How To Use Minecarts And Rails! ▫ The Minecraft Survival Guide [Part 222]

The Minecraft Survival Guide continues! Not sure what Activator rail does? Never used a Detector rail or a Minecart with Chest before? This tutorial will teach you everything you wanted to know about Minecarts and Rails in Survival Minecraft!
The series will teach you how to master Survival Mode, and will also be my Single Player Let's Play series!
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[@afino61_]

casual discussion of villager murdering 24:24 "just dispose of some villagers"

[@rachaellierheimer6806]

literally gasped and said "omg pixel whAT"

[@Thenoobestgirl]

I actually gasped when he suggested the lava pit. DUDE WHAT?!?!

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Right like what?😂

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[@SloyXP]

Hopper minecart: the single Best most usefull tool ever that will betray you when you need them most and just randomly despawn, switch tracks or stop moving

[@darklordhyper]

True

[@lennyface2586]

They always despawn

[@darklordhyper]

@@lennyface2586 in my case, they just slow down and stop moving. It's really frustrating cuz then i have to destroy the rail, get inside and put it back.

[@saulgoodman2920]

Has anyone found a fix for the de spawning. For me it’s way too frequent

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You're like a human version of the Minecraft Wiki. Edit: You are better than the Minecraft wiki.

[@mwfolmar11]

He is better than the wiki he actually shows you the practical application of the knowledge

[@VilliamNiva]

Is that a compliment??

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@@mwfolmar11 Right

[@ktrrich8332]

Ever person that plays knows how to do that

[@randomjac970]

I'm going to reply to this comment because I know it will have lots of likes

[@msimpson7107]

Other people: Oh thanks I get it now Me: Curls up into fetal position and starts crying

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[@MicMokum]

So you're studying Redstone Engineering? ;)

[@peteslover6984]

@@MicMokum yeah and punching trees

[@thundr_monkey]

For those who don't have a lot of gold for powered rails... you only need a powered rail ever 37 blocks to keep max speed unless your going uphill of coarse

[@daxsyntax]

of coarse dirt

[@vuice6601]

Dudeyeet yeetye ha. Ha. Funny.

[@Saskidan]

Just make a rail duplication mechanism with observers, slime blocks, and pistons.

[@RecBuddha]

Is this official somewhere? I've heard 27, 34, and now 37. Also I heard you just need 3 powered next to each other to get up to max speed, but now they said 7 in this video. Argh! Just started playing with my kids and trying to build rails between our bases.

[@fallen_vague28]

@@RecBuddha You can just try it out in a seprate creative world to test out the different answers youve seen to see whats true

[@Fireheart318]

Remember that time when they tried to make minecarts derail if they went too fast around a corner?

[@dreadthedreads]

Yas

[@guilhermerafaelzimermann4196]

I know minecart trains derail when going on a 90° corner, but i've never heard of solo minecarts derailing And before anyone comments about it, no minecart trains aren't just a modded thing, you can make them using furnace minecarts to attach 3 minecarts of any other type together, the problem is the derailing is broken so they derail on *ALL* slopes, and _sometimes_ on 45°turns If mojang ever fixes the derailing issues furnace minecarts would actually be decently useful

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@@dreadthedreads ?

[@BrockPlaysFortnite]

Thank you sir I will now build my giant railroad station

[@drackoknightify]

Noice

[@ilcubo32]

Wow

[@notmynormalusername1]

"powered rail will last for a good long while, about 20 blocks or so" You can see the table of speed vs. powered rail distance in the wiki. 33 spaces will get you to the maximum of 8m/s. I put mine at 30 because I place torches every 10 while building and it makes it easy to count out.

[@ShOpDahWhop]

Could you make a episode (or even a whole "theme-week") where you complete old buildings you created earlier in the series? I'm dying to see what the iron farm or the nether hub looks like completed. Keep up the good work!

[@a.man38]

Not even started but I know this is gonna be another epic video

[@ReaperX7]

A good tool tip I've found with powered rails. Use two detector rails with three powered rails between the two detector rails and you can send a minecart a fairly lengthy distance (I've measured about 25-50 blocks on average for the various carts) saving you a lot of grief on using too many powered rails and redstone blocks or torches.

[@_Abjuranax_]

I believe that you mentioned that rails will keep mobs from crossing them in a previous video, and also that mobs won't spawn on them. Also rails can be picked up with water saving your durability on your tools. Great video, I'm going back to bed.

