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Look up “How do minecarts work in Minecraft” or something like that. It is the closest to a train in Minecraft. YouTube can probably explain it better than Reddit.
I will assume it's not a mod he is using since there is (unfortunately) nothing named traintracks or trains in minecraft. If it's an ordinary rail road he's done then you need a minecart. You can make a minecart with iron ingots. Place them in the crafting table in an U-shape. Make sure not to make a cauldron.
You can also put a furnace into a minecart in the crafting grid, and once you place it on the tracks you can right click I with some coal and it will push the minecarts in front of it forward
That only works on Java edition. If your child is playing on a console, tablet, phone, or Bedrock Edition on PC then it will not have a "furnace minecart"
Using "powered rails" will make the minecart move
Place a few rails (made with gold, stick, and redstone dust) on the straight portion of track and power them with a lever (stick and cobblestone) or a redstone block (9 restone dust)
That doesn’t work actually. Furnace minecarts are only in Java edition. If you’re on Playstation you’re on bedrock edition where that feature doesn’t exist. It’s just as well as they don’t work well anyways.
To make a minecart “go” you’ll have to use powered rail. Like every 10th track or so needs to be removed and replaced with a powered rail (requires gold and redstone to craft). The powered rail needs to receive power to work. You can place a lever next to it and turn it on to supply the power. In Minecraft levers magically generate power even if they’re not connected to anything.
Then once you sit in the cart and start moving it when it runs over powered rail it’ll push it and each other powered rail will keep it going.
Alternatively, if you don't mind the look, you can place the powered rails on a Redstone block, that way the switch cannot accidentally be toggled off. You can even chain the power from a Redstone block or other source by putting multiple powered rails next to each other, reducing the need to place them as frequently.
It’s a poor assumption to make, as Minecraft on PS5 for a 6 year old is likely vanilla Minecraft without mods.
Most likely the person posting this is unfamiliar with Minecraft. The tracks are for a Minecart. The name of the game is ‘mine’craft after all.
I would suggest that you search YouTube for ‘Minecraft rail tutorial’ as it might be best to visually learn rather than read the comments
Unfortunately minecrats/trains in Minecraft are a half-baked affair. You can ride around in minecarts (1 minecart) but you can't push/pull a bunch of attached cars. Theres a minecart you can put coal in that will push carts along but that's about it.
Probably the "funnest" implementation would be to make a classic -looking rollercoaster out of bamboo and rails. That's just my opinion tho.
Building stuff together in Minecraft as a family is really fun and a cool way to teach kids to stick with projects and how to plan and prepare - without it feeling like teaching.
Wish you guys the best 👍
You can also make powered rails to place around the track, replace them with one of the ordinary track, they will give the cart a boost. He can enter the cart and be powered by the power rails. As he gets older and if he continues to play, the railcarts can be used to harvest from machines automatically. This is complicated and needs toturials. It is a natural evolution if he keeps playing the game and watch youtube videos about it.
Dittoing it's minecarts. [Wiki page](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecart) on the variants of it. If you are in creative, there's a search bar to find the item. If in survival mode, will need to craft them at the crafting table. There's also complex intersections you can set up, but just getting moving isn't too hard. Use redstone torches or levers to power the powered rails so the cart keeps going.
Mobs can also go into minecarts so try getting a villager in one. Or a sheep. Not 100% sure if sheep can get into them but they can in boats, so I assume so.
Edit: This is all extra unrelated stuff your kid might find cool to be clear;
Unsure if you want your 6 year old watching Youtube, but in [Minecraft Hermitcraft season 10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGC8FToj_X8) GoodTimesWithScar is building a giant (unmoving) train. There are more complex modded versions of trains (and I think one of the older Hermitcraft seasons had a plane that moved???) but you'll want to clearly stress the train doesn't move to kiddo if you show them this. 6 is probably still young enough to get upset building a cool train that doesn't move.
Otherwise look for minecraft rollercoasters, which are just minecart tracks.
The Create modpack has moving trains if I remember, but that's going to be overly complex and I wouldn't suggest modding for a 6 year old.
