Minecraft · Rail choices | Compare
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These recipes cover vanilla Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. They are not recipes for Minecraft Classic, browser recreations or a promise of compatibility with Bedrock, mods or other versions.
Using this reference
For Rail choices, choose the crafting method before entering a target quantity. A crafting-grid recipe and a stonecutter recipe can produce different amounts from the same kind of input. The calculator rounds up to complete operations, so compare the output and surplus as well as the ingredient total.
An ingredient group separated by slashes means alternatives for that slot, not a request to collect every listed item. Keep the layout of a shaped recipe intact. Furnace time is shown per operation; it is not a fuel budget or the completion time of several parallel furnaces.
Activator Rail
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 11
- Items produced
- 66
- Extra items
- 2
- 66 × Iron Ingot
- 22 × Stick
- 11 × Redstone Torch
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 6
Iron Ingot × 6 + Stick × 2 + Redstone Torch × 1
| Iron Ingot | Stick | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Redstone Torch | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Stick | Iron Ingot |
A worked example
Suppose you want 19 × Activator Rail. This recipe produces 6 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 24 in total, leaving 5 extra. The direct material list is Iron Ingot × 24, Stick × 8, and Redstone Torch × 4.
Detector Rail
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 11
- Items produced
- 66
- Extra items
- 2
- 66 × Iron Ingot
- 11 × Stone Pressure Plate
- 11 × Redstone Dust
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 6
Iron Ingot × 6 + Stone Pressure Plate × 1 + Redstone Dust × 1
| Iron Ingot | — | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Stone Pressure Plate | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Redstone Dust | Iron Ingot |
A worked example
Suppose you want 19 × Detector Rail. This recipe produces 6 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 24 in total, leaving 5 extra. The direct material list is Iron Ingot × 24, Stone Pressure Plate × 4, and Redstone Dust × 4.
Powered Rail
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 11
- Items produced
- 66
- Extra items
- 2
- 66 × Gold Ingot
- 11 × Stick
- 11 × Redstone Dust
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 6
Gold Ingot × 6 + Stick × 1 + Redstone Dust × 1
| Gold Ingot | — | Gold Ingot |
| Gold Ingot | Stick | Gold Ingot |
| Gold Ingot | Redstone Dust | Gold Ingot |
A worked example
Suppose you want 19 × Powered Rail. This recipe produces 6 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 24 in total, leaving 5 extra. The direct material list is Gold Ingot × 24, Stick × 4, and Redstone Dust × 4.
Rail
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 4
- Items produced
- 64
- Extra items
- 0
- 24 × Iron Ingot
- 4 × Stick
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 16
Iron Ingot × 6 + Stick × 1
| Iron Ingot | — | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Stick | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | — | Iron Ingot |
A worked example
Suppose you want 49 × Rail. This recipe produces 16 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 64 in total, leaving 15 extra. The direct material list is Iron Ingot × 24 and Stick × 4.
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