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Sturdy Vehicles

by supersaiyansubtlety

Sturdy Vehicles changes how minecarts and chest boats are crafted, uncrafted and dropped, and its recipes and loot tables can be swapped with datapacks.

FabricQuiltServer-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.18.1 – 26.3

What it does

Crafting a minecart with a chest on the grid pulls a hopper out into the result slot, and the same pattern works with furnaces, hoppers and TNT minecarts with chest boats. Uncrafting minecarts and chest boats is possible as well, and renamed minecarts and boats keep their names when split from a held item. Crafting recipes are separate for the minecart boat item, and the crafting and uncrafting recipe types are exposed under the sturdy carts namespace from earlier releases.

Drops are the main behavior that can be changed. Minecart and boat loot tables are data driven, and some builtin packs alter them to emulate older versions of Minecraft. Individual packs are turned on or off with a command that names the pack, and the mod does not change default drops unless one of these packs is enabled. Minecraft versions before 1.19 make minecarts with things drop themselves instead, which the mod can reproduce through splitting minecart behavior. The mod runs in single player on a server-side setup, and Fabric API is required.

Key features

  1. Crafting recipes

    Minecart and chest boat recipes are split from the held item, so a minecart boat can be crafted and separated again.

  2. Uncrafting

    Minecarts and chest boats can be taken apart into their parts, with names kept on renamed items.

  3. Fragile carts and boats

    Fragile variants of carts and boats are available through data driven drop rules that can be enabled per pack.

  4. Data driven packs

    Recipes and loot tables are contained in datapacks, so every builtin pack can be switched on or off with a single command.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.32.7.0+MC26.3.x2.7.0+MC26.3.x
26.22.6.0+MC26.2.x2.6.0+MC26.2.x
26.1.22.5.0+MC26.1.x2.5.0+MC26.1.x
26.1.12.5.0+MC26.1.x2.5.0+MC26.1.x
26.12.5.0+MC26.1.x2.5.0+MC26.1.x
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.112.4.0+MC1.21.112.4.0+MC1.21.11
1.21.102.3.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.102.3.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.10
1.21.92.3.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.102.3.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.10
1.21.82.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.82.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.8
1.21.72.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.82.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.8
1.21.62.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.82.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.8
1.21.52.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.82.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.8
1.21.42.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.42.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.4
1.21.32.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.42.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.4
1.21.22.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.42.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.4
1.21.12.0.0+MC1.21-1.21.12.0.0+MC1.21-1.21.1
1.212.0.0+MC1.21-1.21.12.0.0+MC1.21-1.21.1
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Use cases

Who it’s for: Server owners who want control over vehicle crafting and drops, and modpack authors who need datapack driven recipes for minecarts and boats.

How it compares

Full comparison

Minecart Splitting is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.2 on Fabric and Quilt. Boat names fix covers only 1.20.1 on Fabric and needs client and server. Audaki Cart Engine is also server-side only and published for 1.17 – 26.3, but its Creative Commons license is non-commercial and it is not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Sturdy VehiclesFabric and Quilt1.18.1 – 26.3Server-side only2026-09-30
Minecart SplittingFabric and Quilt1.20.1 – 26.2Server-side only2026-06-29
Boat names fixFabric1.20.1Client and server2025-04-10
Audaki Cart Engine (Faster Minecarts)Fabric1.17 – 26.3Server-side only2026-06-23

Questions

Does Sturdy Vehicles need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency and must be installed alongside the mod on Fabric or Quilt.

Does a client need Sturdy Vehicles installed?

No. It runs on the server alone, so players need nothing extra to join.

Which game versions have files?

Files cover 31 release versions 1.18.1 – 26.3, with 2.7.0 for 26.3 as the latest Fabric and Quilt build from 2026-09-30.

Where are the default drops changed?

Builtin packs are enabled or disabled by name with a command that the wiki describes, and datapacks can replace the loot tables directly.

In the catalog

Sturdy Vehicles is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Technology mods8,499Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Works server-side* and in single player. *see Prior Versions below for Minecraft versions 1.20.5-1.21.1. Sturdy Vehicles adds recipes to separate a Minecart or Boat item from its held item. e.g. if you put a Minecart with Chest in a crafting grid you can pull the Hopper out from the result slot and the Minecart will…
supersaiyansubtlety, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
supersaiyansubtlety
Published
2022-01-18
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-30
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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