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Chest Minecart
TransportationCraftable

Chest Minecart

A minecart with a built-in chest for automated item transportation along rail systems.

Stack Size

1

Durability

N/A

Category

Transportation

Version Added

1.0

Item ID

chest_minecart

Chest Minecart at a glance

Chest Minecart, a transportation item out of crafting and Mineshaft chest loot, sits under Transportation. No stacking for Chest Minecart: a slot goes the moment a second one comes in, and a chest row of nine holds nine.

You keep Chest Minecart for distance, since covering ground on foot costs time that it gives back. It sits between Birch Boat with Chest and Dark Oak Boat in Transportation, number 6 of 25 there.

Crafting recipe

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How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Mineshaft chest loot

Notes

Has 27 inventory slots like a regular chest. Can be loaded and unloaded with hoppers.

Frequently asked questions about Chest Minecart

  1. Chest, Minecart going into Chest Minecart, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Chest Minecart in Minecraft?

    Chest Minecart is crafted from Chest and Minecart at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from Mineshaft chest loot, not just the recipe above.

  2. One Chest Minecart, the whole of what a single inventory slot holds

    How many Chest Minecart can you stack?

    One Chest Minecart per slot, since Chest Minecart does not stack, and every one then costs 1 Chest and 1 Minecart. A shulker box tops out at 27 of them, one per slot.

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

    What is Chest Minecart used for?

    A minecart with a built-in chest for automated item transportation along rail systems.

  4. Chest Minecart coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.0

    When was Chest Minecart added to Minecraft?

    Chest Minecart was added in the 1.0 full release.

Building with it

A chest on a minecart gives twenty seven slots that travel. Loaded at one end of a rail line and unloaded by a hopper at the other, it is the classic way to move a mine's output home without walking a single stack back yourself.

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