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The minecart with TNT is a block of TNT inside a minecart.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
TNT +
Minecart

Minecarts with TNT cannot be directly retrieved by attacking them, as they just drop a minecart and a TNT; however the two items can be crafted back together.

Usage

Minecart with TNT detonates on these conditions:

  • It moves over a powered Activator Rail (after a 4 second delay like the TNT block).
  • It hits the ground with a downward velocity of it falling more than three blocks, unless landing on any form of rail.
  • It is destroyed while in motion. (Does not explode if destroyed by a player in Creative mode.)
  • It is destroyed by fire, lava or an explosion.
  • It turns on a curved track too fast, with a solid block or entity located beside the track (in the previous movement direction).
  • It is hit by a flaming arrow. (Explosion size is dependent on the speed of the arrow)
  • It is pressed into a block or entity and has velocity.
  • In Java Edition, it is hit by a fire charge (after about a 2 second delay).

Upon detonation, it acts as normal TNT, exploding and damaging nearby blocks, players, and entities. Upon detonation after activating on activator rail, it does not destroy its rails and the blocks the rail is on, however other nearby carts can.‌[Java Edition only] The faster the minecart, the more powerful the explosion. More than one minecart can be placed on the same rail block, allowing for tens or even hundreds of them to be stuffed into a single block. Upon touching them, they explode and will certianly kill any players close by. Rolling them off a sloped surface can also provice a steady stream of very powerful explosives.

Minecart with TNT bounces off of other minecarts and cannot be linked to a minecart with furnace.

Sounds

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SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
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Minecart rolls?Plays when the minecart is movingentity.minecart.ridingsubtitles.entity.minecart.riding??16

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Minecarts with TNT have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.

  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities
    • Tags common to all minecarts
    •  TNTFuse: Time until explosion or -1 if deactivated.

Video

History

Java Edition
1.513w02aFile:Minecart with TNT Revision 1.png File:Minecart with TNT (Item) Revision 1.png Added minecart with TNT.
13w03aMinecart with TNT no longer destroys nearby rails and rail supports during explosion.[2]
1.814w11aMinecart with TNT explosions no longer stack.
14w26aMinecart with TNT can now be detonated using arrows on fire.
1.1116w32aThe entity ID for minecart with TNT has now been changed from MinecartTNT to tnt_minecart.
1.121.12-pre6No longer instantly explode when hit with fire charges; instead, they explode as if primed by an activator rail.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 407.
1.1418w43aMinecart with TNT File:Minecart with TNT (Item).png The textures of minecart with TNT has now been updated.
19w11aMinecart with TNT explosions now have a 100% drop rate.
1.15Pre-release 1File:Minecart with TNT 1.15-pre1.png The model of minecart with TNT has now been changed.[3]
Pre-release 3Minecart with TNT The model of minecart with TNT has now been changed back to the 18w43a model.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.14.0build 1File:Minecart with TNT Revision 1.png File:Minecart with TNT (Item) Revision 1.png Added minecart with TNT.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0The entity ID has now been changed from minecarttnt to tnt_minecart.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Minecart with TNT File:Minecart with TNT (Item).png The textures of minecart with TNT has now been updated.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19CU7 1.12 Patch 1File:Minecart with TNT Revision 1.png File:Minecart with TNT (Item) Revision 1.png Added TNT minecarts.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Minecart with TNT File:Minecart with TNT (Item).png The textures of minecart with TNT has now been updated.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0File:Minecart with TNT Revision 1.png File:Minecart with TNT (Item) Revision 1.png Added minecart with TNT.
Minecart with TNT emits smoke particles when destroyed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Minecart with TNT" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • A direct hit from three merged minecarts with TNT can reduce a fully diamond armored player to half a heart.[4] However, if the TNT minecarts explode, they won't destroy any rails.

Gallery

References

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