A dispenser is a low-capacity storage block that can fire projectiles, use certain items or tools, or place certain blocks, fluids, or entities when given a redstone signal. It can be mined using a pickaxe, which you can see in our fanart Minecraft Dispenser and Pickaxe cursor, in which case it drops itself and its contents. If mined without a pickaxe, the dispenser drops only its contents. A dispenser can be used as a container and a redstone component that dispenses items when activated, which results vary based on the item.