[@CorneliusThroatworthy]

Great comment, C Ray - those are some good tips :) nighty-night

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[@timohara7717]

Rails can now not be picked up with water

[@blizzzardwolf7763]

1:51 for the start of the actual video

[@foa0695]

Always good to know

[@freddymeng]

0:00 for the start of the video

[@MRrwmac]

Just came across your well done, interesting and educational video. I’ll definitely be watching more since my granddaughters (9 and 5) have gotten this old Papa (70) playing this Minecraft together on our iPads. I Was looking for the exrollercoaster mod for iPad? Thank you !!

[@R-Flowerish]

I’ve been trying to find a simple and straightforward guide on using mine carts, and this is it. Thank you! This is an incredible guide!

[@cookadiscookies2245]

after having played minecraft for about 3 yrs now, i've realized how less i knew about minecrats. maybe because i dont use them much but still this was really useful, good job bro !! this really is the best minecraft series online i dont want it to stop, ever

[@amydavis8309]

I had this looping circuit to light up banks of redstone lamps at the top of my lighthouse. It made a pretty rotational effect, but lag (or something else) kept causing the circuit to freeze and all lights stay lit. After watching this video, I put a mine cart on a loop with detector rails sending out pulses to the light banks. Voila!

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[@imortalRooster1329]

Thanks for making this video I've always been curious about rail mechanics. Glad to see the upcoming week of of minecart related videos..

[@evanherriges4042]

I actually didn't know what the activator rail was used for so thanks for the informative video!

[@atzatziki]

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[@nathanjames1089]

I watched the entirety of the Minecraft Survival Guide in about a week. I'm in the same boat.

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@@nathanjames1089 Ha ha I'm still trying to keep up on the contrast 😅

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[@baranorak4080]

Wonderfully crafted video! Even though I thought I knew everything about mine carts, but I still ended up learning so much more with this video, thank you for extending my Minecraft knowledge!

[@jackrudolf7112]

A video on red stone would be much appreciated 😌

[@doddsy7592]

Jack Rudolf yep totally

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[@galacticwarlock2271]

Thanks for an updated guide on tracks. Been messing with rails and red stone. Lots of fun! I use a bow or snowball to switch rails on and off. It is tricky around corners but it is way cooler than switching things on and off by hand.

[@joekilbreth3901]

Dude. Excellent video. Even over a year old, it's still insanely helpful. Thanks so much!

[@Tommy0145]

Very helpful! I missed the initial hype-train and bought it a week or 2 ago, having a blast! Just made rails & going to explore my cave-mine in style!

[@EllasBass]

we need a roller coaster that demonstrates minecart redstone components and shows off your world!

[@wyomingptt]

Great stuff but I wish he would've mentioned that whole mechanism where minecarts need to be up against a solid block to make them move via redstone and no player input. Like how a minecart on a powered rail with regular rails on each side will do nothing if you prefer the powered rail, but if one side of it is a solid block then the minecart will travel when the powered rail is powered. Maybe it's just obvious but I remember it took me a long time to figure that out when I started playing lol.

[@bradrx05]

That was quite informative. I had no idea activator rails could be used that way. Very cool. Thanks Pix!

[@JD-ur7qh]

This is by far the best video explaining the system.

[@ericxc0]

Thank you for the consistently awesome content Pixlriffs! :)

[@tahirrauf1981]

Very much thanks for the rails information

[@jackzhangca4549]

This...this is so rare...waking up to find a new Pixlriffs video...about minecarts , just what we need. Thx Pixlriffs

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I absolutely love your survival guide!

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Informative and presented in an easy-to-understand way. This got me to subscribe. Looking forward to more.

[@emmybm15]

I've loved watching Minecraft videos for years but only started actually playing it a week ago, so today I tried making my sort of railway and I was like "why isn't it working!?" trying to make it a bit automatic and I really was having a bit of a job so I thought "might as well Google it so I know it for next time" got to the next video in the series (how to make a minecart railway station) and then watched this one, THANK YOU what a lifeline you have been!!! I'm certainly subscribing, as you're very informative ❤

[@XlunacyinblackX]

Not a lot of videos are made regarding minecart systems, I thought this was very helpful. I think you should start a series dedicated to redstone contraptions that would be useful in survival worlds.

[@LdyVivianne]

This was super helpful, pixl... thanks!

[@awig7805]

this is great video I just what I been looking for.

[@gritz1701]

Great technical vid, it will help me. Thanks

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This was brilliant, thank you!

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Earned a sub man, great information and well explained.

[@670839245]

An Ilmango video suggested that one probably rather useful use for furnace minecart is to prevent other minecarts from passing a certain point (useful if minecarts are uncontrolably powered by powered rails or running downhills or manned by mobs who have no idea what they are doing)

[@WebsterHatesU]

Super helpful, and to the point. Thanks!

