Obtaining
Minecarts with chests can be retrieved by attacking them.
Info
| Type | Vehicles |
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| Durability | N/A |
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to  | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
| Internal ID | PC: 43 |
| Network ID | PC: 10 |
| Entity ID | chest_minecart |
| Drops | |
Health points The health gauge and monitor in Minecraft is based on a single row of 10 heart icons. Each full heart contains two halves, one hit point each (full health is 20 hit points). Contents 1  | |
| First appearances | See History |
| Data value | dec:342 hex:156 bin:101010110 |
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition  | chest_minecart |
A minecart with chest (also called a chest minecart) are minecarts with chests inside.
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Crafting
Natural generation
Minecarts with chests naturally generate in abandoned mineshafts Abandoned mineshaft Biome Any Consists of Wooden Planks Fence Rail Torch Cobweb Dirt Monster Spawner Minecart with Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history "Mine" redirects here. For information about mining, see Mining. 
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Usage
Minecarts with chests can be placed by using its item on a rail Rail Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 66 hex: 42 bin: 1000010 Name rail See the standard rail. For other uses, 
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Chest minecart`s 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 Powered Rail Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 27 hex: 1B bin: 11011 Name golden_rail A powered rail is a type of rail that 
is dependent on their load. For instance, from a 1 powered rail starter track, an empty minecart with chest will go 64 blocks, but a full minecart with chest will go only 16 blocks (opposed to 8 blocks for an empty normal minecart and 80 blocks for an occupied normal minecart).
Another physical property of chest minecarts is their ability to be stacked. Whereas only 3 chests can fit in an area 3 blocks tall, up to 4 chest minecarts can fit in the same area.
Entity data
Minecarts with chests have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity. Their entity ID is chest_minecart in the computer edition, or minecartchest in Pocket Edition Pocket Edition Author(s) Mojang AB Jens Bergensten Aron Nieminen Daniel Kaplan Tommaso Checchi Shoghi Cervantes Jason Major Daniel Wustenhoff Tomas Alaeus Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios 1] Platform(s) Written in C++ 2] Latest version 1.1.2 
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Entity data- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all minecarts see Template:Nbt inherit/vehicle/template
Items: List of items.
An item, including the Slot tag. Slots are numbered 0 to 26.- Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
LootTable: Optional. Loot table to be used to fill the chest when it is next opened, or the items are otherwise interacted with.
LootTableSeed: Optional. Seed for generating the loot table. 0 or omitted will use a random seed.
- ↑ a b Both loot table tags will be removed once the items have been generated.
ID
A minecart`s ID distinguishes between the different minecart types.
| Minecart type | Item Name | Item Dec | Item Hex | Entity Name | Entity Dec | Entity Hex | ||||||
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| PC | PE | PC | PE | PC | PE | PC | PE | PC | PE | PC | PE | |
Minecart | minecart | 328 | 148 | minecart | 42 | 84 | 2A | 40 | ||||
Minecart with Chest | chest_minecart | 342 | 156 | chest_minecart | 43 | 98 | 2B | 62 | ||||
Minecart with Furnace | furnace_minecart | N/A | 343 | N/A | 157 | N/A | furnace_minecart | N/A | 44 | N/A | 2C | N/A |
Minecart with TNT | tnt_minecart | 407 | 197 | tnt_minecart | 45 | 97 | 2D | 61 | ||||
Minecart with Hopper | hopper_minecart | 408 | 198 | hopper_minecart | 46 | 96 | 2E | 60 | ||||
Minecart with Command Block | command_block_minecart | 422 | 443 | 1A6 | 1BB | commandblock_minecart | command_block_minecart | 40 | 100 | 28 | 64 | |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement Pocket Edition & Console Edition only The popup that appears when an achievement is earned. "The End?" and "The End." redirect here. For the dimension, see The End. Certain names of achievements redirect here. For  | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
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| Freight Station | Use a hopper to move an item from a chest minecart to a chest. | No | No | Yes | No | 15G | ⃢₀ₔ | ||
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Issues
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Gallery
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A compact storage using chest minecarts (left) compared to chest storage in the same volume.
Sources
Chest Minecarts can be found in Abandoned Mineshafts. Alternatively, they can be made in a Crafting Table in the following arrangement:
| Minecart with Chest (Shapeless recipe) | ||
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| None | None | None |
| None | Chest | None |
| None | Minecart | None |
Usage
Minecarts with Chests can be used to store items without anybody seeing - "hiding" the item - or simply used, for example, to add Books to a "library." This is done with: any block of the player`s choice, a Minecart with Chest, a Button, a Piston, and a Rail.
For the block of the player`s choice, use a Bookshelf. First, delete a vertical row of 2 blocks (do NOT destroy the block that touches the ground). Put a rail on the block and then place the Minecart.
Destroy the block that was placed on the Rail and Minecart on top of it. The Minecart will fall down and the Rail will be destroyed (remember: the Minecart will turn around when the block is destroyed, so it`s recommended that the Rail is facing towards the direction that the player was looking). Next, place down a Piston looking down and insert a Button on the block nearest to the Piston. Then, place the Bookshelf under the Piston and press the Button. The Bookshelf will go through the Minecart. Now, destroy the Piston and place down Bookshelves to fill the empty spaces.
Note that, if the Minecart switches direction away from the direction the player was looking at, then a part of the Minecart will show up when the Button pushed, and that will show everyone else where the Minecart is, so it`s highly suggested to make sure the Minecart isn`t looking "vertically."
