Minecart
| Stackable | No |
|---|---|
| Item ID | 328 |
A minecart is a cart that runs along rails, carrying a player or a mob.
Obtaining
Crafting
Usage
Placing
A minecart is placed by using it on a rail, powered rail or detector rail. It cannot be placed anywhere else.
Riding
Using a minecart gets in, and using it again gets out. A minecart another player is riding cannot be entered. Using one that carries a mob puts the player in the mob's place.
The rider cannot move or steer the minecart.
A minecart with no rider, moving faster than 2 blocks per second, picks up any mob that touches it. It never picks up a player.
A rider takes the minecart's fall damage. The On A Rail achievement is for riding a minecart to a point 1000 blocks from where the player got in.
Crafting ingredient
| Result | Recipe |
|---|---|
 Minecart with Chest |  |
 Minecart with Furnace |  |
Behaviour
Movement
A minecart's top speed along a straight rail is 8 blocks per second (0.4 blocks per tick).
A minecart with no rider loses 4% of its speed every tick. One carrying a player or mob loses 0.3%.
A minecart can gather speed beyond its top speed, from powered rails or slopes. It moves no faster for it, but keeps top speed for longer before it slows.
A minecart rolls down a sloped rail, and slows going up one.
A player or mob walking into a minecart pushes it.
Off the rails, a minecart on the ground loses half its speed every tick.
Two minecarts that meet on an east–west track push each other. On a north–south track they push each other only on the rails at x = −2, −1, 0 and 1. Anywhere else on a north–south track, a minecart that runs into another stops against it, and the other does not move.
Breaking
A minecart breaks when damaged enough, and drops as an item. Its rider is let out.
Data values
- Item ID:
328 - Entity network ID:
40 - Translation key:
item.minecart