It will still be able to hop while derailed. The cart can be derailed and hop off the track, but will not be able to move horizontally upon landing. Another easier way to exit a minecart is to cancel the 'Riding in a Minecart' buff / status effect. Moving from a derailed cart will automatically remove the cart. To dismount or exit a minecart, left click with any item or press the quick-mount hotkey again. The great benefit of a cart is its ability to keep moving along the track even when a player releases the controls.

(It is unknown whether a character's speed buffs affect minecart speeds.) The cart will hop when a character jumps, and will slow when a player attempts to go the opposite direction of current travel. Acceleration in a cart is low, but top speed will bring a character to ~80% top character possible speed. Minecarts are produced upon right clicking on a track or pressing the quick-mount hotkey when standing on the track, and the player is automatically placed inside. Other track pieces exist, such as the Pressure Plate Track for wiring mechanics, and Booster Tracks. Hammering a non-end piece of track will not change the track unless another track is in an adjacent, diagonal cell, to which it will change which track is connected. A drop piece will allow the cart to fall off the track.A bumper piece will alter the direction of the cart without altering the cart speed.A stop piece will cause a cart to come to an abrupt halt.Initial placement will yield a 'stop' piece on ends of track and hammering will alter the end piece to either a 'bumper' or rail 'drop'. Track does take up one full square and the cart with character will take up 3 tall, requiring a minimum of 4 blocks of space for use of a track. Crafting track is extremely efficient, granting 50 pieces for only 2 common resources. Minecart tracks are placed in the Furniture layer, the same layer as Chain, Torches, Platforms and so on.

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