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Activator Rail

An activator rail is a type of rail that, if powered, can eject entities from regular minecarts, lock hopper minecarts, ignite TNT minecarts, and activate the command in a command block minecart. If not powered, it can only unlock locked hopper minecarts.

The correct tool to break an activator rail is a pickaxe. It will always drop itself when broken, regardless of the tool used.

An activator rail can be used as a rail and as a redstone component.

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-05-16 Open Original

Local game data

Activator Rail

Java 1.21.4
Typeitem
Stack64
Durability-
Sections6
Canonical IDitem:activator_rail
Minecraft IDminecraft:activator_rail
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Crafting Recipe

Iron Ingot icon
Stick icon
Iron Ingot icon
Iron Ingot icon
Redstone Torch icon
Iron Ingot icon
Iron Ingot icon
Stick icon
Iron Ingot icon
Activator Rail icon
AIron IngotBStickCRedstone Torch

Local Data Properties

displayNameActivator Rail
nameactivator_rail
id792
stackSize64