Bluei's Better Hoppers
Bluei's Better Hoppers lets ordinary hoppers move items upward, so a normal hopper can be placed against the underside of a container and pull from it.
What it does
Vanilla hoppers refuse to face upward, which limits how items can be routed. This Fabric mod removes that limitation: a hopper can output into the container directly above it, and an upward-facing hopper can pull from the container directly below. Stacking these pieces gives a compact vertical item elevator built from standard hoppers, with no extra blocks needed for the basic setup.
The mod also adds custom blocks, items and crafting recipes for players who want dedicated parts. Its hopper inventory screen keeps the original hopper textures, and redstone locking through comparators behaves as it does in vanilla. It is published for Fabric only, across five release versions 1.21.11 – 26.2, and its environment is client and server: the server and every player need to install it for multiplayer play. The code is not open source; it is licensed as All rights reserved.
Key features
Upward item transport
Hoppers can push items into the container above them and pull items from the container below.
Vertical item elevators
Stacked normal hoppers form compact vertical elevators, moving items between floors of a build.
Original hopper screen
The hopper inventory screen keeps its original textures, so the interface looks unchanged.
Unchanged redstone locking
Comparator locking of hoppers works as it does in vanilla, with no change to its behavior.
Custom blocks and recipes
Additional blocks, items and crafting recipes are added alongside the upward hopper behavior.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who build item storage or automated farms, and server owners who want vertical hopper routing on a Fabric multiplayer server. Both the server and each client need the mod installed.
How it compares
Faster Hopper is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 26.2 that is client and server and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0, so it is not open source. Regexing hoppers is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.6 – 1.21.11, so players can join without installing it. Hopper Stats is client and server and All rights reserved, with 1.21.11 – 26.3 coverage, and it targets hopper data rather than hopper direction.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluei's Better Hoppers | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Faster Hopper | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-08 |
| Regexing hoppers | Fabric | 1.20.6 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-29 |
| Hopper Stats | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Which loader does Bluei's Better Hoppers need?
Does the server need the mod for upward hoppers to work?
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In the catalog
Bluei's Better Hoppers is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Tired of hoppers refusing to move items upward? This lightweight Fabric mod fixes that limitation by allowing ordinary vanilla hoppers to face upward. Place a normal hopper against the underside of a block or container. Its output spout will face upward.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/blueis-upwards-hoppers
- Owner
- Bluei Industries
- Published
- 2026-08-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15