Bundle

This article is about the item in game. For DLC packs that are sold together, see Content bundles.

Bundle

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A bundle is an item that can store up to a stack's worth of mixed item types within itself in a single inventory slot. Items can be individually selected and taken out of the bundle via the inventory menu.

Dyed bundles are the dyed variants of bundles.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bundle	String + Leather
Dyed Bundle	Any Bundle + Matching Dye

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Bundle or  Any Bundle + Bone Meal or  Lapis Lazuli or  Cocoa Beans or  Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Bundle	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	27.5% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2747977375984192, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
		Barrel	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }
	Village	Cartographer's chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Cartographer's chest" }
		Savanna house chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }
		Snowy house chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Snowy house chest" }
		Desert house chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }
		Plains house chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
		Taiga house chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
		Tannery chest	1	33.3% { "item": "Bundle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tannery chest" }

Usage

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Item stack sizes (top row) and the number of bundle slots each single item takes up (middle row). Sticks stack to 64, so they take up one bundle slot each; ender pearls stack to 16, so they take up four slots each; and swords do not stack, so they take up the whole bundle. So, for instance, a bundle may have 32 sticks and 8 ender pearls inside, which take up a total of (32×1)+(8×4)=64 bundle slots.

Bundles are used to store different item types in the same inventory slot. This does not however increase the total capacity of the slot, as bundles can store only what would otherwise add up to a single slot. Items that can normally stack up to 64 take up ¹⁄₆₄ of a bundle, items that can normally stack up to 16 (e.g. eggs, ender pearls) take up ¹⁄₁₆ of a bundle, and items that do not stack take up the entirety of a bundle (e.g. swords with an exception of bundles themselves). In Java Edition, the space that an item takes up in a bundle is equal to the reciprocal of its max_stack_size component, even if it is different from the standard 1, 16, and 64.

Bundles are not stackable, but they are able to be placed (nested) inside another.^[1] Each bundle placed inside another bundle consumes ¹⁄₁₆ of the space of the outer bundle plus the space occupied by the inner bundle's contents. In Java Edition, the space taken up by a bundle is not affected by its max_stack_size component.

Shulker boxes cannot be placed inside of bundles. However, bundles can be placed inside of shulker boxes.

Bee nest and beehive with bees occupy the space of a full item stack, even though they are stackable. In Java Edition, the space taken up by a item with non-empty bees component is not affected by its max_stack_size component.

Inserting items

While in an inventory screen, items are inserted into bundles by pressing the "Take" inventory control (left click, or (Xbox) / (Switch) / (PlayStation) on a controller, or tapping on a touch screen). This can be done in the following ways:

• Picking up the bundle and left-clicking/pressing "Take"/tapping on the item(s) to be placed inside. This allows storing other bundles into a bundle.
• Picking up item(s) and left-clicking/pressing "Take"/tapping on the bundle.

Retrieving items

When using a mouse or a controller, items are retrieved from bundles by pressing the "Take half" inventory control (right click, or (Xbox) / (Switch) / (PlayStation) on a controller):

• When hovering over a bundle with an empty cursor, right-clicking/pressing "Take half" causes the cursor to hold the item from the most recently added slot of the bundle.
• When hovering over a bundle with an empty cursor, moving the  Scroll Wheel or right stick allows for scrolling through the bundle's slots, starting from the most recently added item. The selected item slot is displayed with a bright underlay behind that item. During this process, the bundle's inventory icon appears open, and the selected slot's item icon appears within the bundle's icon. By right-clicking/pressing "Take half", the currently selected item moves to the cursor and the bundle closes. The bundle also closes when the cursor is moved off the bundle while it's still open, without retrieving any item.
• When a bundle is held in the cursor and the cursor is hovering over an empty slot, right-clicking/pressing "Take half" causes the most recently added item to be placed in that slot. If the item cannot be placed into that slot (e.g. a dirt block in the helmet slot), the item is not retrieved.

When using touch controls, items can be retrieved by tapping on a bundle in the inventory, then tapping on an item to take out, and lastly tapping on an empty slot. If the item cannot be placed into that slot (e.g. a dirt block in the helmet slot), the item is not retrieved.

Using a bundle while it is selected in the hotbar causes the contents of the most recently added slot to be thrown out in the direction the player is facing.

