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Minecarts with Entities and Chests Should Load Chunks

 

🔧 Summary

Enable minecarts carrying entities (e.g., mobs, villagers, armor stands) or chests to load chunks as they move, similar to how players or chunk loaders do.

 

🎯 Why This Matters

Currently, minecarts stop functioning properly when they enter unloaded chunks, breaking long-distance transport systems. This limits automation and creativity in survival and technical builds.

Allowing minecarts with entities or chests to load chunks would:

• ✅ Support long-distance villager or mob transport without redstone chunk loaders
• ✅ Enable automated item delivery using chest minecarts
• ✅ Improve rail-based logistics in survival and adventure maps
• ✅ Reduce reliance on glitches or mods for chunk loading

 

🛠️ How It Could Work

• Chunk loading activates only when:
• A minecart contains a passenger (mob or player), or
• A chest minecart is in motion
• Chunk loading radius could be limited to 1–2 chunks for performance
• Optional gamerule or tag to toggle behavior for advanced control

 

• 🌟 Benefits

  • Encourages creative transportation systems
  • Enhances survival automation
  • Aligns with Minecraft’s spirit of engineering and exploration
  • Makes minecart systems more reliable and immersive.

 

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• November 05, 2025 16:06
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  • February 04, 2026 02:58
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  I'm always looking for mods to do this job, but most of them comes with several bugs. Revive minecarts to keep using in our world would be nice.