The Best Minecraft Inventory Layout For Survival

This Is How You Should Sort And Organize Your Inventory When Playing Minecraft Survival. The most efficient layout and tips on how to use it! Going through the main hotbar, full inventory and the ender chest. Inspired by the thousands of reddit comments and my personal preferences.

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[venomify]

Inventory management is something not many people focus on but is very important ty :D

[zontop]

Offhand slot: Totem/shield/torches depending on the situation. Mainly totem though.

1st slot: Sword
2nd slot: Silk touch Pickaxe
3rd slot: Axe
4th slot: Shovel
5th slot: Bow
6th slot: Usually a riptide trident
7th slot: empty
8th slot: Rockets
9th slot: Food (I use steak because someone on the server I play on has a crazy fast cow farm.)
(I have my 1st and 9th slots with hot keys Q and F respectively from playing Bedwars, and it lets me swap to my sword or food very quickly when in combat.)

Inventory: I keep my chest plate in the very top left slot, so I can switch between that and elytra. I keep an ender chest right next to that. I keep arrows in the top right. Right above my pickaxe I keep a fortune pick just in case.

Ender chest: I keep an extra elytra, a stack of rockets, food, a maxed out crossbow and rocket ammo for the crossbow. I keep a shulker box of backup gear, with fully enchanted diamond armor (I have a good trading hall), tools and weapons, and some torches, food, and blocks.
I also keep multiple other shulker boxes of miscellaneous items and blocks and some slots for any diamonds that I find while exploring. And that’s it. :)

[Zaxster_--]

Such a simple yet essential thing in Minecraft. Great vid!

[avyire]

I’d love to see a hardcore version of this because hardcore is so much more intense so you have to be prepared for everything

[shadesoftime]

Pro tip: use a glowing item in your offhand for dynamic lighting. This way you don't accidentally place anything

[delipted]

off hand: food (if im mining it will change into torches)
slot 1: sword
slot 2: bow
slot 3: pick
slot 4: miscellaneous
slot 5: miscellaneous
slot 6: miscellaneous
slot 7: bucket
slot 8: extra food
slot 9: rockets

*Tip: i use the side buttons on my mouse to be slot 1 and 3 so i can easily switch between the two if im in a rough situation

[lacrafty]

Since I play hardcore, it is really useful to have my chestplate in my toolbar so that I can use a hotkey to instantly put it on in dangerous situations. A live saver!

[mmddw]

I put my chestplate in one of the easy access slots and switch between elytra by aiming it my chest and press the button chosen its very useful on switching to fight mood faster

[Kacer]

This was very helpful! I recently changed my setup a little bit, and this is the one below. I used to have food in 4, water in 5, torches in 6, and the rest depended on the situation. Then I maxed out my bow and needed a spot for it lol.

My current hotbar setup:
- Offhand: Totem, shield, or riptide trident (if I’m really late game and not playing hardcore.)
- 1: Sword
- 2: Pickaxe (usually silk touch)
- 3: Axe
- 4: Shovel
- 5: Bow (Infinity)
- 6: Food (Golden Carrots)
- 7: Rockets
- 8: Depends on the situation. Torches usually.
- 9: Depends on situation. Blocks usually.

[parker]

This was great!! I usually do it in a slightly different way:

-Offhand: Totem/Shield (based on how early or late into the game I am)
-1 Slot: Sword
-2 Slot: Silk Touch Pick (Fortune Pick is above it in inventory)
-3 Slot: Shovel
-4 Slot: Axe
-5 Slot: Bow/Trident (It switches randomly, one is always above the other in inventory)
-6 Slot: Food
-7 Slot: Scaffolding Blocks (usually cobblestone)
-8 Slot: Either torches, rockets, or nothing
-9 Slot: Water Bucket (This has saved my life multiple times)

I’ve mapped my 1 and 9 hotbar slot keys to my side mouse buttons to access the sword and water bucket easier.

In the inventory, I usually place arrows in the top left, with either chest plate or elytra to the right of it. Top right is always wood, so I can quickly make a crafting table or sticks or anything else on the go. I always keep a flint and steel above my food and a hoe above my shovel. My ender chest always goes above my sword, and the rest of the space is miscellaneous.

My ender chest’s organization is always different depending on the world I’m on. I always put things in different places and they stay there, usually in shulker boxes once I get enough.

This was a great video, thank you!

[thegamingking]

4:28
I bet it was Robin who performed that 360.

[kristol]

I've personally been using this hotbar for almost 2 years:
Off-hand: Food
1: Sword/Trident
2: Bow
3: Pickaxe
4: Axe/Shovel
5, 6 and 7: Free slot for whatever I'm doing
8: Ender Pearls
9: Rockets

[BedrockEdition]

3:16 It’s better to take paper and gunpowder and if needed you can craft in the 2x2 crafting slot. This saves some slots

[ArchetypeGotoh]

It’s remarkable how close this is to my default, except that i have a Riptide 3 Trident i keep in the third slot, so the Axe is in 4 and the shovel is 5. 6 is usually empty or a Bow, 7 is torches, 8 is food, 9 is ender chest

[itswizardtime]

For me, it's sword, bow, axe, pickaxe, shovel, blocks, water bucket, food, torch in the hot bar. In the actual inventory, it's minerals, stones, wood, extra food and extra torches. The three inventory slots on the far right is reserved for arrows

[Jf_]

off hand: totem
slot 1: sword
slot 2: pick
slot 3: axe
slot 4: shovel
slot 5: bow
slot 6: water bucket
slot 7: spyglass (im on bedrock btw)
slot 8: rockets or torches
slot 9: food
i rebinded my 1 and 5 keys to my mouse side buttons so its way quicker to switch to my sword and bow

[NerdMareisGamer]

You already know it’s a good vid when it’s just what you need

[sarvagyasrivastava]

Offhand: Totem, shield or torches
1- Pickaxe
2- Sword
3- Axe
4- Blocks to place
5- Water Bucket
6- Anything u like
7- Anything u like
8- Bow ow anything
9- Food

[eu]

Its so good to see my inventory in the thumbnail.

[miklosaron]

My hotbar: 1: pickaxe, 2: building block, 3: sword, 4: torch, 5-7: rarely used items as these slots are the hardest to select in my opinion, 8: fireworks, 9: food, offhand: shield. Possibly far from best, but i like it :) i'm still a newbie, started a month ago. my ender chest is usually full of shulker boxes with supplies and several empty, i also have anvil, diamonds, coal, iron and logs too. Thanks for the video!