what is a hopper in minecraft for
See also: Tutorials/Hopper. A hopper can be used as a container, as a crafting ingredient, and as a redstone component. A hopper has an output tube at its bottom that can face down or sideways and provides visual feedback of which direction the hopper will output items to if a container is present.o move items between the hopper inventory and the hopper inventory or hotbar while the hopper GUI is open, drag or shift-click the items. To exit the hopper GUI, use the. control. By default, the GUI of a hopper is labeled Item Hopper.