Minecraft Clip Highlights How Fast Minecarts Can Be

Key Takeaways

• Minecraft Snapshot updates allow Minecarts to move at 71 blocks per second by making changes to the game rules.
• Changes in Minecart speed may make Minecart tracks more necessary as a mode of transportation.
• The speed increase for Minecarts may benefit players who have not yet beaten the game, unlike Elytra’s speed.

A Minecraft player has made a clip highlighting how fast Minecarts can be after a few changes to the game rules. Minecraft updates have made multiple changes to Minecarts over the years, but one Snapshot adjustment seemingly flew under the radar of many players.

Minecarts have been part of Minecraft since the game was released, offering players an easy way of getting around a Seed. The game also features Minecarts with Chests, Hoppers, TNT, and Furnaces. The Minecart with Chest is almost as common as a standard Minecart, as players can find many of them in Mineshafts. A change that players have previewed in Snapshot gave Minecarts adequate momentum to jump over vast gaps using Powered Rails. This has resulted in multiple gamers creating rollercoaster-like Minecraft designs. Another change may make getting around a Seed even easier, as it has increased Minecart speed.

Reddit user MikeOxlong2420 recently shared a video highlighting the speed of a Minecart compared to Elytra with Fireworks. The clip begins after the player alters game rules related to the Minecart. They equip Fireworks before pushing a Minecart that’s placed on a straight line of Minecraft Powered Rails, which can be made with six Gold Ingots, one stick, and one Redstone Dust. Before the Minecart significantly speeds up, the gamer flies using their Elytra and Fireworks. As the Minecart catches up to the player, they quickly burn through more Fireworks, but the cart shoots past them at extreme speed and moves beyond the world’s draw distance. The Minecart briefly comes back into view after it drops onto a lower track, disappearing again before the player reaches it at the end of the line.

Minecraft Minecarts Can Be Faster Than Elytra Now

Gamers can adjust the speed in their game rules to make Minecarts move 71 blocks per second, one block less than a Boat on blue ice. This speed is significantly faster than that of a Minecart in the standard Bedrock Edition. Because Minecarts can be acquired fairly early into a playthrough, this adjustment may benefit players who haven’t beaten the game yet the most. Once players beat Minecraft in The End, they can receive Elytra which enables them to fly around their Seed using Fireworks. This was the easiest and most convenient way to get around for a long time, but this change may make Minecart tracks even more necessary. Because Minecarts are known to slow down in multiplayer, this speed may be subject to change.

As the Snapshot build is updated before Minecraft Bedrock Edition, this Minecart improvement could be adjusted ahead of a live patch. With Mojang confirming details about the next update, there may be some upcoming changes that haven’t been shown off.