Minecart Speed Increase
Minecart Speed Increase makes minecarts on powered rails accelerate to high speed when they pass over a trigger block placed beneath the rail.
What it does
The trigger block is a redstone block unless the configuration changes it, and the mod lets a player choose which block counts as a trigger. Where a track has no trigger block underneath, vanilla physics takes over again and the cart slows as usual.
Speed alone would make carts fly off curves, slopes and junctions, so the mod also keeps them on the rails in the boosted section. Place trigger blocks beneath the boosted stretch of rail, covering curves and slope tiles too, and carts keep their grip on the track across long straight runs. Disabling the mod yanks redstone minecarts back to normal speed, and the cart keeps its direction when it is boosted.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. It is published for Fabric only, across two release versions, 26.1.2 and 26.3, under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which places no restrictions on use. The mod is not open source in the usual sense of a public repository, but its license is permissive.
Key features
Powered rail boosters
A powered rail on a trigger block accelerates minecarts that touch it to the configured speed.
Track lock on curves
Carts stay on the rails through corners, slopes and junctions in the boosted section instead of flying off.
Configurable trigger blocks
The block that activates a booster is chosen in the configuration, with a redstone block as the default.
Vanilla fallback
Track sections without a trigger block keep vanilla minecart physics, so the rest of the network behaves as before.
Configurable boost speed
The speed a booster applies is set in blocks per second, with 120 as the default value.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Minecart Speed Changer is server-side only, published for 26.2 under All rights reserved, so its files cannot be redistributed. Faster Minecarts 69 needs the client and server, targets 26.2 under the Apache License 2.0 and is not open source. Fast Player Minecarts is also server-side only and open source under CC0 1.0 Universal, like this mod, but it targets 26.2 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecart Speed Increase | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Minecart Speed Changer | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-10 |
| Faster Minecarts 69 | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Fast Player Minecarts | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-25 |
Questions
Does Minecart Speed Increase need to be installed on the client?
What block activates a booster?
Which game versions does the mod support?
In the catalog
Minecart Speed Increase 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
Minecart Speed Make minecarts go really fast, and stay on the tracks. By default, any powered rail placed on top of a redstone block becomes a high speed booster that accelerates minecarts to 120 blocks per second. Curves, slopes, and long straightaways all work, and the cart stays glued to the track for as long as…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/minecart-speed-increase
- Owner
- joshuavucelich
- Published
- 2026-05-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15