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Sturdy Vehicles
Improve Minecart and Boat recipes, control their drops! Data driven.
Quick answer
Which Sturdy Vehicles release should I use?
Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x targets 26.2 with Fabric, Quilt. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. All 1 required mods have matching files.
Where it goes
Is Sturdy Vehicles required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x need?
Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
Install Fabric API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.
We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.
Before you install it
Add Sturdy Vehicles without breaking your instance.
Built for Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x. It targets 26.2 with Fabric, Quilt; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
Install Fabric API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.
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Put it on the correct side
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Sturdy Vehicles add?
Sturdy Vehicles
Improve Minecart and Boat recipes, control their drops! Data driven.
Formerly known as Sturdy Carts.
Works server-side* and in single player.
*see Prior Versions below for Minecraft versions 1.20.5-1.21.1.
Sturdy Vehicles adds recipes to separate a Minecart or Boat item from its held item.
e.g. if you put a Minecart with Chest in a crafting grid you can pull the Hopper out from the result slot and the Minecart will remain in the grid with the Chest removed.
You can do the same with Furnace, Hopper, and TNT Minecarts and with Chest Boats.
A renamed Minecart or Boat will keep its name when split from or combined with its held item.
Sturdy Vehicles also allows changing of Minecart and Boat drops, but doesn't change any by default.
Some of the builtin packs change Loot Tables to emulate older versions of Minecraft.
Recipes and Loot Tables are data driven, and everything included is in builtin packs that can be enabled|disabled using /datapack enable|disable "sturdy_vehicles:pack_name".
Mods and mod packs can add similar recipes, read how on the wiki.
Builtin packs
• Uncraft Minecarts; default: enabled
Adds recipes to separate Minecart with 'Thing's into a Minecart and a 'Thing'.
The 'Thing' is the recipe output while the Minecart is left behind in the crafting grid and receives the name of the input Minecart with 'Thing'.
• Uncraft Chest Boats; default: enabled
Adds recipes to separate Chest Boats into a Chest and a Boat.
The Chest is the recipe output while the Boat is left behind in the crafting grid and receives the name of the input Chest Boat.
• Keep Minecart Names; default: enabled
Replace vanilla's Minecart with 'Thing' recipes with new recipes that transfer the name of the input Minecart to the recipe's output.
• Keep Chest Boat Names; default: enabled
Replace vanilla's Chest Boat recipes with new recipes that transfer the name of the input Boat to the recipe's output.
• Fragile Carts; default: disabled
Make Minecart with 'Thing's break apart into a Minecart and a 'Thing' instead of dropping themselves. Restores pre-1.19 behavior.
Not intended to be enabled alongside "Fragile Old Carts".
• Fragile Old Carts; default: disabled
Make Minecarts break apart into 3 Iron Ingots. Minecarts with 'Thing's will also drop the 'Thing'. Similar to pre-1.3.1 boat behavior.
Not intended to be enabled alongside "Fragile Carts".
• Fragile Chest Boats; default: disabled
Makes Chest Boats break apart into a Chest and a Boat instead of dropping themselves.
Not intended to be enabled alongside "Fragile Old Boats".
• Fragile Old Boats; default: disabled
Makes Boats break apart into 2 Sticks and 3 Planks (and a Chest in the case of Chest Boats) instead of dropping themselves, similar to pre-1.3.1 behavior.
Not intended to be enabled alongside "Fragile Chest Boats".
Prior versions
Mod versions prior to 2.0.0 are named Sturdy Carts, have the mod id sturdy_carts, and add the recipe types sturdy_carts:minecart_crafting and sturdy_carts:minecart_uncrafting.
On Minecraft versions 1.20.5-1.21.1, to connect to a server with Sturdy Vehicles, either Polymer must be installed on the server, or Sturdy Vehicles must be installed on the client.
Mod versions prior to 1.1.0 only add recipes if Nbt Crafting is installed.
On Minecraft versions prior to 1.19, the mod makes Minecarts with 'Thing's drop themselves (instead of splitting into a Minecart and a 'Thing' which is the pre-1.19 vanilla behavior).
Translating
If you'd like to help translate Sturdy Vehicles, you can do so on Crowdin.
Credits
• gliscowo for making Isometric Renders, which I used to create the mod icon.
This mod is only for Fabric (works on Quilt, too!) and I won't be porting it to Forge. The license is MIT, however, so anyone else is free to port it.
I'd appreciate links back to this page if you port or otherwise modify this project, but links aren't required.
Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Sturdy Vehicles by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
26.2
2 loader builds26.1.2
2 loader builds26.1.1
2 loader builds26.1
2 loader builds1.21.11
2 loader builds1.21.10
2 loader builds1.21.9
2 loader builds1.21.8
2 loader builds1.21.7
2 loader builds1.21.6
2 loader builds1.21.5
2 loader builds1.21.4
2 loader buildsShowing the newest 12 of 30 game versions. Older files are in the list below.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Sturdy Vehicles versions and loaders
Sturdy Vehicles 2.6.0+MC26.2.x
sturdy_vehicles-2.6.0+MC26.2.x.jar
2 Sept 2026
Sturdy Vehicles 2.5.0+MC26.1.x
sturdy_vehicles-2.5.0+MC26.1.x.jar
2 Sept 2026
sturdy-vehicles-2.4.0+MC1.21.11.jar
5 Jan 2026
sturdy-vehicles-2.3.0+MC1.21.9-1.21.10.jar
21 Oct 2025
sturdy-vehicles-2.2.3+MC1.21.5-1.21.8.jar
19 Jul 2025
sturdy-vehicles-2.2.2+MC1.21.5-1.21.7.jar
2 Jul 2025
sturdy-vehicles-2.2.1+MC1.21.5-1.21.6.jar
22 Jun 2025
sturdy-vehicles-2.2.0+MC1.21.5.jar
15 Apr 2025
sturdy-vehicles-2.1.0+MC1.21.2-1.21.4.jar
15 Dec 2024
sturdy-vehicles-2.0.0+MC1.21-1.21.1.jar
13 Sept 2024
sturdy-carts-1.3.0+MC1.21.jar
18 Jun 2024
sturdy-carts-1.2.0+MC1.20.5-1.20.6.jar
22 May 2024
Looking for an older file? The official CurseForge project page is in Resources.



