How to Make a Car in Minecraft

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This wikiHow teaches you how to create a moving car in Minecraft. While you can't change the car's direction, you can create a vehicle that moves forward on its own. This is possible in all versions of Minecraft.

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  1. While you can technically build a car in Minecraft's Survival mode, doing so is very difficult due to the scarcity of most of the resources needed. Creative mode will allow you to create a car without running out of resources.
  2. To do so:
    • Computer - Press the E key.
    • Pocket Edition - Tap ⋯
    • Console Edition - Press the X (Xbox) or square (PlayStation) button.
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  3. Move the following items from the creative inventory to your equip bar:
    • Slime blocks
    • Piston
    • Sticky piston
    • Redstone block
  4. The Minecraft car template will travel forward until it hits something, at which point it will no longer work. There must also be at least one block's worth of air below the car at all times, or it won't move.
  5. These rows must have exactly two blocks of space between them.
  6. Place a total of two slime blocks between the rows of slime at the center blocks. You should now have a capital letter "i" shape, which will serve as the car's staging area.
  7. Add a layer of slime blocks on top of the staging area, then remove the eight slime blocks serving as the staging area. This will leave you with an I-frame suspended in midair.
  8. The piston must be facing the rear-center block. The easiest way to do this is by removing the rear-center slime block, facing away from the car, placing a couple of blocks on the ground to serve as scaffolding, placing the piston, and then removing the scaffolding and replacing the slime block that you removed.
    • The piston end of the car is the back of the car.
  9. Remove both middle blocks, face the front of the car, and place two sticky pistons. You may have to remove the slime block behind you and then replace it after the second sticky piston is placed.
  10. You'll need to replace the sticky piston closest to the front of the car with a regular piston facing the front of the car.
  11. This will leave you with the following design from front to back:
    • A parallel slime row
    • A front-facing piston
    • A rear-facing sticky piston
    • Another slime row
    • A front-facing regular piston
  12. This goes on the front-middle slime block.
  13. One block goes on the rear-middle slime block, and the other goes right in front of it on top of the sticky piston.
  14. Find a non-redstone area on the car on which to sit.
  15. The car will begin moving forward. You can stop it by placing another redstone block on top of the sticky piston, or by placing any block in front of the car.
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    You stand on the ground, place a dispenser, and hold shift and right-click the dispenser in the PC version.
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    Use the left joystick to move and the right joystick to look around.
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    Can this be done in Minecraft PE?
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    Yes! Thanks to the new update in 0.15.0, it can! If you haven't updated, try this: Add a space that is a 9x9 flat square in the ground except one space in the middle. In the hole, place as many minecarts as you can. Make a pathway of 1 block near the 9x9 square, break a block, and enjoy.
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      Warnings

      • This car will get stuck if at any point there is a block occupying the space below the car. For optimal results, build this car on a superflat world.
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      To make a car in Minecraft, open creative mode, and find a flat area. Make a capital “i” shape by placing 2 parallel rows of 3 blocks of slime, connected by 2 blocks. Add a layer of slime blocks on top, and then remove the lower blocks to suspend the base of the car. Then, place a rear-facing piston at the back of the car, and replace 2 center blocks with a sticky piston and a front-facing piston. Place a redstone block on the front-middle and rear-middle slime blocks, as well as on top of the sticky piston. Start the car by breaking the redstone on the sticky piston! For more tips, including how to stop your car once it's moving, read on!

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