Mojang partially solves Minecraft's inventory issue with an upcoming feature

Upon first entering a new Minecraft world, players quickly explore various biomes and caves to progress, gathering various items and blocks in the process. However, they soon find themselves filling their inventories to the brim, which quickly becomes an issue faced by most players. Although storage options like shulker boxes and ender chests exist, they are endgame items. Hence, Mojang Studios will soon add a long-awaited item that can be crafted early in the game.

That item is called a bundle. Here is how bundles could soon partially solve Minecraft's inventory issue.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion.

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How will bundles partially solve Minecraft's inventory issue?

What is a bundle?

Bundles were announced almost four years ago (Image via Mojang Studios)

Back in 2020, Mojang Studios announced that they would add bundles to the Caves and Cliffs update. It was showcased that players would be able to store one stack worth of items in it, whether it be several items or one type of item worth 64 units.

However, due to interaction issues on touch devices, the item was never released in the 1.17 version and was seemingly forgotten. Many subsequent updates featuring other new features have since been released, but bundles were never mentioned in any of them

While often talked about in the community even long after its announcement, bundles weren't seriously expected to make it into the official game.

However, on June 29, 2024, Mojang Studios finally announced that they had resolved how bundles would work on every platform. They stated that they would soon bring the item to beta and preview versions. As of now, they haven't yet been introduced, but the developers will soon add Bundles to Minecraft.

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Bundles will allow new players to store lots of items

Bundles can store a lot of items and it can be shared between players (Image via Mojang Studios)

One of the primary issues regarding Minecraft's inventory is that it fills up extremely quickly. Instead of exploring new resources and areas, players often end up having to focus on organizing their inventory and creating chests for each item.

Bundles would partially remove this problem early in the game since they can be crafted easily from six rabbit hides and two strings.

Players will be able to keep several bundles in their inventory, each with a stack worth of different items. This will be particularly helpful when players have several items that are not a full stack but take up an entire inventory slot.

Furthermore, users will be able to throw bundles out in the world with all the items intact inside them. This will allow them to share items easily with other players in a multiplayer world.

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Bundle management and interaction will be key to resolving inventory issue

Bundle's management will be key to how useful and popular it will be (Image via Mojang Studios)

Another inconvenience players often face in Minecraft is that the inventory mouse shortcuts are not intuitive. There are dedicated mods made to improve mouse shortcuts that make managing the inventory easier.

Since Mojang Studios has now announced bundles for upcoming Minecraft updates, it is safe to say that the new item's intuitiveness could improve the inventory management experience.

If bundles are easy to handle on all platforms, it would massively help new and experienced players to use them regularly.