*[[Wolf|Wolves]] become a [[Companion Cube]] (In the dispenser) and 2 [[string]] (In the world)
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Chicken Chickens] become an [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Egg egg] (In the dispenser)
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*[[Chicken]]s become an [[egg]] (In the dispenser)
*[http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Sheep Sheep] will have their [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Wool wool] sucked up by the dispenser and will produce 1 [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/String string] (In the world)
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*[[Sheep]] will have their [[wool]] sucked up by the dispenser and will produce 1 [[string]] (In the world)
  
 
===Exceptions===
 
===Exceptions===
* [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Lever Levers], [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Button buttons], and [http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Trapdoor trapdoors] need a block to be placed on opposite the block dispenser.
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* [[Lever]]s, [[button]]s, and [[trapdoor]]s need a block to be placed on opposite the block dispenser.
 
* Portal (will be destroyed)
 
* Portal (will be destroyed)
 
* [[Axle]]s are places so it touches the "mouth" of the block dispenser.
 
* [[Axle]]s are places so it touches the "mouth" of the block dispenser.
 
* [[Gearbox]]es are placed with the arrows facing the same direction of the block dispenser "mouth".
 
* [[Gearbox]]es are placed with the arrows facing the same direction of the block dispenser "mouth".
 
* [[Minimized Blocks|Siding]] will always be placed on the wall opposite to the block dispenser.
 
* [[Minimized Blocks|Siding]] will always be placed on the wall opposite to the block dispenser.
* Most blocks from other mods can be sucked up and placed (Buildcraft blocks with the place/remove blocks is an exception [the block is placed but not the area of the digging/placing])
 
  
 
==Demonstration video==
 
==Demonstration video==

Latest revision as of 09:02, 17 February 2024

Block Dispenser
ItemBlockDispener.png


Type

Automation

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

{{{tool}}}

First Appearance

1.20

Gravity

No

Luminance

{{{light}}}

Flammable

No

Data Value

{{{data}}}

The Block Dispenser functions like an dispenser, but dispenses blocks and entities in front of the dispenser instead. With regular blocks, the block is placed in front when the dispenser receives Redstone power, then removed once the dispenser is powered down. It also varies from a normal dispenser in that it places fully functional minecarts and boats in front of it, rather than the items. The Block Dispenser also fires its contents in order (complete with an indicator in the inventory displaying which item will be fired next), rather than randomly, allowing for the selection of a sequence of blocks to be dispensed.

In terms of the crafting recipe, the logic behind it is that with time the Moss Stone absorbs some of the attributes of the Monster spawner around it, while the souls contained within are capable of activating those properties when redstone power is applied.

Crafting

The BD can be used to place and pick up tons of blocks.
Name Ingredients Input » Output
Block Dispenser Moss Stone,
Soul Urn,
Stone Brick,
Redstone Torch,
Redstone
Moss Stone
Moss Stone
Moss Stone
Moss Stone
Grid layout Arrow Anvil (small).png
Block Dispenser
Moss Stone
Soul Urn
Soul Urn
Moss Stone
Stone Brick Brick Stone Strata2 Brick Stone Strata3
Redstone Torch
Redstone Torch
Stone Brick Brick Stone Strata2 Brick Stone Strata3
Stone Brick Brick Stone Strata2 Brick Stone Strata3
Redstone
Redstone
Stone Brick Brick Stone Strata2 Brick Stone Strata3

Applications

Keep in mind

  • Block dispensers that are sucked up by other block dispensers will have their contents deleted
  • Block dispensers will be powered if the block above them is receiving power
  • It must be crafted on a Soulforge
  • Redstone
    • Redstone Dust - Can be powered when redstone dust is powered on top of the dispenser.
    • Redstone Torch (Will flick on, then off and remain off)
      • Will be powered once when power is place to the dispenser.
      • Will be powered twice (once when power is received and once when cut) when power is run on the top of the dispenser.
    • Redstone Repeater - Will always be powered. (Doesn't need to have redstone dust on top)
  • Moss Stone - Cobblestone in the vicinity of spawners will slowly turn into moss stone, which makes it possible to farm moss stone. The area of this effect around monster spawners is roughly the same size of [[dungeon]s.
  • Will not pick up Wheat that has not fully matured.
  • When it picks up something in front of it, only that item will enter the Block Dispenser inventory (i.e: If picking up wheat, and seeds that would have been dropped if it had been broken normally by hand will not appear at all either inside the Dispenser or on the ground).
  • Will pick up the following block types without altering them: bookshelves, Coal Ore, cobwebs, crafting tables, Diamond Ore, Emerald Ore, Brick Ovens, Grass Blocks, Huge Mushrooms, ice, Lapis Lazuli Ore, Mycelium, Nether Quartz Ore, and Redstone Ore.

Blocks That Cannot be "Sucked" Up

Blocks That Will be "Spit" Out as Items

Mobs That Can be "Sucked" Up Into Items

Exceptions

  • Levers, buttons, and trapdoors need a block to be placed on opposite the block dispenser.
  • Portal (will be destroyed)
  • Axles are places so it touches the "mouth" of the block dispenser.
  • Gearboxes are placed with the arrows facing the same direction of the block dispenser "mouth".
  • Siding will always be placed on the wall opposite to the block dispenser.

Demonstration video

Tutorial Better than Wolves 101 #3 The Block Dispenser : Wiring and Uses