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Boat

• Oak
• Spruce
• Birch
• Jungle
• Acacia
• Dark Oak
• Mangrove
• Cherry
• Pale Oak
• Bamboo

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
Flammable item?	Yes
Size	In Java Edition: Height: 0.5625 blocks Width: 1.375 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Height: 0.455 blocks Width: 1.4 blocks

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A boat is a drivable vehicle entity used primarily for fast transport of players and passenger mobs over bodies of water. Bamboo rafts look different, but function identically to other boats.

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 4HP damage can destroy a boat in one hit.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Matching Overworld Planks

Usage

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

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Boat with Chest	Chest + Matching Boat

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Master Fisherman	100%	100%	Boat	Emerald

Fuel

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

Transportation

Entering

A player enters a boat by using 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 sneaking or, in Bedrock Edition, pressing down the right analog stick on a controller, tapping the "Leave Boat" button when using touch controls, or jumping. 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 forward, left (turns left), right (turns right), and backward keys. Using the sprint 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.

In Java Edition, 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 in Bedrock Edition but are usually unnecessary because boats can be ridden upward in descending water, as well as follow upward stair-step currents.

Behavior

Speed

Boats move according to the player's control or water currents, with speed affected by the surface traversed. Boats move extremely quickly on ice, allowing for the construction of fast transportation systems in any dimension.

Drag is applied proportionally against the boat’s current velocity, causing its speed to decay exponentially.

When the forward or backward command is issued, a constant thrust is applied relative to the boat's facing direction, exponentially approaching the top speed at which thrust balances drag.The backward thrust is one-eighth that of the forward thrust’s strength.

When strafe commands are issued, a constant torque is applied to increase the boat's rotation speed, with the same drag mechanism limiting the maximum rate of rotation.

Substance	Top Speed	Max Yaw Rate
Water	8.0 blocks/s	200 deg/s
Ice, frosted ice, packed ice	40 blocks/s	1000 deg/s
Blue ice	72.72... blocks/s	1818.18... deg/s
Land	2.0 blocks/s	50 deg/s
Slime block	1.181 blocks/s	100 deg/s
Honey block, soul sand	1.053 blocks/s

The torque and thrust values differ between Java and Bedrock edition, as are the linear drag coefficients of various surfaces which are proportionally scaled to produce the same top speed/max yaw rate between two editions

	Front Thrust	Back Thrust	Torque	Blue Ice	Pack/Frost/Ice	Water	Slime	Land
Java Edition	16 blocks/s2	2 blocks/s2	400 deg/s2	0.22 s-1	0.4 s-1	2 s-1	4 s-1	8 s-1
Bedrock Edition	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???

Flotation

The animation of an oak boat when atop a bubble column.

A boat floats atop still or flowing water. In Java Edition, a boat sinks if it enters a waterfall. In Bedrock Edition, a boat does not sink when submerged but floats up. This feature lets a player contrive stepped uphill water flows to propel a boat uphill using only flowing water.

When a boat moves over a bubble column, it begins to shake. If the bubbles are caused by a magma block, all passengers are expelled and the boat sinks.

In Java Edition, a sunken boat cannot be re-floated until a bubble column pushes it up or it is broken by the player. In Bedrock Edition, a boat resumes floating when it emerges from the currents keeping it down, or when the bubble column is blocked or removed.

Dolphins chase players riding a boat in motion, occasionally bumping the boat, causing it to shake briefly.

Destruction

As boats are entities, they have health. Boats effectively have just over 4HP‌ (exactly 4 damage is not enough to destroy a boat), and regenerate ¹⁄₁₀ per game tick. Due to bug MCPE-62683 boats in Bedrock Edition have 40HP × 20 health.

Boats can be destroyed by explosions, fire and lava (but not magma blocks), cactus, and by being punched/shot by mobs, such as drowned. Boats made invulnerable with commands cannot be broken by any of these, but they still cannot be used to travel on lava because they sink.