When a bundle item entity is destroyed (e.g. thrown onto fire or into a cactus), the contents of the bundle are dropped as items, similar to when a shulker box is destroyed.

GUI

Hovering over a bundle reveals its blue fullness bar. When the bundle is empty, the fullness bar says "Empty" and shows the description, "Can hold a mixed stack of items". If it's completely full, the fullness bar turns red and says "Full". When there is at least one item in a bundle, space opens up above the bar, which displays the items in the bundle's slots, sorted by how recently they were added, from right to left. The space where the slots are shown is wide enough for four slots, so additional space opens up for new rows. When there are more than three rows, only the top three are displayed, and the bottom-right slot is replaced by text that says, +<number of slots hidden>, where the slot replaced by the text counts toward that number.

Bundles show an additional fullness bar on their icons, similarly to how items that are damaged show their durability. Bundle fullness bars are blue, or red when full, and appear when the bundle contains at least one item.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Bundle	bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.bundle
White Bundle	white_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.white_bundle
Orange Bundle	orange_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.orange_bundle
Magenta Bundle	magenta_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.magenta_bundle
Light Blue Bundle	light_blue_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.light_blue_bundle
Yellow Bundle	yellow_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.yellow_bundle
Lime Bundle	lime_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.lime_bundle
Pink Bundle	pink_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.pink_bundle
Gray Bundle	gray_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.gray_bundle
Light Gray Bundle	light_gray_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.light_gray_bundle
Cyan Bundle	cyan_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.cyan_bundle
Purple Bundle	purple_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.purple_bundle
Blue Bundle	blue_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.blue_bundle
Brown Bundle	brown_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.brown_bundle
Green Bundle	green_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.green_bundle
Red Bundle	red_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.red_bundle
Black Bundle	black_bundle	Item	bundles	item.minecraft.black_bundle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Bundle	bundle	260	Item	item.bundle
White Bundle	white_bundle	272	Item	item.white_bundle
Orange Bundle	orange_bundle	268	Item	item.orange_bundle
Magenta Bundle	magenta_bundle	267	Item	item.magenta_bundle
Light Blue Bundle	light_blue_bundle	264	Item	item.light_blue_bundle
Yellow Bundle	yellow_bundle	273	Item	item.yellow_bundle
Lime Bundle	lime_bundle	266	Item	item.lime_bundle
Pink Bundle	pink_bundle	269	Item	item.pink_bundle
Gray Bundle	gray_bundle	262	Item	item.gray_bundle
Light Gray Bundle	light_gray_bundle	265	Item	item.light_gray_bundle
Cyan Bundle	cyan_bundle	261	Item	item.cyan_bundle
Purple Bundle	purple_bundle	270	Item	item.purple_bundle
Blue Bundle	blue_bundle	258	Item	item.blue_bundle
Brown Bundle	brown_bundle	259	Item	item.brown_bundle
Green Bundle	green_bundle	263	Item	item.green_bundle
Red Bundle	red_bundle	271	Item	item.red_bundle
Black Bundle	black_bundle	257	Item	item.black_bundle

