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Minecart with Furnace
TransportationCraftable

Minecart with Furnace

A minecart with a furnace that propels itself and pushes other minecarts along rails when fueled with coal or charcoal.

Stack Size

1

Durability

N/A

Category

Transportation

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

minecart_with_furnace

Minecart with Furnace at a glance

Minecart with Furnace comes from crafting, and Transportation is where it sits as a transportation item. It does not stack, so every one you carry costs a full inventory slot, and nine of them fill a hotbar row.

You keep Minecart with Furnace for distance, since covering ground on foot costs time that it gives back. It sits between Minecart with Chest and Minecart with Hopper in Transportation, number 15 of 25 there.

Crafting recipe

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

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Right-click with coal or charcoal to fuel it. Registry id is furnace_minecart.

Frequently asked questions about Minecart with Furnace

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

    How do you get Minecart with Furnace in Minecraft?

    Minecart with Furnace is crafted from Furnace and Minecart at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

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

    When was Minecart with Furnace added to Minecraft?

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

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

    What is Minecart with Furnace used for?

    A minecart with a furnace that propels itself and pushes other minecarts along rails when fueled with coal or charcoal.

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

    How many Minecart with Furnace can you stack?

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

Building with it

A furnace minecart burns coal to push itself and whatever carts are in front of it along the track. Powered rails made it largely obsolete, but on a long line with no gold to spare it is still the cheapest locomotive in the game.