Cart Assembler
The Cart Assembler can attach a Contraption to carts that pass through it when supplied with a Redstone signal.
Obtaining
Breaking
Hardness | 1.5 |
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Tool | ![]() |
Breaking time[Note 1] | |
![]() | 7.5 |
![]() | 1.15 |
![]() | 0.6 |
![]() | 0.4 |
![]() | 0.3 |
![]() | 0.25 |
![]() | 0.2 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
Name | Ingredients | Crafting Recipe |
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Cart Assembler | Any Log + Andesite Alloy + Redstone Dust |
Usage
Rail Type | When Activated | When Deactivated |
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Rail | Assembles Cart Contraptions | Disassembles Cart Contraptions |
Powered Rail | Assembles and releases Cart Contraptions | Disassembles and stops Cart Contraptions |
Detector Rail | Assembles unassembled Cart Contraptions, Disassembles Assembled Cart Contraptions | N/A |
Activator Rail | Disassembles Cart Contraptions. Unlike the other rails, the Cart Assembler is not required for this to happen. | N/A |
Value Settings
The Value Settings Screen can be accessed on the side of the Cart Assembler to change the cart contraption's movement modes.
- Always face toward motion
- Pause actors while rotating - Contraption Actors such as a Deployer will not work while the cart rotates.
- Lock Rotation - the contraption will not change alignment along with the cart, and will retain the same rotation from when it was built, much like the effect of a Mechanical Bearing on a cart contraption.
Cart contraptions will not travel through nether portals.
Cart Contraptions
Similarly to rotating structures, having a Mechanical Bearing in the structure will cause the attached part to keep the same alignment as the cart moves.

Cart Contraptions made with a Furnace Minecart can automatically take Coal as fuel from onboard inventories.
Despite having collision with mobs or items, Cart Contraptions do not collide with blocks unless the appropriate world-interaction block makes the collision.
Item Form
Cart Contraptions can be taken into the inventory by right clicking them with a Wrench (Configurable.) Excluding entities, this keeps all storage and cart configuration. By default, if certain blocks are present on the Cart Contraption, such as Spawners or Budding Amethyst, the contraption cannot be picked up with a Wrench (Configurable.) By default, Cart Contraption items cannot be placed in inventories such as Shulker Boxes or Toolboxes (Configurable.)
Carriage Contraptions
Carriage contraptions are moving structures connected directly to two minecarts.
Carriage Contraptions can be made by connecting two Cart Assemblers with minecarts using a structure. This will not work if the two minecarts are linked together by Minecart Coupling.
Carriage contraptions can also be disassembled by right clicking with a Wrench.
Aside from movement, there is no difference between the functions of a Carriage Contraption and a Single Cart Contraption. However, the smoother movement is better for moving mobs or items with only collision.
History
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0.2 |
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0.2.4b |
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0.3 |
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0.3b |
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0.3c |
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0.3.1 |
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0.3.1c |
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0.3.2 |
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0.5 |
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0.5.1 |
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