[@Radux_23]

You don't need to use redstone torches to activate the powered rails just put a detector rail before it and it will activate them like a red stone torch

[@mikeus69]

Such a good tutorial Ty!

[@HeartoftheDragonColo]

this was SO helpful, thank you!

[@xanthippus3190]

Thanks for the explanation sir, it helped me a lot.

[@belgradewanderer]

Fantastic explanation, thank you!

[@frankxoxo8653]

Omg dude thank you so much I couldn't figure out the lever thingy

[@LBM17]

Hi ! Thank you so much for your video ! It's way better than any wiki I could find on google.

[@mccinna5534]

Thank you so much!

[@joshsizemore7708]

Thank you so much!! It really helped!!

[@pokefanchanti]

I came to watch just uses of activator rail But saw the whole vid So informational Thank you

[@jedchatwin]

i have been waiting for this video for awhile

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20:37 *its lit*

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Gotta love Pixlriffs

[@shelly7592]

That tutorial was so good and complete tnx

[@videepreddy9175]

Actually, furnace minecarts do have a use. They are super useful for early game mod transport over long distances like a villager to your base. In the early game and basically, until you get a gold farm powered rails are really expensive so by using the furnace minecarts you can push other carts up and over any terrain for not much cost as long as you have regular rails set up which are much cheaper.

[@EyeDuDab]

this is the most informative video i have seen. thank you

[@princesscadance197]

Minecart rails are really satisfying to me. I usually have a survival world locked on Hard with cheats disabled, and there’s something satisfying about riding through your world in a minecart and knowing you made that.

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Have you ever taken a break from this series? Feel like you should if you haven't, because you sure as hell deserve it man!! You're videos are amazing!

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Wonderful video! I could finally understand that!

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[@AnnaBomBanana]

I think I actually am starting to understand all this! Thanks!!

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[@reid_art]

This helps thanks!

[@purplefire2834]

I'd like to see an explanation and maybe some uses of comparators' add/subtract modes. Never fully understood how those work.

[@nateangelo1551]

Well explained about minecarts and rails

[@MicMokum]

Thanks for this very informative video. :D

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[@M_Alexthe3rd]

Me being a noob at Minecraft, though I've watched 100 of hours of Hermitcraft: Seach up use for minecard rails. Clicks on the first video: this seems useful. Hear Pixlriffs voice and starts fangirling because of hermit craft recap... I was only gonna use like 5 minutes of this video but now I'll probably watch all of it if not the complete series.

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[@justin-hurd]

fun fact from an old school player, there is a spawner minecart, and theres a fun use for furnace minecart for farms n stuff. oh, and tnt minecart landmines are scary af. also, before we had power rails, we used to make boosters using minecarts to boost you down the rail, because furnace carts were really slow. also also- boat minecarts are fun, and backward (and you can dupe rails with honey, sry I keep remembering stuff.)

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[@crookshanks1883]

Petty useful ! Thanks

[@park-lm5rk]

Will you use piston bolts like in scicraft? Just wondering if that would be a cool technical build :) Keep up the great content

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Thank you

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Bruh props to u this vid was posted at 5 in the morning

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What a neat thumbnail! Great video!

[@jimbobcramden]

Detector railscan also be helpful when making a crossing

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[@articat568]

What a stroke of luck, I’ve seen all the videos in the survival guide so when there’s not a new videos and I’m bored I rewatch old ones for stuff I missed, Just finished watching an old episode to find a new one come out!

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[@foreverkurome]

I always use the minecart with furnace, it's so good if you have it set up right. I have a jungle biome 31,000 blocks away from spawn that I like to transport pandas from and for me getting enough powered rails to cover this distance is just not doable even though my track is in the nether. When a minecart with a furnace pushes. Minecart into another they click together and form a pretty hard to break train. Haven't found it to work with well with any more than 2 carts but 2 seem to go literally forever as long as you set the initial momentum up correctly. Used it to create a loop track to jettison 10 or 12 2 cart long trains all the way to the end of my 4000 block long track to transport bridge building material for use in the nether.

[@SeddincY]

really well explained sir! well deserved like from me!

[@Layarion]

Great video, you missed a subtopic though. How the minecraft handles picking up nearby entities. Like if I want to move 60 chickens from one room to another.

[@lippyausletzeburg1455]

thx nice

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i need this vid yesterday while making and iron farm (also from one of your vids) lol but i fighured it out lol! thank you for all that you do!

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