A Powered Minecart in action.
In Seecret Friday Update 7, Notch implemented powered Minecarts.
See the Minecart article for information on standard minecarts.
Crafting
A powered Minecart is crafted from a Furnace and a Minecart, as shown below:
Destroying a Powered Minecart will give you back a Furnace and regular Minecart, however any fuel used will be lost.
Usage
To use the Powered Minecart, first place it on a track. Select your fuel (usually coal) and right-click on the Minecart. When right-clicking on the Minecart, you want to face the direction you want it to travel. You can make the cart change direction by right-clicking it while facing the opposite direction of travel. No coal will be lost doing this.
Important Notes
- Breaking a powered minecart gives a plain cart and the furnace back (but not fuel).
- Powered minecarts cannot push other carts around 180-degree hairpin turns.
- A player in a cart adds significant weight, requiring more power to push.
- 1/1 (and possibly 1/2) slopes are too steep for a single powered cart to push a single occupied cart uphill. 1/3 slopes appear to be gradual enough for success.
- Going up at a slope of 1/3 (two flat-rails between each up-ramp) will allow you to push your train upwards, as it appears the powered minecarts have force applied in intervals.
- Multiple powered minecarts yield more pushing power; 2 powered minecarts can push a player-occupied minecart up a 1/1 slope. (although very slowly).
- A Single powered minecart can push an occupied minecart up a 1/1 slope if there are additional minecarts being pushed (possibly due to bumping physics).
- When a powered minecart runs out of fuel, it does not break.
Trivia
- Storage and powered minecarts are the first crafted items created from two separate crafted items.
See Also
- Minecart
- Minecart Tracks
- Storage Minecart