Rail Handcar

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Rail Handcars are a mode of transportation. They can be used to travel on rails.

Rail Handcar
Rail Handcar Rail Handcar

Category	Tool
Use	Travel
Tool
Stackable	Yes (99)

"Ride the rails."

Appearance

A rail handcar looks like a wooden platform with a wheel at each corner. A post in the center supports a teeter-totter like crossbar.

Where Found

Rail handcars must be made on a train yard.

Location	Input Item 1		Input Item 2		Input Item 3		Input Item 4		Input Item 5		Crafted Output
		+		+		+		+		=
Train Yard	Train Wheel		Wood		[[]]		[[]]		[[]]		Rail Handcar
Quantity	4		2		{{{Qty3}}}		{{{Qty4}}}		{{{Qty5}}}		10

Rush Cost
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Double-Time
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Use

The only place a rail handcar can be used is on a connected series of rails. If it leaves the rails, the handcar will fall as a loose item. It cannot carry more than one Blockhead during a trip.

The speed of a rail handcar is faster than a steam locomotive when it is traveling downhill or on flat ground. When traveling uphill, the player slows down, and if they slow down too much, Blockheads will fallback downhill.

As rail handcars can leave their rails, it is possible for a handcar to leave the ground. If in the air long enough, upon landing, it will display the number of blocks traveled in the air. However, if a handcar crashes into a solid block at a high enough speed, the riding Blockhead will lose health.

While a handcars can be used in only two blocks of vertical space, three are recommended, particularly around changes in elevation. Insufficient height will cause a Blockhead to collide with an overhead block, knocking it off the handcar and the handcar off the rails.