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Development

October 3, 2020							Bundles are revealed at Minecraft Live 2020. Hovering over them shows all items inside scattered around a large area, and incomplete bundles have the empty texture.
October 16, 2021							Ulraf states that bundles are not included in Caves & Cliffs due to UI difficulties, primarily in Bedrock Edition.
November 17, 2021							Bundles are announced to be added after The Wild Update.
September 28, 2024							Bundles are announced to be added in the Bundles of Bravery drop.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Added bundles. Hovering over them shows some of the items contained and their quantities, much like the tooltip of a shulker box. Incomplete bundles have the full texture.
							The crafting recipe was originally 2 strings and 6 rabbit hides.
			20w46a				The textures of bundles have been changed.
							Hovering over bundles now shows its contained items in special slots, similar to slots in the inventory. If the bundle is not full, it also has an empty slot with a plus on it.
			20w48a				Bundles now show fullness as a number when advanced tooltips are enabled.
							Using a bundle in the inventory now empties the last item inserted in the bundle instead of emptying all the contents out to the inventory.
							Using a bundle now throws out its entire content into the world.
			20w49a				Bundle fullness is now always shown.
							Full bundles now show the blue bar instead of hiding it, to distinguish from empty bundles.
			20w51a				Bundles now drop its contents when destroyed as an item entity.
							Bundle fullness has been changed from Fullness: <fullness> / 64 to <fullness>/64
							The slots in the tooltip when hovering over bundles have changed to have a border, and rows of slot have a thicker edge between them.
							When the bundle is not full, it instead shows empty slots instead of one slot with a plus. When it is full, those empty slots become greyed out with an X.
			21w05a				The player now receives a tutorial when first having a bundle in the inventory.
			21w19a				Bundles are now accessible only through commands.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Bundles are now available in the creative inventory and can be crafted once again.
			21w37a				Bundles are once again accessible only through commands.
1.19.3 Experiment Bundles			22w42a				Bundles have been made available once again, and have been moved behind their own data pack.
1.21.2 Experiment Bundles			24w33a				Bundles are now crafted with one string and one leather instead of two string and six rabbit hide.
							The open texture, now split into front and back textures, was updated and is now used whenever an item is selected, with said item being displayed within the bundle item texture.
							The closed texture is now used as the default instead of the open texture.
							The tooltip now acts as a sub-menu, wherein the player can now use the  Scroll Wheel or press the number keys to select a specific item to take out. If no items are selected, the game takes out the last item inserted in the bundle.
			24w34a				The bundle's tooltip now fits 3 rows and can always show at least 8 item types.
			24w35a				The number keys can no longer be used to select items in a bundle.
			24w36a				When a bundle is used in the hotbar, one group of items is emptied at a time instead of everything being emptied at once.
			24w38a				Bundles can now be dyed in 16 different colors.
1.21.2			24w39a				Bundles are now available without toggling its respective data pack.
			24w40a				Bundles can no longer be dyed the same color they already are.
1.21.4			24w46a				Items in the bundle tooltip now have a gray background.
							All bundles have had their open textures updated.
1.21.5			25w07a				Bundles can now be found in some village chests.
26.3			snap1				Bundles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
June 29, 2024							Bundles are announced to soon be added in an upcoming beta/Preview.
1.21.30 Experiment Bundles			Preview 1.21.30.23				Added bundles.
			Preview 1.21.30.24				The bundle's tooltip now fits 3 rows and can always show at least 8 item types.
1.21.40 Experiment Bundles			Preview 1.21.40.20				When a bundle is used in the hotbar, one group of items is emptied at a time instead of everything being emptied at once.
			Preview 1.21.40.22				Bundles can now be dyed in 16 different colors.
1.21.40			Preview 1.21.40.23				The bundle texture now matches Java Edition.
							Bundles are now available without toggling its respective experimental toggle.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.28				Items in the bundle tooltip now have a gray background.
			Preview 1.21.50.29				Using the  Scroll Wheel when hovering a bundle placed in hotbar with creative inventory search tab active now selects an item in the bundle.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.24				All bundles have had their open textures updated.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				Bundles can now be found in some village chests.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Bundles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bundle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Bundles are inspired by the ancient Roman coin purse, which have been used for thousands of years.^[2]
• The reason for why bundles can be dyed in 16 colors rather than a combination of multiple colors (like leather armor) is that Mojang considered it more important for players to be able to quickly identify the color of the bundle rather than being able to fully customize the color.^[3]
• Bundles are the first non-block item that uses the 16 color dyes versus the 2^24 leather dye system^[4] (besides dyes themselves).
• Bundle is the last feature announced at Minecraft Live 2020 to be released. Minecraft Live 2020 took place on October 3, 2020, with the bundles announced for the Caves & Cliffs update while Bundles of Bravery was not released until 4 years and 19 days later on October 22, 2024.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

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  The old bundle UI shown at Minecraft Live 2020.
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  The old bundle UI.
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  A bundle of bundles on the beach.
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  Some items being put into a bundle.
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  A bundle being used to store food.
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  Bundle in hand.
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  Some bundles floating next to a jungle.
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  A bundle hovering near a rabbit.
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  A player harvesting beetroots for the bundle.
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  Makena holding a bundle.
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  Ari with a collection of dyed bundles.
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  Some foxes around dyed bundles.
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  A sheep and rows of dyed bundles.
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  Sunny in front of a collection of dyed bundles.
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  Several dyed bundles.
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  Several bundles in Kai's inventory.

In other media

• 
  Alex with bundles on head.
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  Ari using a bundle in the Bundles of Bravery - Official Trailer.
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  Bundles as seen in A Minecraft Movie.

References