Sturdy Carts

This modification dramatically changes how items drop from minecarts when destroyed in Minecraft, while also adding handy new crafting recipes.

Key Features

Enhanced Minecart Resilience

Sturdy Carts eliminates the standard Minecraft behavior where minecarts with various containers split into components when broken. Now every minecart "with contents" remains intact when destroyed and drops as a single complete item.

Version 1.19+: This functionality aligns with the latest vanilla game versions. For those wishing to revert to the old system, the fragile_carts datapack is available for activation.

Smart Drop Systems

The mod utilizes loot table technology for all types of minecarts with contents:

• ✅ Minecarts with Chest
• ✅ Minecarts with Furnace
• ✅ Minecarts with Hopper
• ⭐ Minecarts with TNT

When the game identifies a specific loot table for a particular minecart, it uses that instead of the standard hardcoded drops.

New Crafting Recipes (Version 1.1.0+)

The mod includes two additional datapacks with recipes that can be individually activated:

keep_minecart_names

Common issue: when crafting a named minecart, its custom name is lost. This module solves that problem!

• When creating a minecart with contents, the name of the original plain minecart is preserved
• Extremely useful for organized transportation systems

uncraft_minecarts

Need to disassemble a minecart back into components? Now it's possible!

• Break down complete minecarts into parts: the main rail vehicle plus added components
• The base minecart inherits the name from the originally disassembled construction

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Technical Compatibility

Platform: Fabric only (compatible with Quilt) † Client-only operation possible on servers with Polymer Requires Minecraft 1.20.5+ or version 1.19+ with server-side Polymer

Feature Management

Each additional module can be enabled or disabled using the standard command:

/datapack disable <datapack_name>

Previous Versions (pre-1.1.0)

Versions below 1.1.0 also support the keep_minecart_names and uncraft_minecarts systems, but require Nbt Crafting installation to function with these recipes.