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Sorting Templates for Copper Golems

I would like to propose a way to tell a copper golem what to place within a chest without that item being removed by a hopper, and to make it more difficult to remove for a player, by essentially gluing a copy of the item to one of the chest's slots. While there are other ways to do this, my specific idea was to create a copper plate (probably similar in recipe to glass panes), which you could combine with an item to make a template of that item (eg combining a plate and an Ender Pearl would make an Ender Pearl Plate). You could then combine that plate with a slime ball and "glue" it to a slot in a chest, where it would lock. Once locked, copper golems could treat that plate as though it were the item in question (an ender pearl in my example), and place the matching item there. A hopper connected to that chest could then remove the actual ender pearls, but leave the template untouched. This could also help prevent children from messing sorters up by taking items out of chests.

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• October 24, 2025 16:04
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  • October 24, 2025 16:12
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  In my mind, the template would likely "eat" the slot it was placed in, but by being locked in place it would be harder to mess up the system by accidentally removing the last copy of an item from a chest, which currently results in the copper golems no longer placing the item where you wanted it.

  Also, there should be a way to "unglue" a template. The simplest way, I think, would be to just break the chest. A less destructive option would include using a specific item to remove the slime gluing the template in place. Possibly as simple as a bottle of water, possibly as complicated as needing to brew an adhesive remover "potion" to unstick the template.

  Also, as an afterthought, the sorting template recipe could also use the item frame recipe (but copper) rather than glass panes, too. I imagine the visual would be extremely similar.