When a boat is destroyed, it drops itself in item form.

Passengers

Multiple mobs in 2 types of boats.

Boats can support two riders, including mobs. A mob cannot exit a boat and is trapped until the boat gets destroyed, or until the player uses a fishing rod or lead to remove the mob. This can be used to transport mobs, although hostile mobs still attack while in boats. Mobs riding a boat don't despawn‌ and don't count toward the mob cap.

In Java Edition, a player cannot both move (row) and use items at the same time. It is still possible to initialize item use (e.g. start eating) and row the boat while the item is still in the middle of the use animation. Although the rowing animation overrides the item use animation, the item can still be successfully consumed.

Being in a boat limits the player's mouse-look to the forward 210° arc in Java Edition and 180° in Bedrock Edition.

Underwater boats cannot be ridden. When the boat is underwater, all passengers in it are expelled.

Damage prevention

Riding a boat does not deplete hunger, making it an efficient way to travel.

Boats can completely nullify fall damage for themselves and any players/mobs inside, making them useful for travel through mountains or through the Nether. In previous Java Edition versions, a bug caused the player to take full damage at specific heights; for example, 49 or 51 blocks. However, this has been patched out in 1.21.2.

Collision

A boat has a solid collision box, which means players and other entities can't go through it even with high speed. Falling blocks are also blocked by boats.

In Java Edition, a boat falling on top of an entity stops on top of the entity. In Bedrock Edition, a falling boat can go through other entities.

Riding a boat over a lily pad causes the lily pad to drop, although the boat's speed stutters a bit.

Mobs

Most mobs can ride boats. Mobs cannot exit the boat unless the boat is destroyed, sinks, or moves over a bubble column.

Mobs can be picked up into the boat when they collide with the side of the boat. A mob cannot control the boat. In Java Edition, a boat being ridden by a player cannot pick up a mob. In Bedrock Edition, mobs can be picked up by a boat being ridden by a player. In Minecraft Education, even tripod cameras can ride boats.

A mob can ride a boat if it is narrower than a boat, and is neither an aquatic nor ambient animal. The following mobs are unable to ride in a boat:

• Agent
• Bat
• Cod
• Creaking
• Dolphin
• Elder guardian
• Ender dragon
• Ghast
• Giant
• Glow squid
• Iron golem
• NPC
• Pufferfish
• Ravager
• Salmon
• Spider
• Squid
• Tadpole
• Tropical fish
• Warden
• Wither

The baby counterparts of these mobs are able to ride in boats, but not the adult versions:

• Camel
• Donkey
• Hoglin
• Horse
• Mule
• Polar bear
• Skeleton horse
• Sniffer
• Zoglin
• Zombie horse

Additionally, few types of mobs can have various Size values, which can prevent them from riding boats:

• Slime above size 1
• Magma cube above size 1
• Phantom above size 3

Lead

Leads can be attached to boats and can break when stretched too far due to boats moving much slower on land.

The lead has no effect if a player is riding the boat. However, if any mob is riding the boat, the boat can be tugged along. This includes villagers, making transportation easier in early game with just a few boats and leads.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Boats use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Rowing	Friendly Creatures	While a boat is rowed on land	entity.boat.paddle_land	subtitles.entity.boat.paddle_land​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Rowing	Friendly Creatures	While a boat is rowed in water	entity.boat.paddle_water	subtitles.entity.boat.paddle_water​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While a boat is rowed in water	random.swim	?	0.6-1.4

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Oak Boat	oak_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.oak_boat
Spruce Boat	spruce_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.spruce_boat
Birch Boat	birch_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.birch_boat
Jungle Boat	jungle_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.jungle_boat
Acacia Boat	acacia_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.acacia_boat
Dark Oak Boat	dark_oak_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.dark_oak_boat
Mangrove Boat	mangrove_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.mangrove_boat
Cherry Boat	cherry_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.cherry_boat
Pale Oak Boat	pale_oak_boat	Item	boats	item.minecraft.pale_oak_boat
Bamboo Raft	bamboo_raft	Item	boats	item.minecraft.bamboo_raft

