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Birch Boat with Chest
TransportationCraftable

Birch Boat with Chest

Birch Boat with Chest is a rideable boat with a built-in single chest for storage, crafted from a birch boat and a chest. It is used to transport items across water.

Stack Size

1

Durability

N/A

Category

Transportation

Version Added

1.19

Item ID

birch_boat_with_chest

Birch Boat with Chest at a glance

Crafting gives you Birch Boat with Chest, a transportation item filed under Transportation. No stacking for Birch Boat with Chest: a slot goes the moment a second one comes in, and a chest row of nine holds nine. Feed Birch Boat with Chest to a furnace and 6 smelts follow, 6 from a stack of 1.

You keep Birch Boat with Chest for distance, since covering ground on foot costs time that it gives back. It sits between Birch Boat and Chest Minecart in Transportation, number 5 of 25 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
ChestChest
Birch BoatBirch Boat
Birch Boat with ChestBirch Boat with Chest

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

Birch Boat with Chest burns for 60 seconds (1200 ticks), which is 6 items per Birch Boat with Chest

Notes

Crafts from one boat and one chest; carries 27 storage slots.

Frequently asked questions about Birch Boat with Chest

  1. Chest, Birch Boat going into Birch Boat with Chest, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Birch Boat with Chest in Minecraft?

    Birch Boat with Chest is crafted from Chest and Birch Boat at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. One Birch Boat with Chest, the whole of what a single inventory slot holds

    How many Birch Boat with Chest can you stack?

    One Birch Boat with Chest per slot, since Birch Boat with Chest does not stack, and every one then costs 1 Chest and 1 Birch Boat.

  3. Birch Boat with Chest on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Birch Boat with Chest used for?

    Birch Boat with Chest is a rideable boat with a built-in single chest for storage, crafted from a birch boat and a chest. It is used to transport items across water.

  4. Birch Boat with Chest beside a furnace, which is where its 60 seconds of burning go

    Can Birch Boat with Chest be used as fuel?

    One Birch Boat with Chest keeps a furnace running for 60 seconds, which is 6 items for each one burnt. Set against its recipe, Birch Boat with Chest carries the heat that Chest and Birch Boat would have given. One Chest on its own gives 15 seconds, next to the 60 of Birch Boat with Chest.

Building with it

A Birch Boat with Chest pairs pale birch planks with a chest, giving a light-coloured hauler that is easy to keep track of on open water. The chest carries twenty-seven slots, the boat carries you, and both survive being parked on a beach while you explore inland.

In practice

A chest boat carries twenty seven slots and a passenger at once, and the pale birch hull is easy to spot from shore. Everything inside drops when the boat breaks rather than vanishing, so a collision with an iceberg costs time rather than cargo.