Ender Rail Accelerator

A major breakthrough! …excuse me, I got excited here. I discovered something recently: Ender chests. No, I didn’t discover the chests themselves, but more what they can be used for:

I was messing around with ender chests, which is another “ender” device that both eludes and fascinates me.

It turns out that you can lay a set of powered rails through every slot of an ender chest and they will connect to each other in order. This line can be powered by a single redstone signal traveling along them.

I have no idea how ender chests do what they do, but this property is fascinating. That creates a 27 block distance to accelerate… something. Like an iron ingot. Nothing too big.

Cramming the rails into a single crafting bench was its own challenge.

The results are impressive. Devastating, really. Both for the user and more so for the target. The super-accelerated projectile deals massive damage! On top of that the iron ingot leaves the barrel fast enough to cause an explosion when it hits the air and another one where ever it impacts.

Be very careful with this. This is in no way a combat-viable device. It’s more a novelty at this point.

Another problem: The ERA burns out after just a single shot and needs to be repaired.

More research is required.

Update: More research has been done! The Emerald Muzzle Upgrade can be attached to the ERA, smoothing out a lot of its muzzle shockwave. Experience has shown that emerald as a material is quite receptive to vibration, absorbing it. This combines well with nether quartz which has shown similar properties in absorbing and directing energy.

Full blocks are required to absorb the generated force.