Name	[hide]Identifier
Oak Boat	oak_boat
Spruce Boat	spruce_boat
Birch Boat	birch_boat
Jungle Boat	jungle_boat
Acacia Boat	acacia_boat
Dark Oak Boat	dark_oak_boat
Mangrove Boat	mangrove_boat
Cherry Boat	cherry_boat
Pale Oak Boat	pale_oak_boat
Bamboo Raft	bamboo_raft

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Oak Boat	oak_boat	boat / 0	375	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.oak.name
Spruce Boat	spruce_boat	boat / 1	378	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.spruce.name
Birch Boat	birch_boat	boat / 2	376	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.birch.name
Jungle Boat	jungle_boat	boat / 3	377	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.jungle.name
Acacia Boat	acacia_boat	boat / 4	379	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.acacia.name
Dark Oak Boat	dark_oak_boat	boat / 5	380	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.big_oak.name
Mangrove Boat	mangrove_boat	boat / 6	643	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.mangrove.name
Cherry Boat	cherry_boat	boat / 8	657	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.cherry.name
Pale Oak Boat	pale_oak_boat	boat / 9	722	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.pale_oak.name
Bamboo Raft	bamboo_raft	boat / 7	661	Item	minecraft:boats	item.boat.bamboo.name

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Boat	boat	90	entity.boat.name

Entity data

Boats have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Tags common to all boats see Template:Nbt inherit/boat/template[show]
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]

Boat Type[show][edit]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Whatever Floats Your Goat	Get in a boat and float with a goat	Use a boat and put a goat inside that boat, then ride it.	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Whatever Floats Your Goat!	Get in a Boat and float with a Goat	Enter a boat or a raft with a goat.

