Minecraft Trapped Chest: How to Make and Use It
If pranking your friends is one of your favorite things to do, you just have to know about a trapped chest to take your pranks a step further. This chest will allow you to make some pretty crazy pranks if your friends aren’t careful. You can not only use it in multi-player worlds but in certain situations in your single-player worlds too. So, let’s first learn what a trapped chest is and then how to make and use it in Minecraft.
What Is a Trapped Chest?
Trapped chest is a variant of the regularchest in Minecraftand also aredstone component. It looks pretty much like the regular one, except for the latch that includes red pixels around it. It’s possible to combine two trapped chests similarly to regular ones andcreate a large trapped chest. This chest is unique because it emits a redstone signal while it’s open.
The signal strength it provides is equal to the number of players that arecurrently viewing its inventory, up to 15 at max. So, whenever a player accesses the inventory of a trapped chest, it’ll produce a redstone signal. Mobs cannot open this chest, so they cannot activate it.
Items Needed to Make a Trapped Chest
To make a trapped chest, you will need the following resources:
Chest is a simple storage block you can make with eight planks on a crafting table. Tripwire hook is an item you can make with one stick, one iron ingot, and one plank.Crafting tableis not required for making a trapped chest as your inventory’s 2×2 crafting grid is also viable.
How to Craft a Trapped Chest
After you make a chest and a tripwire hook, follow the steps below to make a trapped chest.
How to Use a Trapped Chest
First of all, the trapped chest is a container block. You can ignore its redstone properties and simply use it as a normal chest in case you like the aesthetic red pixels.
Asingle trapped chest has 27 slots and the large one has 54 inventory slots. Moreover, while a trapped chest is opened, it will transmit redstone signal to all four sides as well as downwards. If a large trapped chest is opened, both halves will transmit the redstone signal.
Trashcan System
Because of this, a hopper placed below this chest will automatically be locked when you’re viewing the chest’s contents. This on its own can be fairly useful in case you’re making atrashcan system. You can deposit items in a chest that will then travel to a dropper that will spit them out in a fire orcactus.
The trapped chest will make sure no items leave the chest until you close the interface. So, if you accidentally throw something that you want to keep, you can safely retrieve it without it getting destroyed.
TNT Minecart Trap
Furthermore, trapped chests have always been a perfect prank option, as they can activate anyTNTblocks adjacent to them, as well as below. Though, TNT can be spotted easily, thanks to its bright red color. But what players won’t expect is a TNTminecarttrap. You can conceal it well underneath and easily earn yourself kills in a minigame or server event.
If you’re creative, you could come up with different practical uses for this block and even make your life easier in-game. So, don’t waste any more time and start using the trapped chest right away.
No, trapped and regular chests don’t burn.
By default yes, anyone can open a trapped chest. But, if you modify the chest’s Lock tag, then only players with a certain item will be able to open it.
Radojka Travar
I’m a gaming enthusiast with a strong passion for writing. My expertise lies in creating simple, to the point and clear content teaching you about various features, mechanics and community-based inventions related to Minecraft. In spare time, I love flying around in my Minecraft world and exploring stories of other pixelated games.
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