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Minecraft Minecart

Do you need to cover great distances and don’t have a horse or elytra at your disposal? Get on board the Minecraft minecart! It’s a vehicle in Minecraft used for transportation on rails. It can be ridden by players, mobs and is used to transport items or entities. The Minecart is an essential tool for creating efficient travel systems within the game, especially in large worlds or mining operations.

Overview Minecraft Minecart:

  • efficient transportation device for players, mobs & items
  • different types with unique functions
  • affected differently by different kinds of rails

How to Craft a Minecart

Crafting a minecart is fairly easy, as all you need is some iron ingots, which you can gather pretty early on. The Minecraft minecart recipe looks like this:

5x iron ingot = 1x minecart

All you need is five iron ingots in your inventory and a crafting table. Arrange the ingots in a U-shape starting in the bottom row and there you go.

Types of the Minecart

There are several variants of minecarts in Minecraft, each serving a unique purpose. To craft them, you need to combine a regular minecart with an additional item.

1. Minecart with chest

1x minecart + 1x chest

This minecart, also called storage minecart, has a chest on it to transport items. It’s ideal for automated mining systems and transporting loot.

2. Minecart with a furnace

1x minecart + 1x furnace

This one is also known as the ‘powered minecart’. It acts as a locomotive to push other minecarts in front of it when fueling the furnace with coal or charcoal.

3. Minecart with a hopper

1x minecart + 1x hopper

This type is particularly helpful for automated farming and collection systems, as it can gather items from the environment or above, also at a quicker rate than regular hoppers.

4. Minecart with TNT

1x minecart + 1x TNT

This cart contains a block of TNT that can be detonated by activator rails or other methods, which can be used for explosions or traps.

The Minecart in Creative Mode

There is also an additional type, the minecart with command block. However, it can’t be obtained via crafting but only through the command:

/summon command_block_minecart

​It actually looks like it sounds: like when a command block is placed in the minecart. Just like all the other variants. When placed on an active activator rail, it runs its command every four game ticks. When it passes a detector rail with a comparator next to it, it outputs the command block’s result. This type of cart is primarily used in creative mode or adventure maps for executing commands on the go.

How to Use a Minecart

Minecarts can be placed on rails by right-clicking on the rail segment where the cart is desired. A minecart can be picked up by attacking it for some time. If it gets into contact with a cactus or is shot with a bow and arrow, it is also destroyed.

Players can enter a MC minecart by right-clicking it and exit by pressing sneak (default: shift). If a mob stands next to a moving minecart or is pushed into it, it is picked up by the cart. To move a minecart, players can either push it manually or use powered rails or a furnace minecart. If the minecart doesn’t receive any more momentum through pushing or rails, it will slowly roll out and eventually stop. When a minecart reaches the end of a rail, it bounces back if it’s up against a solid block. This also works when it stands and you power the rail beneath it. However, if it’s up against a transparent block, like glass, it just comes to a stop. You can use this purposely for different mechanics.

Types of Rails for the Minecart

To efficiently move a minecart, rails are what you need. There are several types of Minecraft rails:

  • regular rail
  • powered rail
  • detector rail
  • activator rail

Each type serves a distinct purpose, making it worth the effort to try each one of them at some point. 

Practical Uses of Minecarts & Rails

A Minecraft minecart and rails are commonly used in various ways:

  • transportation: To travel efficiently between locations in a survival or creative world, especially over long distances.
  • mining systems: Automate the process of transporting ores and materials from mines to storage areas.
  • automated farms: Use minecarts with hoppers to collect and transport harvested items.
  • redstone contraptions: Combine a minecart with redstone components to create complex machines and contraptions.
  • adventure maps & roller coasters: For custom built adventure maps, minecarts can be used to create thrilling rides or scripted events.

You can also create a minecart train. If you push several minecarts into each other, they connect and move collectively. This is useful for transporting multiple mobs at once, but also plenty of items by using minecarts with chests. It can be powered by a furnace minecart behind it or powered rails. As opposed to a single cart, once the train is on the go it doesn’t lose speed when moving straight.

Fun Facts:

  • A minecart moves at different speeds, based on what’s inside of it. Minecarts filled with players, mobs or a chest move faster than an empty minecart. 
  • If you open the inventory mid-ride, the player appears sitting in mid-air.
  • When sitting in a minecart, you can teleport to another one nearby by right-clicking on it. This can be used to build a fast elevator by placing several minecarts on top of each other. 

Conclusion: Minecraft Minecart

The Minecart (especially in combination with rails) is a versatile tool in Minecraft, allowing players to get creative and create complex transportation and automation systems. With various types of minecarts and rails available, players have the flexibility to design systems that suit their needs, from simple transport networks to advanced redstone machines. If you want to get aboard, try it out for yourself on a Minecraft server from G-Portal, but don’t go off the rails!

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