Powered Rail
A rail that accelerates minecarts when supplied with redstone power and brakes them when unpowered. Place them periodically along a track to keep carts moving.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryTransportation
Version Added
Version AddedBeta 1.5
Item ID
Item IDpowered_rail
Overview
Powered Rail is a transportation item in the Transportation category of Minecraft, obtained through crafting it. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Powered Rail.
It is used to travel across the world. Breaking Powered Rail works against a hardness of 0.7. Powered Rail takes the same 0.7 from an explosion. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Powered Rail fast; the wooden one already drops it. Generated chests only ever hold Powered Rail in one place: abandoned mineshaft chests (about 23%, 1 to 4 at a time).
Crafting Recipe
Crafting
How to Obtain
- Crafting
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Powered Rail in Minecraft?
Powered Rail is crafted at a Crafting Table using Gold Ingot, Stick, and Redstone Dust, and each craft yields 6.
What is Powered Rail used for?
A rail that accelerates minecarts when supplied with redstone power and brakes them when unpowered. Place them periodically along a track to keep carts moving.
How many Powered Rail can you stack?
Powered Rail stacks up to 64 per inventory slot, so a full stack is 64 and a double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Powered Rail take to break?
Mining Powered Rail works against 0.7; explosives work against 0.7. Both being equal is the usual case; only blocks meant to hold off explosives get a higher second number. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Powered Rail fast; the wooden one already drops it. These are the stored values from the Java 26.2 client, not a stopwatch result.
Where do you find Powered Rail in chests?
Powered Rail is chest loot in exactly one place: abandoned mineshaft chests (about 23%, 1 to 4 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists it, so that structure is the only place worth searching.
When was Powered Rail added to Minecraft?
Powered Rail was added in version Beta 1.5.