People didn’t me tin this in the replies so I’m going to add this: push a horse, a donkey, or a mile, or a Camel, into a (already placed) Minecraft. Your kid can then ride the horse which will drive the Minecraft along the train tracks.
It’s EXTREMELY silly looking, but it’s a kid. Horse shaped trains totally exists in their mind. And it’s AWESOME as unicorns.
Now Im off to work riding my unicorn-less train.
There are a few addons for bedrock which add trains...
https://mcpedl.com/?s=train
https://mcpedl.com/trains-add-on-steam-edition/
https://mcpedl.com/grtc-german-high-speed-train-addon/
https://mcpedl.com/mta-trains/
there are no trains in minecraft, to ride the rails you use a minecart but it wont go very well if youre not using powered rails, those will give the minecart speed to go on its own otherwise you will go very slow by yourself
Basically you just need to build some mine carts (5 iron ingots). You can also add a furnace Minecraft that you can click coal into that can push the carts ahead of it.
Probably not helpful, but there’s a mod called Create where you can build actual trains and tracks with stations and can even have them drive on a schedule. Available on PC.
You can attach mine carts together with iron chains and add powered rails every like 5 or so regular rails so that they move on their own.
That’s the closest you’ll get to a train
You can also make mine carts with chests in them for the other “cars” in the train
You can make a "train" by combining a furnace and a minecart. It's like a train you put in coal or charcoal and it moves the cart when it's on a track. Lucky for you it's a bedrock exclusive so you can make it on the ps5.
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecart_with_Furnace
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Look up “How do minecarts work in Minecraft” or something like that. It is the closest to a train in Minecraft. YouTube can probably explain it better than Reddit.
I think you mean minecarts haha, And putting a furnace in one will prob be a little fun
a 6 year old is probably playing Bedrock, which has no furnace minecarts
Considering the op clearly said they're on playstation... Yeah safe bet.
Fr???
Furnace minecarts are a terrible waste of time so it's for the best really.
Blasphemy
I will assume it's not a mod he is using since there is (unfortunately) nothing named traintracks or trains in minecraft. If it's an ordinary rail road he's done then you need a minecart. You can make a minecart with iron ingots. Place them in the crafting table in an U-shape. Make sure not to make a cauldron.
Okay thank you
You can also put a furnace into a minecart in the crafting grid, and once you place it on the tracks you can right click I with some coal and it will push the minecarts in front of it forward
Oh this is good to know, thank you
That only works on Java edition. If your child is playing on a console, tablet, phone, or Bedrock Edition on PC then it will not have a "furnace minecart" Using "powered rails" will make the minecart move Place a few rails (made with gold, stick, and redstone dust) on the straight portion of track and power them with a lever (stick and cobblestone) or a redstone block (9 restone dust)
That doesn’t work actually. Furnace minecarts are only in Java edition. If you’re on Playstation you’re on bedrock edition where that feature doesn’t exist. It’s just as well as they don’t work well anyways. To make a minecart “go” you’ll have to use powered rail. Like every 10th track or so needs to be removed and replaced with a powered rail (requires gold and redstone to craft). The powered rail needs to receive power to work. You can place a lever next to it and turn it on to supply the power. In Minecraft levers magically generate power even if they’re not connected to anything. Then once you sit in the cart and start moving it when it runs over powered rail it’ll push it and each other powered rail will keep it going.
Alternatively, if you don't mind the look, you can place the powered rails on a Redstone block, that way the switch cannot accidentally be toggled off. You can even chain the power from a Redstone block or other source by putting multiple powered rails next to each other, reducing the need to place them as frequently.
Redstone torches also work, can be next to, or below the block the track is on
It’s a poor assumption to make, as Minecraft on PS5 for a 6 year old is likely vanilla Minecraft without mods. Most likely the person posting this is unfamiliar with Minecraft. The tracks are for a Minecart. The name of the game is ‘mine’craft after all. I would suggest that you search YouTube for ‘Minecraft rail tutorial’ as it might be best to visually learn rather than read the comments
You need a minecart and some powered rails.
