Redstone Tide Drive

Quickstart

1. Craft a Tide Engine and Tide Propeller (recipes below), or find them in the Creative inventory’s Redstone tab.
2. Build a small raft or ship from touching blocks. Attach the engine and propeller to it so they are part of the same connected structure.
3. Place the engine so it faces the direction you want to travel. It faces opposite the direction you’re looking when you place it, so look away from your intended route.
4. Power the engine or another block in the connected craft with redstone. The craft moves one block in the engine’s facing direction every four ticks. Cut the redstone power to stop it.

Try it first in open water, with a clear route ahead.

Overview

The Tide Engine moves blocks as a connected craft when powered by redstone. The Tide Propeller spins as the craft advances. Movement is horizontal and follows the engine’s facing.

What It Adds

• Tide Engine: Redstone-powered movement for connected blocks.
• Tide Propeller: A propeller that spins as the craft moves.

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the Tide Engine:

Craft the Tide Propeller:

Both blocks are also available in the Creative inventory’s Redstone tab.

How To Use

The engine treats all touching blocks as one assembly, including blocks connected above, below, or to the sides. Attach your hull, engine, and propeller into one structure. Redstone power on any block in that assembly can activate the engine.

Keep the route clear: each block in the craft must be able to move into air or water. Solid obstacles, unloaded chunks, and the world border prevent movement. The engine retries while powered, so clear the obstruction or switch off the power to stop the craft.

Abilities And Mechanics

• The engine moves the whole connected assembly one block per movement cycle.
• Water and air are passable; other blocks are not.
• Nearby entities around the craft are carried along when it moves.
• Water may refill spaces left behind when the craft passes through it.
• The propeller’s rotation shows successful movement; it does not provide propulsion on its own.

Progression And Strategy

Start with a compact craft and test the engine’s facing before building larger. Keep the craft detached from shore and other structures: anything connected to the engine becomes part of the assembly and moves with it. Leave open space ahead, and use a redstone switch you can reach to control when the craft moves.