To move items between the chest inventory and the player inventory or hotbar while the chest GUI is open, drag or shift-click the items. In Bedrock Edition, the top three rows correspond to whichever half was placed first and the bottom three to the other half.Ĭhests open when used. In the Java Edition interface, the top three rows for a large chest correspond to the left half of the chest when facing it, and the bottom three rows correspond to the right half. Lava can create fire in air blocks next to chests as if the chests were flammable, but the chests do not actually catch fire and cannot be burned.Ī small chest has 27 slots of inventory space, and a large chest has twice that amount, at 54 slots. Alternatively, trapped chests do not combine with normal chests.Ĭhests can be moved by pistons, and water and lava flow around chests without affecting them. A player can prevent this, and place two small chests side by side, by sneaking while placing the second chest, pushing a chest into place with a piston, or placing the second chest facing a different direction from the first chest. To place a chest, use the Place Block control on the face of a block adjacent to the space the chest should occupy.Ī chest placed adjacent to another chest joins to create a large chest. Chests can be used as containers and as crafting ingredients.
