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Elytra (pronunciation: [ˈɛl ɪ trə] el-i-trə)[1] are items that allow the player to glide.

They look grey with a tint of blue unless the player is wearing a cape then the elytra will reflect off the cape.

Obtaining

Elytra are found in end cities. One pair of elytra is found within an item frame in each end ship.

Repairing

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Damaged Elytra


Usage

Flight

Elytra are equipped in the chestplate slot. They can either be placed directly in the slot, or be equipped using a dispenser.

To initiate flying, the player must jump in midair. From there, direction is controlled by looking left or right, and the flying speed and rate of descent is controlled by looking up or down. Looking upwards while gliding temporarily increases the player's altitude, however doing this for too long stalls the player, causing it to descend at a faster rate (indicated by the player moving their limbs).

Elytra allows the player to travel 10 blocks horizontally for each block fallen when flying at a constant 0° pitch, not including the initial fall, resulting in a best constant glide angle of about 5.7°. The maximum flight time is obtained with a pitch of about 14° up. The maximum terminal horizontal velocity is approximately 67.5 m/s and is obtained with a pitch of about 52° down.[2]

Durability decreases by one point each second when flying. Elytra have 431 durability, resulting in 7 minutes and 11 seconds of flight. It is possible to apply the Unbreaking enchantment using an anvil and an enchanted book, which affects the Elytra in the same way that enchantment affects tools.

The player will not take fall damage while the elytra are equipped unless hitting the ground at an excessive rate of descent, which can be caused by nose-diving or stalling. Fall damage will then be a result of the height fallen during the nose-dive or stall.

A player gliding with elytra will have a shorter hitbox, 0.6 blocks in height rather than the usual 1.8 blocks.

Repair

Elytra when broken

When durability reaches 1, elytra will no longer work until they are repaired, and cannot lose more durability. These “broken” elytra have a different, tattered item texture, though they do not appear differently on the player. They may be repaired either by crafting two together or in an anvil, using leather: each piece of leather will repair the elytra by 108 durability, therefore requiring 4 leather to fully repair.

History

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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Minecart with Command Block|Minecart with Command Block]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|renewable=No
|stackable=No
|size=Height: 0.7 Blocks<br>Width: 0.98 Blocks
|image=Minecart with Command Block.gif
|image2=Minecart with Command Block BE.gif
|invimage1=Minecart with Command Block
|networkid=10
|drops={{drop|Item|Minecart|1}}
|health={{hp|6}}
|rarity=Epic
}}

A '''minecart with command block''' is an impulse{{only|java|short=y}} or repeating{{only|bedrock|education|short=y}} [[command block]] inside a [[minecart]].

== Obtaining ==

The minecart with command block is obtainable only using the [[command]] {{cmd|give @s command_block_minecart}}, as it does not appear in the creative inventory{{only|BE}} and has no [[crafting]] recipe. It can also be summoned using the command {{cmd|summon command_block_minecart}}. It can be broken like any other minecart, but only the minecart is retained, while the command block is lost.

== Usage ==
{{main|Command Block}}
The minecart with command block combines the functionalities of both minecarts and command blocks. Although the minecart visually contains an impulse command block, it functions more similarly to a repeating command block, and runs its command once every four game [[tick]]s when on an active [[activator rail]]. When it passes over a [[detector rail]] with a [[comparator]] connected next to it, it outputs the command block's result.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Minecarts with command blocks use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.<ref group="sound" name="rollsource">{{bug|MC-42132}}</ref>
{{Sound table
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|subtitle=Minecart rolls
|source=Friendly Creatures <ref group=sound name=rollsource/>
|overridesource=1
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=entity.minecart.riding
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.minecart.riding
|volume=0.0-0.35 <ref group=sound>Relates linearly with horizontal velocity (max 0.5)</ref>
|pitch=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound>Will increase by 0.0025 per tick if the minecart's horizontal velocity is more than 0.01</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=minecart.base
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Item
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=item
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Item
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=item
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|id=563
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritename=minecart-with-repeating-command-block
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|id=100
|foot=1}}

=== Entity data ===
Minecarts with command blocks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity. 

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w39a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE2.png|32px]] The texture of the [[command block]] in the [[minecart]] has been removed due to the new texture and types for the command block.}}
{{History|||snap=15w35a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has been changed from <code>MinecartCommandBlock</code> to <code>commandblock_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 422.}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The entity ID has been changed to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w20a|Minecart with command block [[Rarity|rarity color]] was changed from common to epic.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w44a|Minecart with command block is now available in the creative inventory, but only if cheats are enabled.}}
{{History|||snap=22w45a|Moved the minecart with command block behind the Operator Utilities tab in the creative inventory. The tab is only available if cheats are enabled and the "Operator Items Tab" option in the controls menu is turned on.}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.5|snap=alpha 1.0.5.0|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block. The [[minecart]] has a [[repeating command block]] in it, instead of an impulse command block.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID has been changed from <code>minecartcommandblock</code> to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of the minecart with command block has been changed. Also the item texture has been changed to match {{el|je}}'s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42990}}</ref>}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=?|xbone=?|ps=?|wiiu=?|switch=?|Added minecart with command blocks. This only exists as an item, as placing it will result in a normal minecart being placed. The command block in the minecart cannot be modified via NBT editing and it has an unused tooltip stating "Used to execute commands on the move!".}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Minecart with command block 13w39b.png|A minecart with command block in [[1.16.4]].
File:A minecart command block testing the block in the red bucket with air.png|A minecart command block testing the block in the red area with [[air]].
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}

{{Entities}}

[[de:Befehlsblocklore]]
[[fr:Wagonnet à bloc de commande]]
[[it:Carrello da miniera]]
[[ja:コマンドブロック付きのトロッコ]]
[[nl:Mijnkar met opdrachtblok]]
[[pl:Wagonik z blokiem poleceń]]
[[pt:Carrinho de mina com bloco de comando]]
[[ru:Вагонетка с командным блоком]]
[[uk:Вагонетка з командним блоком]]
[[zh:命令方块矿车]]</li><li>[[:Category:Minecraft Earth items|Category:Minecraft Earth items]]<br/>All items in ''[[Minecraft Earth]]''.
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Minecraft Earth|Items]]</li></ul>
October 5, 2015Tommaso Checchi tweets that Jeb is working on a secret feature for Minecraft PC, saying that "it's like Mario 64."
October 6, 2015Jeb tweets an animated gif revealing a player gliding around an end city. Elytra have a dragon-wing texture.
Jeb tweets an image of folded wings, which replace the cape the player is wearing.
Jeb tweets another animated gif of his character with Mojang-themed elytra, gliding along a river through a taiga forest.
15w41aAdded elytra.
15w42aElytra now spread slightly when the player crouches.
The player can now take damage from gliding into walls, and crashing into a wall now has its own death message.
The player can now fit through 1-block gaps while gliding.
The player is no longer able to go higher than the starting point of the glide.
15w43aThe player's point of view now gets shifted while gliding.
16w06aElytra now recognize the player's cape and adopt a different elytra cape design for every official cape (see Gallery). In addition, Jeb is working on a feature that will allow players to change the elytra design like regular player skins.
16w07aElytra are now activated by jumping mid-air. The player no longer glides automatically when falling.
The cape option in the options menu now also disables custom elytra textures.

Issues

Issues relating to "Elytra" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

Trivia

  • In real life, elytra are the tough forewings of beetles and earwigs that cover the wings they actually use for flight. Elytra are not actually used for flight in real life.
  • Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, and Projectile Protection enchantments work on Elytra. However, there is no way to apply these enchantments to Elytra in Survival Mode.

References

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