Boat with Chest

For other uses, see Boat (disambiguation).

Boat with Chest

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
Flammable item?	No
Size	In Java Edition: Height: 0.5625 blocks Width: 1.375 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Height: 0.455 blocks Width: 1.4 blocks
Network ID	JE: 1

Boats with chests (including bamboo rafts with chests) are boats with single chests occupying their passenger seats. A boat's chest can be accessed by using the boat while sneaking, or while riding it.

Obtaining

A boat with chest can be directly retrieved by attacking it, as it drops itself in item form, along with its contents.

Tools and weapons with damage above 4HP can instantly destroy a boat with chest in one hit.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Chest + Matching Boat

Usage

A boat with chest can be used for the transportation of players, mobs and items, or as fuel when smelting.

Fuel

A boat with chest can be used as fuel in a furnace, lasting 60 seconds and smelting up to 6 items.

Transportation

Boats with chests can carry only one entity while regular boats can carry up to two. The chest occupies the passenger seat.

Behavior

Boats with chests share most behaviors with boats.

Item storage

The inventory of the boat with chest has the same amount of slots as a single chest. Its inventory can be accessed by sneaking and interacting with the boat with chest, interacting with the part of the boat with chest that actually contains the chest while another player or entity is inside the boat, or by opening the player's inventory while inside the boat. This means that the player cannot access armor slots without exiting the boat.

When a boat with chest moves above, underneath, or beside a hopper, its inventory is filled or drained accordingly. The size of its hitbox allows a boat with chest to be placed above up to nine hoppers so that it can evenly split its items nine ways.

Piglins

As with other containers, opening or breaking a boat with chest causes any nearby piglin(s) to attack the player.

Sounds

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

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Boat with Chest	oak_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.oak_chest_boat
Spruce Boat with Chest	spruce_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.spruce_chest_boat
Birch Boat with Chest	birch_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.birch_chest_boat
Jungle Boat with Chest	jungle_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.jungle_chest_boat
Acacia Boat with Chest	acacia_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.acacia_chest_boat
Dark Oak Boat with Chest	dark_oak_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.dark_oak_chest_boat
Mangrove Boat with Chest	mangrove_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.mangrove_chest_boat
Cherry Boat with Chest	cherry_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.cherry_chest_boat
Pale Oak Boat with Chest	pale_oak_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.pale_oak_chest_boat
Poplar Boat with Chest	poplar_chest_boat	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.poplar_chest_boat
Bamboo Raft with Chest	bamboo_chest_raft	Item	boats chest_boats	item.minecraft.bamboo_chest_raft

Name	Identifier
Oak Boat with Chest	oak_chest_boat
Spruce Boat with Chest	spruce_chest_boat
Birch Boat with Chest	birch_chest_boat
Jungle Boat with Chest	jungle_chest_boat
Acacia Boat with Chest	acacia_chest_boat
Dark Oak Boat with Chest	dark_oak_chest_boat
Mangrove Boat with Chest	mangrove_chest_boat
Cherry Boat with Chest	cherry_chest_boat
Pale Oak Boat with Chest	pale_oak_chest_boat
Poplar Boat with Chest	poplar_chest_boat
Bamboo Raft with Chest	bamboo_chest_raft

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Boat with Chest	oak_chest_boat	chest_boat / 0	646	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.oak.name
Spruce Boat with Chest	spruce_chest_boat	chest_boat / 1	649	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.spruce.name
Birch Boat with Chest	birch_chest_boat	chest_boat / 2	647	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.birch.name
Jungle Boat with Chest	jungle_chest_boat	chest_boat / 3	648	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.jungle.name
Acacia Boat with Chest	acacia_chest_boat	chest_boat / 4	650	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.acacia.name
Dark Oak Boat with Chest	dark_oak_chest_boat	chest_boat / 5	651	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.big_oak.name
Mangrove Boat with Chest	mangrove_chest_boat	chest_boat / 6	652	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.mangrove.name
Cherry Boat with Chest	cherry_chest_boat	chest_boat / 8	658	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.cherry.name
Pale Oak Boat with Chest	pale_oak_chest_boat	chest_boat / 9	723	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.pale_oak.name
Poplar Boat with Chest	poplar_chest_boat	chest_boat / 10	770	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.poplar.name
Bamboo Raft with Chest	bamboo_chest_raft	chest_boat / 7	662	Item	minecraft:boats	item.chest_boat.bamboo.name