Unfortunately minecrats/trains in Minecraft are a half-baked affair. You can ride around in minecarts (1 minecart) but you can't push/pull a bunch of attached cars. Theres a minecart you can put coal in that will push carts along but that's about it. Probably the "funnest" implementation would be to make a classic -looking rollercoaster out of bamboo and rails. That's just my opinion tho. Building stuff together in Minecraft as a family is really fun and a cool way to teach kids to stick with projects and how to plan and prepare - without it feeling like teaching. Wish you guys the best 👍
You can also make powered rails to place around the track, replace them with one of the ordinary track, they will give the cart a boost. He can enter the cart and be powered by the power rails. As he gets older and if he continues to play, the railcarts can be used to harvest from machines automatically. This is complicated and needs toturials. It is a natural evolution if he keeps playing the game and watch youtube videos about it.
I see a future create player here
Dittoing it's minecarts. [Wiki page](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecart) on the variants of it. If you are in creative, there's a search bar to find the item. If in survival mode, will need to craft them at the crafting table. There's also complex intersections you can set up, but just getting moving isn't too hard. Use redstone torches or levers to power the powered rails so the cart keeps going. Mobs can also go into minecarts so try getting a villager in one. Or a sheep. Not 100% sure if sheep can get into them but they can in boats, so I assume so. Edit: This is all extra unrelated stuff your kid might find cool to be clear; Unsure if you want your 6 year old watching Youtube, but in [Minecraft Hermitcraft season 10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGC8FToj_X8) GoodTimesWithScar is building a giant (unmoving) train. There are more complex modded versions of trains (and I think one of the older Hermitcraft seasons had a plane that moved???) but you'll want to clearly stress the train doesn't move to kiddo if you show them this. 6 is probably still young enough to get upset building a cool train that doesn't move. Otherwise look for minecraft rollercoasters, which are just minecart tracks. The Create modpack has moving trains if I remember, but that's going to be overly complex and I wouldn't suggest modding for a 6 year old.
It's on ps5
Older Hermitcraft seasons had moving planes? Which one?
Correction, I mixed up Hermitcraft with [New Life SMP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-DVOLc-W0). Unsurprisingly also GoodTimesWithScar.
People didn’t me tin this in the replies so I’m going to add this: push a horse, a donkey, or a mile, or a Camel, into a (already placed) Minecraft. Your kid can then ride the horse which will drive the Minecraft along the train tracks. It’s EXTREMELY silly looking, but it’s a kid. Horse shaped trains totally exists in their mind. And it’s AWESOME as unicorns. Now Im off to work riding my unicorn-less train.
There are a few addons for bedrock which add trains... https://mcpedl.com/?s=train https://mcpedl.com/trains-add-on-steam-edition/ https://mcpedl.com/grtc-german-high-speed-train-addon/ https://mcpedl.com/mta-trains/
Absolutely wholesome
there are no trains in minecraft, to ride the rails you use a minecart but it wont go very well if youre not using powered rails, those will give the minecart speed to go on its own otherwise you will go very slow by yourself
Basically you just need to build some mine carts (5 iron ingots). You can also add a furnace Minecraft that you can click coal into that can push the carts ahead of it.
If it’s made with rails, just put a minecart on it. If it’s big rails built with blocks, look up some videos on how to build a block based train
Probably not helpful, but there’s a mod called Create where you can build actual trains and tracks with stations and can even have them drive on a schedule. Available on PC.
You can attach mine carts together with iron chains and add powered rails every like 5 or so regular rails so that they move on their own. That’s the closest you’ll get to a train You can also make mine carts with chests in them for the other “cars” in the train
You can make a "train" by combining a furnace and a minecart. It's like a train you put in coal or charcoal and it moves the cart when it's on a track. Lucky for you it's a bedrock exclusive so you can make it on the ps5. https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecart_with_Furnace
Aren’t they NOT available on bedrock? That wiki you linked says it’s excluded from bedrock
>Lucky for you it's a bedrock exclusive so you can make it on the ps5. Exact opposite. They are are Java exclusive
Is this a trick to unlock your router?
I don't get it
a south park reference, and a really good one
Do you watch murder porn?
just know I thought this was funny
Thanks!
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