Minecart with Hopper

Minecart with Hopper

Type	Vehicles
Rarity	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
Internal ID	JE: 46 BE: 96
Network ID	JE: 10
Entity ID	hopper_minecart
Drops	1 Minecart 1 Hopper plus contents
Health points	6
Data value	dec: 408 hex: 198 bin: 110011000
Namespaced ID	hopper_minecart

A minecart with hopper is a hopper inside a minecart.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Hopper + Minecart

Breaking a minecart with hopper by attacking it will drop the minecart, hopper, and any contents inside as separate items.

Usage

These minecarts are placed similarly to other minecarts.

A minecart with hopper will take in items which are lying nearby (range only slightly larger than the cart itself), or inside a container above the track, at a rate of up to 20 items per second, drastically faster than an ordinary hopper. It will also pick up items that are lying on a block directly above the track. It will not push items into containers, but a hopper underneath the track can take items out of it. Ordinary hoppers can also drop items into a minecart with hopper like other containers, at the normal speed of 2.5 items per second.

The hopper can be disabled by passing over a powered activator rail, and can be reenabled by an inactive activator rail.

A minecart with hopper will travel more than 85 blocks without stopping (as opposed to a normal cart going less than 12 blocks) from a dead stop using a 2 powered track starter even with another cart in front of them. However, the distance travelled by a minecart with hopper itself is heavily dependent on the hopper's load. Using a 1 powered rail starter track, a minecart with an empty hopper will travel 64 blocks until it stops (as opposed to an empty normal minecart going 8 blocks). The distance travelled diminishes non-linearly with increased hopper load; a minecart with a full hopper will only travel 16 blocks in this setup.

See also: Tutorials/Storage minecarts

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Minecarts with hoppers have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.

• 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 4.
      • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
  •  TransferCooldown: Time until the next transfer in game ticks, between 1 and 8, or 0 if there is no transfer.
  •  Enabled: Determines whether or not the minecart hopper will pick up items into its inventory.
  •  LootTable: Optional. Loot table to be used to fill the hopper 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.

History

Java Edition
1.5		13w03a			Added minecart with hopper.
1.9		15w43a			Loot tables are added; minecart with hopper now can use loot tables.
1.9.1		pre2			The title of the inventory is changed from 'Hopper minecart' to 'Minecart with Hopper'.
1.11		16w32a			The entity ID is changed from MinecartHopper to hopper_minecart.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 408.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.14.0		build 1			Added minecart with hopper.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			The entity ID is changed from minecarthopper to hopper_minecart.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1		Added minecart with hopper.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added Minecart with Hopper.
					Emits smoke when destroyed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Minecart with Hopper" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  The first image of hopper carts released by Dinnerbone.

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  The 13w03a banner showing a minecart with hopper and a dropper.

References

Items

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