Oak Boat with Chest
Oak Boat with Chest combines a passenger boat with a 27-slot storage inventory, letting one player sail rivers and oceans while hauling cargo below deck.
Description
Oak Boat with Chest turns long water journeys into cargo runs, because a single sailor can stash ores, mob loot, and building supplies mid-trip without rowing back to a base. The rear seat holds the inventory instead of a second passenger, so Oak Boat with Chest ferries only its pilot — no animals, no friends — across oceans, swamps, and frozen rivers. Builders park one under each dock piling, inside harbor warehouses, and along Nether ice-boat highways, where the oak hull matches wooden piers and the cargo waits one click away.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:oak_chest_boat
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|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:oak_chest_boat
|
| Stackable | No |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Java Edition | 1.19 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.19.0 |
Java Edition Guide
How to use an Oak Boat with Chest in Minecraft
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1
Craft the chest boat
Place one Oak Boat and one Chest anywhere on a crafting table — the recipe is shapeless in Java Edition 1.19 and yields one Oak Boat with Chest.
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2
Launch the boat on water
Equip Oak Boat with Chest, right-click on a water surface or riverbank, and the boat spawns with you seated as the pilot.
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3
Open the 27-slot inventory
Sneak-use (Shift + right-click) the boat to open a chest interface identical to a single Chest's 27 slots while staying seated.
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Disembark and retrieve safely
Press Sneak to dismount onto solid ground, then break Oak Boat with Chest with a sword or axe hit — the boat drops as an item along with every stored stack.
Oak Boat with Chest carries only the pilot in Java Edition and Bedrock 1.19.0+, because the chest occupies the rear seat a passenger would normally use.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you craft an Oak Boat with Chest?
Yes. Combine one Oak Boat with one Chest anywhere on a crafting table — the recipe is shapeless in Java Edition 1.19 and produces one Oak Boat with Chest.
How many items can an Oak Boat with Chest hold?
Oak Boat with Chest stores 27 stacks, the same capacity as a single Chest, accessed by sneak-using the boat while seated or moored.
Can two players ride an Oak Boat with Chest?
No. The chest takes the rear passenger seat, so Oak Boat with Chest carries only the driver in both Java Edition 1.19 and Bedrock 1.19.0.
Does Oak Boat with Chest drop its contents when broken?
Yes. Breaking Oak Boat with Chest drops the boat item plus every stack stored inside, so no cargo is lost when a trip ends or a creeper destroys the boat.
What version added Oak Boat with Chest?
Oak Boat with Chest was added in Java Edition 1.19 (snapshot 22w12a) and Bedrock Edition 1.19.0, alongside the June 2022 Wild Update.
Is Oak Boat with Chest renewable?
Yes. Oak Boat with Chest is renewable because oak logs, planks, chests, and boats all come from oak trees you can replant and farm endlessly.
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