History

[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.6							Added boats.
							Initially, boats broke upon being placed outside water, and on impact with land.
v1.0.6_01							Boats now only break on impact with land at high speeds.
							Boats no longer break upon being placed outside water.
							Boat turning has been made smoother.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				It is now possible to score a critical hit against a boat.
[hide]Java Edition
1.3.1			12w15a				Boats can now be shot out from dispensers.
			12w21a				Boats no longer take damage when colliding with lily pads. Instead, the lily pads themselves break.
			12w23a				Boats can now accelerate to faster than previous speeds, and are now easier to control.
			12w27a				Boats now drop their item instead of 3 oak planks and 2 sticks if broken by a player.
							Instead, it needs to fall certain heights to drop 3 oak wood planks and 2 sticks.
			1.3				The texture of the oak boat item has been changed.
1.6.1			13w16a				Boats are now dismounted using the sneak key; previously, this was achieved by right clicking on the boat a second time.
			13w16b				New boat physics with lower inertia, but left, back and right controls have been removed.
							Boats now take damage and break when colliding with many lily pads in a short time.
1.7.2			13w36a				Players can now /summon mobs riding boats, though mobs cannot control boats.
			13w43a				Boats no longer inflict fall damage when running aground.
							Boats being broken by lily pads has been slightly improved.
							Left, back and right controls added again.
1.8			14w06a				Mobs riding boats can now control them, so that they can chase or flee enemies, move toward food, move about randomly, or whatever they would do on land. The exceptions are the ghast and bat, both of which cannot control boats.
1.8.2			pre2				Boats can now survive crashes at higher speeds.
1.9			15w41a				Boats have been overhauled to match the boats from Pocket Edition Alpha 0.11.0. They now have oars for paddling and are more durable and now allows passengers to board.
							Mobs can now board boats, though they can no longer control them.
							A new set of controls have been introduced: it includes holding down the right and left keys to move forward, and using the right key to move the right oar, turning the boat to the left (and vice-versa). Mouse movement no longer turns boats, and the forward and back keys no longer have any effect.
							Players can no longer use items or attack from boats unless they were at a complete stop.
							The crafting recipe for boats has been changed to require a wooden shovel as shown below. Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe Oak Planks + Wooden Shovel
							Boats no longer break snow layers they run into.
			15w42a				The new boats are now comparable in speed to the old boats (slightly faster than sprinting), though with less momentum.
							Players can now use items and attack immediately after they stop rowing.
			15w43c				The texture of boats has been remapped, so that they now have a separate texture per oar and per side of the boat.
			15w51a				Boats now drop their corresponding planks when broken.
			16w04a				Boats are now faster and now move forward and backward using the forward and backward keys respectively, and steer left and right using the left and right keys respectively. The rowing mechanism introduced in 15w41a, holding the right and left keys, is removed and no longer moves the boat forward. The controls are now more similar to boats before the overhaul.
							Boats now sink when underwater, or within flowing water of any depth.
							The crafting recipe of boats has been restored to the original recipe, no longer requiring a wooden shovel as it has since 15w41a (though matching wood planks is still required).
							Riding a boat no longer subjects water-sensitive mobs to being damaged by water, and no longer protects sunlight-sensitive mobs from being damaged by sunlight.
							Dismounting in a boat now attempts to place the player on land.
			16w05a				Boats now travel extremely fast on ice, packed ice and frosted ice.
			16w06a				Riding entities such as boats are now run by the client rather than by the server.
1.11			16w32a				The player's hunger bar is now visible when riding in a boat.
			16w33a				Boats can now be used to fuel furnaces.
			16w39c				Boats placed by dispensers now face the same way as the dispenser, instead of toward the dispenser.
1.12			17w17a				Boat paddling sounds have been added.
1.13			18w06a				Boats as fuel now smelt 1 item in a furnace instead of 2.
			18w15a				Added blue ice, which allows boats to travel even faster on it.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all boats have been changed.
			18w50a				The textures of all boats have been changed to match the new planks.
			19w11a				Fisherman villagers now buy boats for 1 emerald.
1.15			19w37a				Boats as fuel now smelt 6 items in a furnace instead of 1.
1.16			20w18a				Mobs in boats no longer despawn.
1.19			22w11a				Added mangrove boats.
			22w12a				Boats can now be used to craft boats with chests.
							The textures of all boat items (except mangrove) have been changed.
			22w14a				Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, mangrove boats are now obtainable and renewable.
			22w15a				The textures of all boat item textures have been changed.
October 15, 2022							Bamboo rafts were announced at Minecraft Live 2022.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Added bamboo rafts.
			22w45a				The item texture of the bamboo raft has been changed.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry boats.
1.20			23w12a				Bamboo rafts and cherry boats are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.21			Pre-release 1				Boats are now leashable.
