ExtendedItemTransport
If you have ever wrestled with the limitations of vanilla hoppers—slow transfer speeds, rigid slot mechanics, and the headache of building massive parallel sorting arrays—then ExtendedItemTransport is the mod you have been waiting for. This add-on completely reimagines item logistics by introducing a family of specialized hoppers, each with unique behaviors, alongside tools like slot blockers and item teleporters. Whether you are a technical Minecraft player designing a massive storage system or a casual builder wanting a cleaner workshop, this mod delivers precision and power.
What Makes ExtendedItemTransport Essential?
At its core, ExtendedItemTransport expands the humble hopper into a suite of intelligent transport blocks. You are no longer stuck with a single hopper type that pulls and pushes items in a fixed way. Instead, you can choose from stone, glass, golden, diamond, and netherite hoppers, each offering distinct mechanics that let you build compact, efficient, and highly customizable item pipelines. The mod also includes an automatic crafting table (in earlier versions) and a slot blocker item to give you fine-grained control over inventory slots.
Stone and Glass Hoppers: The Foundation of Long Chains
Stone hoppers and glass hoppers form a symbiotic pair designed for extended horizontal transport. A stone hopper can only pull items from a glass hopper, and vice versa, which makes them perfect for building long, unidirectional item chains—ideal for classic item sorters that span dozens of blocks. The stone hopper holds up to 15 items of a single type (or 3 items for 16-stackable items like snowballs), while the glass hopper holds exactly one item, making its contents visible at a glance. This transparency is a small but brilliant quality-of-life feature for debugging your redstone builds.
Golden Hoppers and Slot Blockers: Parallel Processing Power
The golden hopper is where ExtendedItemTransport truly shines. Unlike a regular hopper that moves items one at a time, a golden hopper transfers items in parallel across all nine slots simultaneously. Each slot connects to the corresponding slot in the next golden hopper, effectively creating nine independent item lanes in a single block. This means a chain of golden hoppers can replace nine separate regular hopper lines, drastically reducing the footprint of your sorting or crafting systems.
To control this parallel flow, the mod introduces slot blockers. Placing a slot blocker in a golden hopper slot prevents items from being pulled or pushed through that specific lane. This allows you to reserve slots for particular items, create templates for auto-crafting, or even use the special rightmost slot to calibrate redstone signals. For example, placing redstone dust in that special slot disables the hopper's ability to pull from containers, letting you stack independent hopper chains vertically without interference. Note that in the latest versions for Minecraft 1.21, slot blockers have been removed in favor of a redstone torch mechanic that achieves the same slot-locking effect, aligning the mod more closely with vanilla behavior.
Diamond and Netherite Hoppers: Speed and Range
Diamond hoppers take the golden hopper's parallel transfer and remove the priority rule—items in all slots are moved immediately, not just the fullest stacks. They also feature a powerful vacuum ability, pulling items from up to 6 blocks away (or 3 blocks if covered by a solid layer, like a hopper minecart). This makes them perfect for collecting drops from mob farms or automated crop fields. Additionally, a diamond hopper can intelligently fill furnaces and brewing stands: the middle slot handles fuel and empty buckets, while other slots manage inputs and outputs without needing separate top and side hoppers.
Netherite hoppers are the ultimate upgrade. They transfer items in stacks of 8, making them incredibly fast. Their vacuum range extends to 12 blocks (6 if covered), and they can pull non-processable items from furnaces and invalid recipes from crafting tables—preventing the blockages that often plague automated systems. A unique feature of the netherite hopper is its ability to transform creatures that walk over it into spawn eggs, opening up wild possibilities for mob transportation and storage.
Item Teleporter: Instant Transfer Across Distances
Sometimes you need items to jump gaps or bypass complex piping. The item teleporter block does exactly that. When a hopper points into an item teleporter, its contents are instantly teleported to the nearest valid container in that direction. If the first container is full, it tries the next one, and so on. The maximum teleport distance depends on the source hopper: glass and stone hoppers reach 4 blocks, regular and gold hoppers reach 8, diamond hoppers reach 16, and netherite hoppers can teleport items up to 32 blocks away. This feature alone can replace elaborate water streams or minecart systems with a single, elegant block.
How to Install ExtendedItemTransport for Minecraft
Getting started with ExtendedItemTransport is straightforward. The mod is built for the Forge mod loader and supports modern Minecraft versions, including the latest 1.21.x releases. To install, first ensure you have the correct version of Forge installed for your Minecraft client. Then, locate the mod file—you can find it by searching for "download ExtendedItemTransport" on reputable mod hosting platforms. Place the downloaded .jar file into your Minecraft mods folder, and you are ready to go. Always double-check that the mod version matches your game version to avoid compatibility issues.
For players who prefer a streamlined experience, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install option for ExtendedItemTransport, automatically handling version matching and dependency checks so you can jump straight into building without manual setup. This launcher also keeps the mod updated as new versions release, ensuring you always have the latest features and fixes.
Hopper Combinations and Advanced Tips
The real depth of ExtendedItemTransport emerges when you start mixing hopper types. Here are some powerful combinations to experiment with:
- Regular hopper pulling from a gold or diamond hopper: The regular hopper only pulls one item from full stacks, acting as an overflow valve for the upper hopper's slots.
- Regular hopper pulling from a netherite hopper: It extracts non-stackable items that are present multiple times, useful for filtering out tools or armor.
- Gold hopper pulling from diamond or netherite hopper: The target slots mirror the source slots, maintaining parallel lane alignment.
- Diamond hopper pulling from netherite hopper: One item remains in the upper hopper, enabling item filters without any redstone control.
- Diamond hopper pulling from gold hopper: It pulls as long as the source slot has more items in its stack than the destination slot, perfect for maintaining buffer levels.
Golden Hopper Minecart and Version Changes
Since version 2.1, a golden hopper minecart has been added, bringing parallel item transfer to rail systems. In version 2.2, the automatic crafting table received 9 additional slots for leftover items (like empty bottles from honey crafting), with only one visible slot that cycles through the hidden ones. With Minecraft 1.21 introducing the vanilla Crafter, the mod's automatic crafting table and slot blocker item were removed in version 2.3. Now, you can block slots in various hoppers just like the Crafter, and a golden hopper is required to empty the Crafter, as regular hoppers cannot interact with it directly.
Why ExtendedItemTransport Belongs in Every Technical World
ExtendedItemTransport for Minecraft is more than a hopper mod—it is a complete rethinking of item logistics. By offering tiered hoppers with distinct behaviors, slot-level control, and instant teleportation, it empowers you to design systems that are smaller, faster, and smarter. Whether you are building a multi-item sorter, an automated brewery, or a mob farm that collects experience orbs, this mod provides the tools to make it elegant. Download ExtendedItemTransport today and transform the way you move items in your blocky world.