Boat

Boats (including bamboo rafts) are drivable vehicle entities that can be ridden through water or at high speeds across all types of ice. Most mobs will ride nearby boats, which they cannot control or exit on their own.

Obtaining

Boats can be crafted with any Overworld planks; crimson and warped planks cannot be used to make boats. Boats can be retrieved by repeatedly hitting them until they drop as an item. In Java Edition, tools and weapons that deal more than damage can destroy a boat in one hit.

Usage

Boats can be used for the transportation of players and mobs, sold for emeralds, or used as fuel.

Fuel

A boat used as fuel in a furnace lasts 60 seconds, smelting up to 6 items.

Entering

A player enters a boat by it, if the boat is not fully occupied (boats can hold two entities). Unlike beds, there is no message above the hotbar for attempting to enter a fully occupied boat.

Exiting

A boat can be exited by or , pressing down the right analog stick on a controller, tapping the "Leave Boat" button when using touch controls, or . When exiting a boat, the player is placed in the direction the player is facing, or, if facing directly up or down, the player is placed in front of the boat. The exiting player is placed on land if possible from the dismounting position.

Motion

Boats do not turn with mouse-look. With a keyboard or gamepad, boats are controlled using the , (turns left), (turns right), and keys. Using the key increases the field of vision, but does not increase speed as if sprinting. With touchscreen controls, two buttons for steering appear. The right button or key steers to the left, and the left button or key steers to the right. Pressing both buttons or keys moves the boat forward. , boats can be ridden against a current, but cannot be ridden upstream to a higher elevation. A boat lift, usually made from tripwire, pistons, and optionally a slime block, can be used to move a boat up. Bubble columns created with soul sand can also be used to push boats upward. These mechanisms can also be used but are usually unnecessary because boats can be ridden upward in descending water, as well as follow upward stair-step currents.