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Minecart with Chest
TransportationCraftable

Minecart with Chest

A minecart with a built-in chest that stores up to 27 stacks of items and travels along rails, useful for automatic delivery systems.

Stack Size

1

Durability

N/A

Category

Transportation

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

minecart_with_chest

Minecart with Chest at a glance

Minecraft files Minecart with Chest under Transportation: a transportation item you get from crafting and generated structures. No stacking for Minecart with Chest: a slot goes the moment a second one comes in, and a chest row of nine holds nine.

You keep Minecart with Chest for distance, since covering ground on foot costs time that it gives back. It sits between Minecart and Minecart with Furnace in Transportation, number 14 of 25 there.

Crafting recipe

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Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Minecart with Chest has the grid for Minecart with Chest

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Generated structures

Notes

Generates on rails in mineshafts containing loot. Registry id is chest_minecart.

Frequently asked questions about Minecart with Chest

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

    How do you get Minecart with Chest in Minecraft?

    Minecart with Chest is crafted from Chest and Minecart at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from generated structures, not just the recipe above.

  2. Minecart with Chest coming forward out of the past, in the game since Alpha

    When was Minecart with Chest added to Minecraft?

    Minecart with Chest was added in the early Alpha development period.

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

    What is Minecart with Chest used for?

    A minecart with a built-in chest that stores up to 27 stacks of items and travels along rails, useful for automatic delivery systems.

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

    How many Minecart with Chest can you stack?

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

Building with it

A minecart with a chest carries a full chest of goods along a rail, and a hopper under the track pulls the contents out automatically when it passes. That combination is what turns a distant mine or farm into something that delivers to your base on its own.

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