Question about mine carts.

[Darth Invader]

Are they just for travel? I was kind of hoping I could store stuff in them. Also, is there going to be another way to fast travel, like a portal system or something later on? I'd like to know before I spend a lot of time and resources building tracks just to find out later that there is a more efficient means of fast travel.

Any help is appreciated. Really enjoying the game. Thanks.

[Soulsniper1313]

For now its just travel but I would like to see some sort of chest/speed addon and maybe even in the future some sore of drill tip on the front and we can just lay track down as it mines straight lines for us maybe.

[Darth Invader]

Thanks preciate it.

[Archon]

Or if you could use the minecarts to cart stuff back automatically from your mining sites. Would give the tracks more use after getting portals

[Dash]

Portals are already in the game, SUPER late game though fyi.

Your map's orientation will be unique but on my map "north" is the Clay Caves and "south" is the Forbidden Ruins. What I did was build just 2 rails going right to the center and through each. They cut down on so much time its crazy. I recommend keeping a minecart in your inventory to use rails rather than leaving one placed down on each, that way if you die you won't have to manually walk back.

If you don't mind spoilers I can offer a couple more reasons why you'll want to set up rails.

[ErrorM3_997]

Originally posted by Dash:

Portals are already in the game, SUPER late game though fyi.

Your map's orientation will be unique but on my map "north" is the Clay Caves and "south" is the Forbidden Ruins. What I did was build just 2 rails going right to the center and through each. They cut down on so much time its crazy. I recommend keeping a minecart in your inventory to use rails rather than leaving one placed down on each, that way if you die you won't have to manually walk back.

If you don't mind spoilers I can offer a couple more reasons why you'll want to set up rails.

I crafted 5 portals before killing Azeos, so I'd bump that down to mid-game.
My luckiest drops were the 2 fire staffs from the caveling shamans
and the purple necklace from a purple slime mob.