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CRATES - a new moveable bulk storage block

The crate would be a great new storage block for both aesthetics and I've got a great idea for functionality. It should only be able to store one kind of item (for example stone) and the block should be moveable. This way it could also be interesting to incorporate redstone to make a bulk storage. Also I'm tired of placing barrels everywhere to make it look like crates...

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    How would it be moveable? As in if I bump into it, it slides? Because I think it would have to be an entity then.

    I would love for there to be crates too, and there is a thread about crates showing the foods inside. Here's a link. It's not my suggestion, but please vote! Imagine all the market stalls, feasts, and pantries you could make!

    https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360032698572-Additional-Storage-Blocks-

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    Sounds good, but it would remove some of the shulker box functionality. I have to say no, unless they are reasonably expensive.

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    The thing about storage blocks is that they all have different properties to make the unique. For example chest's can double up by placing one next to another, ender chests, have a storage you can access anywhere, with another ender chest. The barrel you can have a block on top of it and you would still be able to open and then the shulker box, where you can break it while keeping the stuff inside. The idea you offered would just be weaker shulker box with nothing unique besides the only one item in the crate. Sure, it could be used as a decoration block, in fact I like that idea, but it would be a useless storage block. How about you have to break it to get the things out of it? Like you could put cobblestone in it, and if you need blocks you could break it? It should have a unique aspect is what I am saying. I like the decoration idea a lot though.

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    I like where you are going, it’s just that the crate has nothing special about it. It’s basically a barrel with no UI. Maybe it could have the properties of a double chest, able to be opened without space above it, AND be able to be dyed like a shulker box? If so, go team CRATE!

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    We have chests, ender chests, barrels. What more do we need?

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    Good point.

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    Early game shulker box. Excellent. The game needs an inventory overall for the early-mid game. Four wood planks and iron ingots in the corners, more expensive than a chest or barrel. Make a it little smaller to nerf it, say it only has 15 slots, and only holds one item. Alternatively, make it 27 slots like a chest (still one item type) but give it durability; every time you open it loses durability till it breaks and all your items pop out. Items entering it from a hopper should not reduce durability though. Best designed to pack bulk storage.