Minecart Tracks (or Rails) are Non-Solid blocks first seen in the First "Seecret Friday Update" to Infdev. The block has several sprites depending on their orientation when laid. They appear as a 2D image of straight track in the player's hand. Tracks do not appear anywhere on a natural map. For now, tracks can only be crafted in Infdev, Alpha and Beta mode.
A Track's purpose is to provide a line along which Minecarts can move easily.
The track's texture was changed in the Halloween update.
Crafting
16 track pieces can be crafted from 6 Iron Ingots and 1 Stick, in the pattern below:
| Ingredients | Input » Output |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingots + Stick | Template:Crafting grid |
Behavior
Two directly adjacent tracks will attach inline to each other automatically. If two perpendicular track pieces meet, the track connecting them will turn into a curve.
If a track leads up to a 1 block high ledge, the piece placed up against the ledge will turn into a ramp if another track is placed on top of the ledge.
T intersections can be powered by Redstone circuits and their direction can change with Switches, provided there is no confusion about the 2 directions to switch to. Separate tracks laid adjacent but at the next level lower or higher can sometimes cause issues. Since there are no formal rail junctions, switched T intersections are the only method by which the player can have a track system that leads in more directions than back and forth. In rare cases, curved track sections will not change appearance when their direction is changed. If a track switching mechanism seems to be inexplicably broken, test it by running a cart on the track rather than by looking at how the track appears to be oriented. Redstone circuits will not affect normal track blocks or track ramps.
If water flows against a track, it will usually remove it and drop the track as a resource, similar to Torches. Due to a glitch, ramps will simply disappear. Lava will also remove tracks, but the resource will nearly always also be destroyed by falling into the lava.
Collision Glitch
When a cart is traveling on a curve, it will momentarily lose collision prior to exiting the curve. Thus, if a block is placed directly after the curve instead of a track piece, the cart will phase through it. This can be utilized to make minecarts seemingly appear from nothing, by making a hole underneath. It should be noted that since minecarts travel diagonally on curves, it can miss the hole if it has enough speed, by skipping over it, if the hole is 1x1. This can be avoided by blocking the sides. It is not recommended to use this method in rapid succession, as the cart will slow down a lot. Anyone sitting in the cart will likely be subject to suffocation.
South-west Rule
At non-curve track intersections, trains will always travel south or west (as shown in the diagram below). This is commonly referred to as the south-west rule.
This rule also applies to T-intersections, and determine which way the curve from the intersection will face when unpowered. You can use this to orient yourself.
Downhill Rule
At non-curve track intersections trains will always travel downhill if they can. This is known as the downhill rule and overrides the south-west rule.
Ramp clearance/one-way effect
A block placed above the track at the downhill end of a ramp will prevent minecarts from traveling down the slope, but not up.
- In order for a minecart to move down a diagonal tunnel, there must be just as much clearance as a player needs to walk it.
- This effect can be used to allow minecarts to travel in only one direction, preventing runaway carts from going back into launching mechanisms and jamming them up.
Curve Intersections
If a straight track piece leads to a curve block and isn't attached to the curve, a Minecart will run over the gap and continue to go straight over the curve.
Other examples
Extreme Roller-coaster sharing
Here, you may place the facts and layout of your coaster. Write, but please DO NOT delete others facts. And put your Account name on the top, then a line so people know who's coaster is yours. exmp: Kabob34
Now post on!
Kabob34
The coaster starts a bit slow, then goes to a booster and goes up a ramp. then another. Then it goes down a ramp where another booster is located, and flies off the tracks (not really just goes really fast). It goes up a tree, then down it, and takes a large ramp which leads to another booster. There then are turns which lead to another booster, Followed by my "Nether area". It is a 3x11x3 cave-ish thingy... And it is made of Netherrack and Lightstone. You see a sign saying "WARNING !!! GHASTS" and then go down a ramp to see a ghast (fake, just cloth) and you go right under him. a secret booster then boosts you up 5 up-ramps and you go down 4 ramps and go on to a 12 second bridge which has a booster on it. Then you breeze through the meadows, turn left to find a sign saying "Good job surviving... But next time.." It is also where a booster is located, and it goes up a 2-block high up-ramp. It then Turns left, with another sign saying "Coaster by Kabob34, Now you get to..." -- Followed by another, in a SECOND nether area, a 8x12x4 cube with ghasts located in it (same as first one) The sign says "-- DIE!!" It goes with the Coaster by Kabob34 sign, then you go up a large ramp, then go down a 17 block tall down-ramp, then head to Water Port, where you fall 31 blocks in your cart and there is a sign there saying "Thank you for riding" ... That's all... There is a ladder.
Fact: There are more than 10 boosters in this coaster -- Fact: In the nether areas at night, You will commonly find mobs that will stop you, or slow you down. -- Fact: When digging the 31 block deep hole, No ores were ever found. -- Fact: The coaster starts outside of the house, and the second nether area is on its roof. Water port is located at a nearby beach. Fact: The track can be done backwards from the highest point of the final down-ramp. *
* means "It gets all the non-reset-loop boosters back in place, able to ride again and again.
*More contributors, Share your coasters!*
See also
- The Minecart page has more information about what objects can be used on the tracks themselves.
- The Minecart booster page has detailed information about building track boosters.





