Rail

Rail is a track that minecarts run along.

Obtaining

Crafting

Usage

Placing

A rail is placed on top of a full, solid block. It drops as an item when that block goes.

A sloped rail also drops when the block it rises against goes.

Joining

A rail joins the rails on its four sides, including rails one block higher or lower. It joins a rail that is already joined to it or has a free end, and leaves alone a rail joined at both ends to others. Placing a rail bends a neighbour with a free end to meet it.

Joins	Shape
nothing	straight, north to south
one rail, or two on opposite sides	straight, toward them
two rails on adjacent sides	curved between them

A straight rail slopes up to meet a rail one block higher at either end. A curve never slopes.

Only a plain rail curves. A powered rail or detector rail between rails on two axes lies east to west.

Junctions

A rail between three rails curves. Redstone power decides which way:

Rails beside it	Unpowered	Powered
north, south and east	south to east	north to east
north, south and west	south to west	north to west
east, west and south	south to east	south to west
east, west and north	north to east	north to west

It switches at a block update from a power source.

A rail between four rails takes its curve when placed, south to east or, if powered, north to west. It does not switch.

Data values

• Block ID: 66
• Translation key: tile.rail