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Useful Carts

Horse-drawn and hand-pulled carts for travel, shipping, and farming. An unofficial Minecraft 26.2 port of jmb05's NiftyCarts (itself a port of AstikorCarts by MennoMax). MIT, original copyright retained.

Fabric
Loaders
Fabric
Downloads on Modrinth
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Followers on Modrinth
18
versions
4
Updated
July 20, 2026Jul 20
Published
in 2026

At a glance

Runs on Fabric
For Minecraft 26.1.2–26.2
Needed in the game and on the server
Latest version — 26.1.2+mc26.1.2 from July 20, 2026
Requires Fabric API and Forge Config API Port
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn serverrequired

Needed both in the game and on the server

Game versions26.1.2–26.2

About

UsefulCarts adds a whole family of carts — hauled by you on foot or drawn by a horse, donkey, or mule — for getting around, moving your goods, and working your fields.

⚠️ This is an unofficial port. UsefulCarts is a version port of NiftyCarts (by jmb05, itself a Fabric port of AstikorCarts by MennoMax) to Minecraft 26.2 and 26.1.2. I did not create the mod — all of the original code and art belong to their authors; I've only updated it to run on the newest Minecraft. If you play on a version the original supports, please use it instead: NiftyCarts on Modrinth · GitHub. Licensed MIT.

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The carts

  • Supply Cart — a rolling double-chest you can pull on foot; it also seats a passenger and shows some of its cargo stacked on top.
  • Hand Cart — a lighter, player-pulled cart with 27 slots of storage.
  • Wagon — a large horse-drawn hauler with expandable storage (feed it chests), an optional wool-carpet roof, and banner decoration.
  • Animal Cart — a two-seat cart for ferrying players or livestock; small animals that wander into it climb aboard on their own.
  • Plow — load it with a hoe, shovel, or axe, then drive it across the ground to till farmland, carve dirt paths, or strip logs.
  • Seed Drill — holds 9 stacks of seeds and plants them automatically as you pull it over farmland.
  • Reaper — sit on it while a horse pulls it to mow a wide swath of crops and clear ground growth.

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How to use

Every cart hitches the same way: get within a couple of blocks of it and press the Attach/Detach Cart key (R by default). On foot you pull it yourself; from the saddle of a horse/donkey/mule your mount pulls it. Press the key again to unhitch. There's also a Toggle Slow key (Z) for careful maneuvering. Place a cart by right-clicking the ground with the cart item, and right-click storage carts to open them.

Requirements

Recipes

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Credits & license

The original mod, NiftyCarts, was made by jmb05 as a Fabric port of AstikorCarts (by MennoMax / issork). UsefulCarts only ports that mod to Minecraft 26.x — full credit for the mod goes to them. Distributed under the MIT License; the original copyright notice and license are included with the download.

FAQ

How to install Useful Carts?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Useful Carts for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Useful Carts support?

Useful Carts has builds for Minecraft 26.1.2–26.2.

Is Useful Carts needed on the server?

Needed in the game and on the server

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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