Audaki Cart Engine (Faster Minecarts)
by audaki
Audaki Cart Engine replaces the vanilla minecart speed code so carts can reach higher speeds on existing rail lines, with curves and slopes still working.
What it does
The mod is a rewrite of the vanilla minecart movement code that allows speeds up to 34 m/s. Existing track and carts need no changes, and redstone rails such as detector and activator rail keep working. Speed can be set separately for carts ridden by players, carts ridden by other entities and empty rideable carts, and the mod can be added to or removed from a world at any time.
The mod targets balanced high-speed transport: the powered rail needed for higher speeds is tuned so that a fast railway is an end-game goal, while lower speeds stay usable early in a world with less gold. It runs on Fabric and is server-side only, so players join without installing it, with the newest build for 26.3.
Its dependencies are the Fabric loader and, for the server, the Fabric API. Builds cover 34 release versions, and snapshot builds are published as well. The code is under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, so the project is not open source, while its source code, issue tracker and wiki are public.
Key features
Configurable cart speed
Speed can be overridden for player-ridden carts, other ridden carts and empty carts, with a default of 20 for player-ridden carts.
Curves and slopes
Curves, ascending and descending rail pieces work at higher speeds without replacement.
Redstone rail behavior
Detector and activator rails keep their vanilla behavior when carts move fast.
Tested edge cases
Reported edge cases in the speed code are fixed in later updates, according to the author's notes.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Long-distance passenger lines
Server owners can run a fast rail network between distant areas of a world.
Early and late game railways
Lower speeds suit early routes built with little gold, and higher speeds suit an established high-speed line.
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who build rail transport on Fabric and want faster carts without changing existing track.
Questions
Does Audaki Cart Engine need to be installed on the client?
Which Fabric version does it need?
Can the speed be changed without editing the code?
In the catalog
Audaki Cart Engine (Faster Minecarts) is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Audaki Cart Engine offers well designed and properly balanced, competitive and viable cart-based passenger transportation. This mod is a server-sided (and SSP) mod based on Fabric.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/audaki-cart-engine
- Owner
- audaki
- Published
- 2023-01-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15