1.21.2			24w37a				Boats no longer drop planks and sticks when crashed, which at this point was only ever possible due to a rare bug.
							The remaining code for boats that caused them to be destroyed like in pre-1.9 has been removed. Prior to this point, falling from very specific heights would destroy the boat and damage the rider.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale oak boats.
1.21.4			24w44a				Pale oak boats are now available without using the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
September 19, 2014							Tommaso Checchi tweeted a picture of a player riding a boat, stating that the most important thing is to "get the paddling right."
							The model used by boats is currently a minecart.
January 26, 2015							Tommaso Checchi tweets a screenshot of multiple riders in a single boat.
							The model used by boats is now a minecart which has been squished vertically, and tinted brown.
February 20, 2015							Tommaso Checchi tweets a screenshot of multiple boats with only mobs in them.
							Boats now have a proper model with paddles.
v0.11.0			build 1				Added boats. Each wood type has its own respective variant, though they share the same sprite as items.
							Boats can support two riders, including mobs.
							Boats are larger in size than in Java Edition.
							Boats are more resistant to crashing against land than in Java Edition.
			build 12				Projectiles can now be shot from boats.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added all boat variants to the Creative inventory.
							New inventory icons for boats have been added. The sprite now includes paddles and represents their respective wood color.
v0.13.0			build 1				Boats are now slightly faster than sprinting, and no longer deplete hunger.
							Players can now use items and attack immediately after they stop rowing.
			build 3				Boats now stack on top of each other.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.22				Boats now move faster on ice.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.0				The steering of boats has been changed when using keyboard and mouse - W now moves the boat forward and S reverses it.
			beta 1.5.0.4				Boats can now sink or float on bubble columns.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of all boats have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Boats can now be bought from fisherman villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Trading has been changed, master-level fisherman villagers now offer to buy boats based on their villager biome outfit.
							Due to trading changes, birch boats can no longer be sold to fisherman villagers.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.51				Custom named boats now save their name after placing and breaking.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.27				The item sprites of all boats have been changed. The paddles now represent their respective wood color (except spruce) and the inside rims of the boats are darker.
							An updated item sprite for dark oak boat has been added to the game files, but it's currently unused.
1.18.30			Preview 1.18.20.26				An updated item sprite for spruce boat has been added to the game files, but it's currently unused.
			Preview 1.18.20.28				Spruce and dark oak boats now correctly use their updated item sprites.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			Preview 1.18.30.29				Boats can now be used to craft boats with chests.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Added mangrove boats.
			Preview 1.19.0.27				Changed all boat item textures.
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added bamboo rafts behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.60 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.60.20				The item texture of the bamboo raft has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Added cherry boats behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Bamboo rafts and cherry boats are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				The wooden shovel in the crafting recipe has been removed for all boat types except the bamboo raft.
			Preview 1.20.10.21				The bamboo raft recipe no longer needs a wooden shovel.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale oak boats.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.24				The second passenger of a boat no longer has large camera twitches when rotating toward the west direction.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added boats.
TU12							The maximum number of boats in a world has been increased to 40.
							Boats now break when they hit land hard.
							Boats can now be placed by dispensers.
TU14		1.04					Boats are no longer broken by lily pads anymore, instead they run straight through the lily pad now, breaking and sometimes dropping it.
							When boats crash, they can now sometimes drop themselves as items.
							Boats are now less glitchy and more responsive now.
							The maximum speed of boats has been increased.
							When exiting, players now move from the boat.
							When broken by a player, they drop a boat now.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Boats are now dismounted using the sneak key; previously, this was achieved by pressing use on the boat a second time.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Boats have been overhauled to match Pocket Edition v0.11.0 alpha boats.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Boats can now be used to fuel furnaces.
							Boat paddling sounds have been added.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	The crafting recipe of boats has been changed to require a wooden shovel.
			1.90				The textures of all boats have been changed.
			1.91				Boats can now be sold to fisherman villagers.​
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added boats.

