The 
Basket is a storage block from the Farmer’s Delight mod that picks up any items dropped into it, a bit like a 
Hopper that holds as much as a 
Chest. There’s a 
Bamboo Basket as well, which works exactly the same way and only looks different, so you’re able to pick whichever one suits your build.
Both of them have 27 slots, and they’ll keep pulling in items until every slot is full, which makes them handy at the end of a farm or next to a 
Cutting Board. They won’t push items anywhere on their own though, so you’ll still need a Hopper underneath if you want the items moved on to a Chest.
Crafting
Each Basket takes 3 
Canvas and 4 
Sticks, while the Bamboo Basket swaps the Sticks out for 4 
Bamboo instead. Canvas is made from 4 
Straw, which you’ll get by cutting grass and harvesting crops with a Knife, so you’ll need 12 Straw for every Basket you make.
If you want some of the materials back, you can put a Basket on a Cutting Board and use an Axe on it. You won’t get the whole recipe back though, only one Canvas and one Stick, or one Bamboo if it’s the Bamboo Basket.
| Basket | Result |
|---|---|
| Basket | 1 Canvas, 1 Stick |
| Bamboo Basket | 1 Canvas, 1 Bamboo |
You’ll want to use an Axe to break a Basket, and when you break it, all of the items inside will drop on the ground, the same as they would from a Chest. You can also burn a Basket in a 
Furnace, but it will only smelt one and a half items, so 
Coal is a lot better.
How to Use It
When you place a Basket, its open side will face back toward you, so it can point in any of the six directions depending on where you’re looking. If you look straight down at the floor it will open upward, which is the way you’ll want it most of the time, as items can then fall in from above.
The Basket is hollow, so anything dropped onto the open side will land inside and get pulled into its inventory. It also reaches one block past its opening, which means items sitting in the space in front of it will be collected too, even if they never touch the Basket itself.
It picks up items at about the same pace as a Hopper, taking a whole stack at a time, and it’ll fill matching stacks before it starts using empty slots. Once every slot is full, items will just sit on the ground in front of it and might despawn, so it’s worth keeping an eye on it if your farm runs for a long time.
Redstone and Hoppers
A redstone signal will stop the Basket from collecting anything, which is useful if you only want it running some of the time. You’re able to read how full it is with a 
Redstone Comparator as well, just like you would with a Chest or a 
Barrel.
Hoppers are able to put items into a Basket and take them back out again, so a Basket with a Hopper underneath will act as a collector that feeds a storage line. This is the setup you’ll want at the bottom of a water stream, as the Basket catches everything and the Hopper moves it along.
For example, a Basket placed beside a Cutting Board will catch whatever you cut, as the results get pushed out to one side of the board. It’s also worth putting one next to a 
Skillet or a 
Stove, as both of them pop cooked food out onto the floor when it’s done.
Baskets can be placed in water, and they’ll still collect items when they’re underwater, which is useful if you’re building them into a water stream. Each one only reaches the block in front of it, so if you need to cover a wider area, you’ll want to put a few of them side by side.
FAQ
There isn’t one apart from how they look, as both of them have 27 slots and pick up items the same way. The Bamboo Basket is crafted with Bamboo instead of Sticks, and it gives you Bamboo back on a Cutting Board as well.
It collects items like a Hopper does, but it won’t pass them on to another block, as it doesn’t have an output. Put a Hopper underneath it if you want items moved on into a Chest or a sorting system.
You can turn it off with a redstone signal, like a 
Lever or a 
Redstone Torch placed next to it. You’ll still be able to open it and take items out while it’s powered, and it will start collecting again when the signal is turned off.
