[Crafting] More Rails, Faster Carts
More Rails, Faster Carts changes how far and how fast minecarts travel, with rail recipes that yield more pieces per craft.
What it does
Rail crafting outputs are doubled, so one craft gives twice as many rails and cuts the cost of building a rail line roughly in half. The pack also raises the maximum cart speed to 40 blocks per second, where vanilla minecarts top out at 8, which brings them closer to boats, horses and ice boats as a way to travel. The aim is to make minecarts a practical choice again for long routes, where their up-front rail cost has been a distinct disadvantage.
The pack is distributed as a data pack, so it runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt through a world that has the Minecart Experiments feature enabled. A world without that feature turns the pack off silently. Files are published for 1.21.2 – 26.3 across 15 release versions, and the newest is 1.0.1+mod for 26.3, dated 2026-10-12. Snapshot builds are published as well. Server owners install it on the server, and players can add it on their side without needing it. The mod is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 and is not open source.
Key features
Doubled rail crafting output
Recipes that craft rails return twice the usual number of pieces per craft.
Faster minecarts
Maximum cart speed rises to 40 blocks per second, five times the vanilla limit of 8.
Rail cost reduction
Because each craft yields more rails, a finished rail line needs about half the crafting material.
Experiment-gated pack
The changes only apply in worlds where Minecart Experiments is enabled, and are disabled silently otherwise.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Survival and multiplayer players who build rail networks, and server owners who want carts to compete with other vehicles on large maps.
How it compares
Powered Rail Crafting Output 16, Detector Rail Crafting Output 16 and Activator Rail Crafting Output 16 each target 1.21.4 – 26.2 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, are server required with client optional, and are under All rights reserved, so they are not open source. Flash Carts is a Fabric-only server-side mod for 1.21.11 – 26.3 under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0, the same license as this pack. Minecart Speed Increase is also Fabric-only and server-side, covering 26.1.2 – 26.3 under CC0 1.0 Universal.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Crafting] More Rails, Faster Carts | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-12 |
| Powered Rail Crafting Output 16 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-09 |
| Detector Rail Crafting Output 16 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-09 |
| Activator Rail Crafting Output 16 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-09 |
| Flash Carts | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Minecart Speed Increase | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
Questions
Does More Rails, Faster Carts need a specific world setting?
Do players need to install the pack?
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In the catalog
[Crafting] More Rails, Faster Carts 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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Note: This datapack requires that you have Minecart Experiments enabled on your world. If you do not have minecard experiments enabled, the game may silently disable the pack. Minecarts are a forgotten form of transportation. Topping out with a maximum speed of 8 blocks per second, minecarts are slower than your…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/crafting-more-rails-faster-carts
- Owner
- CodingLegend0100
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15