• 

  The old boat floating.

• 

  A bunch of pre-1.9 boats stacked up.

• 

  First image of boats in BE development.

• 

  Second image of boats in BE development.

• 

  Image of the completed Bedrock Edition boats.

• 

  A trail of boats after a game crash while riding a boat.

• 

  A third-person perspective of a boat in Java Edition Alpha v1.0.6.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.9			15w41a				The NBT tag Type (string) have now added for the boat entity, taking values oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia and dark_oak.
1.11			16w32a				The entity ID has been changed from Boat to boat.
1.13			17w47a				The oak boat ID has been changed from boat to oak_boat.
							Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 333, 444, 445, 446, 447 and 448.​
1.21.2			24w39a				The entity IDs for boats have been split into separate types, one per existing variant.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.56				The item ID boat has been split up into <type>_boat.​

Issues

Issues relating to "Boat" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-273338 – [Fixed] Flying boat glitch using string and rising bubble columns
• MC-277865 – [Fixed] The animation of boats in bubble columns breaks when over a certain "Time" in level.dat
• MC-295879 – Sprint-hitting boats and then getting in them causes the boat to fall through the block underneath
• MC-167285 – Travelling into an end gateway with a platform on the other side while on a boat would instantly teleport you back
• MC-237679 – The head rotations of passengers in boats are constantly forced to turn in certain directions if the rider were to dismount the boat while moving left or right
• MC-137793 – Some mobs shoot backwards when on boats, boats with chest, bamboo raft or bamboo raft with chest
• MC-156980 – Stuttering movement when walking on top of boats/boats with chest/raft on water/in the air; same applies to some extent to moving on top of a shulker
• MC-21098 – Throwing projectiles at minecarts, boats (with chest), (glow) item frames, and paintings in creative mode will delete them
• MC-90923 – Boats and minecarts not picking up armor stands
• MC-96347 – Mobs leashed to fences drop their lead but don't remove the leash knot when entering a boat
• And 161 other open issues.

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-13664 – You can't push a boat while riding a boat
• MCPE-19819 – Item in hand is not hidden while driving a boat
• MCPE-50227 – Boat rowing animation is way too fast
• MCPE-51027 – Boats make a ton of footstep noises on solid blocks
• MCPE-189878 – Enderman in boat or minecart can be hit and damaged by projectiles
• MCPE-16938 – Hostile Mobs in Boats can attack at any angle, should be restricted the same as players
• MCPE-34577 – Boats on slime blocks and beds jump automatically
• MCPE-46309 – Sleeping Villagers Can Go Into Boats
• MCPE-47737 – Boats glitch through walls
• MCPE-49796 – Boat is significantly faster if center is above air
• And 68 other open issues.

Trivia

• Sand, red sand, concrete powder, gravel, anvils, and dragon eggs drop as items when they fall onto a boat that is in water.
• A chest is short enough that a boat falls onto it rather than crashes into it.
• In Legacy Console Edition, holding the movement stick to the side in a boat on blue ice causes the player to spin quickly. If a passenger is in the boat while this occurs, when the player exits the boat after it reaches maximum velocity (attained after about three seconds), for most mobs, the mob's head may spin uncontrollably. For some mobs, however, nothing happens (such as slimes and ghasts). The mob may also get its head stuck at an angle. Thorough testing was done on Minecraft: Wii U Edition, although the glitch was originally discovered on the Xbox 360 Edition.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  All types of boats next to each other.

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  A dock with many boats.

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  A boat on ice in the Nether.

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  A camera in a boat.

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  Steve leashing boats to a pier.

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  Boats blocking a river.

Development images

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  Jappa texturing a boat.

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  Nekofresa making the bamboo raft in Blockbench.

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  Boat item textures from Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.10.27.

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  Boat item textures from Bedrock Edition 1.18.10.

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  Boat item textures from Bedrock Edition beta 1.19.0.21.

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  Boat item textures from Bedrock Edition beta 1.19.0.27.

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  Boats attached to leads.

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  "Sunny and Noor are next to a fully rebuilt Ruined Portal. The brave Sunny throws an Ender Pearl toward the lit Nether Portal. Noor is to the side holding a Leash tied to a Boat with a Sheep in it."

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  A boat emitting lots of particles.

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  A boat with llamas in it and a lead attached.

Concept artwork

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  Bamboo raft concept art.

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  Ditto.

In other media

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  Official artwork of Sunny riding a mangrove boat.

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  Sticker of Zuri on a bamboo raft with a camel calf.

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  Official artwork of Alex in a boat at sea with an allay.

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  Zuri on a bamboo raft.

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  Pixel art of Zuri on a bamboo raft with a baby panda.

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  Cutout of Zuri and Efe on bamboo rafts, featured in the Trails & Tales Event.

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  Alex in a boat with a goat.

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  A social media post about a bamboo raft and cherry boat.

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  An oak boat as it appears in an advertisement for Crocs.

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  CommuniKate on a boat.

See also

• Transportation

External links

• Taking Inventory: Boat – Minecraft.net on October 4, 2019