Rarity color |
Common |
---|---|
Renewable |
Yes |
Stackable |
No |
Size |
Height: 0.7 Blocks |
Network ID |
JE: 10 |
Drops | |
Health points |
6 |
A minecart with chest is a minecart with a chest inside it.
Contents
Natural generation[]

Example of loot in a minecart with chest in a mineshaft.
Minecarts with chests containing loot naturally generate in mineshafts, each on top of a piece of rail.
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
Chest + Minecart |
The recipe is shapeless.[upcoming: JE 1.19] |
Minecarts with chests cannot be directly retrieved by attacking them, as they drop as a minecart and a chest plus its contents. The player can recraft them so that they can be placed again.[until JE 1.19 & BE 1.19.0]
Usage[]
Minecarts with chests can be placed by using its item on any type of rail.
Chest minecarts' contents can be accessed by pressing use item button on them. The interaction makes no sounds and the chest does not show the opening or closing animation, unlike regular chests.
The boost that minecarts with chests gain from powered rails is dependent on their load. For example, from a 1 powered rail starter track, an empty minecart with chest travels 64 blocks, but a full minecart with chest travels only 16 blocks (opposed to 80 blocks for an occupied normal minecart and 8 blocks for an empty normal minecart).
Another physical property of chest minecarts is their ability to be stacked. While three chests can fit in an area three blocks tall, up to four chest minecarts can fit in the same area. Like other minecarts, an unlimited number of minecarts with chests can exist in the same block space.
Minecarts with chests are also able to interact with hoppers. Hoppers can take items out from the minecart chest if they are below the track as the minecart rolls over it or put them in if the minecart rolls under a downward facing hopper. Hoppers can also input items if they are facing into the side of the minecart.
Opening or destroying a minecart with chest angers piglins.
When on top of detector rails, nearby redstone comparators will give out redstone signals based on how full the minecarts with chests are.
Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minecart rolls | ? | Plays when the minecart is moving | entity.minecart.riding | subtitles.entity.minecart.riding | ? | ? | 16 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Item | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Minecart with Chest | chest_minecart | Item | item.minecraft.chest_minecart |
Entity | Identifier | Translation key |
---|---|---|
Minecart with Chest | chest_minecart | entity.minecraft.chest_minecart |
Item | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Minecart with Chest | chest_minecart | 389 | Item | item.chest_minecart.name |
Entity | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Minecart with Chest | chest_minecart | 98 | entity.chest_minecart.name |
Entity data[]
Minecarts with chests have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all container entities
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all minecarts
Achievements[]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PS4 | Other platforms | |||||
Freight Station | Use a Hopper to move an item from a Chest Minecart to a Chest. | — | 15G | Bronze |
Video[]
History[]

The Minecart models in the Bedrock Edition were north or south on the sides. In the latest version, the front and rear sides are north or south. But the absolute orientation of the chest was not changed.
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
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v1.0.14 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
At this point, they are either called "chest minecarts" or "storage minecarts" because no in-game name was indicated. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.0 | "Minecart with Chest" has been first indicated as its name, via the new item tooltips. | ||||
1.8 | Pre-release | ![]() | |||
release | ![]() | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.5 | 13w02a | Minecarts with chests now generate in mineshafts in place of normal chests. | |||
1.9 | 15w43a | Loot tables have been added; minecarts with chests now use loot tables, and those in generated in mineshafts now use loot tables. | |||
1.9.1 | pre2 | The title of the inventory has been changed from 'Chest minecart' to 'Minecart with Chest'. | |||
1.11 | 16w32a | The entity ID has been changed from MinecartChest to chest_minecart . | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 342. | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.16.2 | Pre-release 1 | Piglins now become angry with players who open or destroy a chest minecart. | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.19 | 22w13a | The crafting recipe for a minecart with chest is now shapeless. | |||
Breaking a minecart with chest will now drop the item instead of the minecart and chest separately, though the contents of the chest are still dropped. | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
build 3 | Minecarts with chests now drop items when destroyed in creative mode. | ||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | The entity ID has been changed from minecartchest to chest_minecart . | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.30 | Breaking a minecart with chest will now drop the item instead of the minecart and chest separately, though the contents of the chest are still dropped. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() |
1.90 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Minecarts with chests emit smoke particles when destroyed. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Minecart with Chest" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
This chest minecart is trapped inside a mossy stone bricks block, due to a stronghold and an mineshaft that generated partially overlapping.
A minecart with chest generated on top of an end portal frame, because there is a mineshaft behind the wall.