Powered Rail - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Powered Rail in Minecraft?

A powered rail is a special type of minecart track that can speed up or slow down a minecart. It looks like a regular rail, but with golden lines instead of wooden ties. Its main purpose is to control the speed of minecarts in a railway system. When a powered rail is activated with a redstone signal, it will give a speed boost to any minecart that passes over it. When it is not powered, it will act as a brake, slowing down and stopping any minecart that passes over it. It is an essential component for building any functional minecart system, from simple transportation lines to complex roller coasters.

How to get Powered Rail in Minecraft

There are two main ways to get a powered rail. The first way is to find one. Powered rails generate naturally in abandoned mineshafts, where you can find them as part of the old railway systems. You can break them with your hand or any tool to collect them. The second, and more common way, is to craft them. The crafting recipe is a bit expensive. You will need six gold ingots, one stick, and one piece of redstone dust. This recipe will give you six powered rails. To get the materials, you will need to go mining for gold and redstone. Once you have them, open a crafting table. Place the six gold ingots in the left and right columns. Place the stick in the center, and place the redstone dust in the bottom middle slot.

How to use Powered Rail in Minecraft

The main use for a powered rail is to control the speed of minecarts. To make a minecart go faster, you need to place a powered rail and activate it with a redstone signal. The easiest way to do this is to place a redstone torch next to it or underneath the block it is on. You will need to place a powered rail every so often along your track to keep the minecart at top speed. If you want to create a station where your minecart stops, you can use an unpowered powered rail. It will act as a brake and stop the minecart. You can then use a button to power the rail for a moment, giving the minecart a push to start it on its journey again.

How to craft Powered Rail in Minecraft

Crafting Table

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What can Powered Rail make in Minecraft

No items can be crafted.

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How This All Started

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