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Boat with Chest	chest_boat	218	boat inanimate	entity.chest_boat.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Freight Station	Use a Hopper to move an item from a Chest Minecart to a Chest.	Use a Hopper to move an item from a Minecart with Chest or a Boat with Chest to a Chest.	15	Bronze

History

Announcement

September 23, 2019							The swamp was announced as a contender for the Biome Vote at MINECON Live 2019. Frogs, boats with chests, and mangrove trees were announced.
September 28, 2019							The swamp comes in second place in the Biome Vote, setting the release date of new swamp content further than new mountain content.
October 16, 2021							Boats with chests were announced at Minecraft Live 2021. Only jungle and dark oak variants were shown.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19			22w12a				Boats with chests were added.
							Knob on chest is placed incorrectly 1 pixel up.
			22w13a				Changed knob on chest position 1 pixel down to match Bedrock Edition.
							Boats with chests can now be placed by dispensers.
			22w14a				Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, mangrove boats with chests are now obtainable and renewable.
			22w15a				Changed all boat with chest item textures.
							Now, the inventory can be accessed by using it directly when there is already a passenger inside of it.
October 15, 2022							Bamboo rafts with chests were announced at Minecraft Live 2022.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Added bamboo rafts with chests behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			22w45a				The item texture of the bamboo raft with chest has been changed.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry boats with chests behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			pre2				The item texture of cherry boats with chests has been changed.
1.20			23w12a				Bamboo rafts with chests and cherry boats with chests are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20.3			23w41a				Boats with Chests no longer lose their name when placed and now display their custom name in its GUI.
1.21			pre1				Boats with chests are now leashable.
1.21.2			24w39a				The entity IDs for boats with chests have been split into separate types, one per existing variant.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale oak boats with chests.
1.21.4			24w44a				The texture of the pale oak boats with chests item has been changed.
1.21.6			25w15a				The texture of the pale oak boats with chests item has been tweaked.[1]
			25w20a				The texture of the pale oak boats with chests item has been tweaked again.[2]
26.3			snap1				Added poplar boats with chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			Preview 1.18.30.29				Added boats with chests, missing mangrove type.
							Added unused translation keys for mangrove boat with chest.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Boats with chests are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
							Added mangrove boats with chests.
			Preview 1.19.0.27				Changed all boat with chest item textures.
1.19.50 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added bamboo rafts with chests 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 with chest has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Added cherry boats with chests behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.80			Preview 1.19.80.20				Turtles can now ride boats with chests, to match Java Edition.
							Spiders, adult polar bears, adult hoglins and zoglins can no longer ride boats with chests. However polar bears, hoglins and zoglins can still ride them manually using the /ride command.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Bamboo rafts with chests and cherry boats with chests are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale oak boats with chests.
			Preview 1.21.50.24				The texture of the pale oak boats with chests item has been changed.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Added poplar boats with chests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Data history

Issues

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

Trivia

• The chest texture is 12×12 pixels, rather than the 14×14 pixel texture the block uses. This is not the case with the minecart with chest.
• Despite the minecart with chest using the Christmas texture, the boat with chest still uses the default chest texture during Christmas time.^[3]

Gallery

Concept artwork

• 
  Concept artwork of bamboo rafts.
• 
  A chest boat seen in mangrove swamp concept art.
• 
  An oak boat with a chest tied to a lead

References