That doesn't work, maybe you should read the description of the Achievement, before you share your "Genius Ideas" with the world.It isn't 1000km traveled it is end up 1000km from where you started, by doing that method you end up 2 blocks away.
It's VERY hard to get this achievement. i thought it was easy, by just going around in a circle, yet, it did not give me my achievement, but now i do have it, by spending the rest of my minecraft life gathering resources for powered rails.
Once i thought i had enough, i laid them from point a, to point b, and did not get my achievement. I needed a longer rail. So, to my conclusion, you need 15 stacks of rails. (and if you want a easy rail) powered ones.
Me and Binarycon played for 1 day and got this achievement:
for the normal rail: just mine up 6 64's of iron & make 64 sticks - makes 1024 track.
and 54 gold, 9 sticks & 9 redstone dust for boosters plus some redstone torches to power the boosters.
We just went in a straight line - digging through mountains to prevent going uphill often.
You literally need exactly 375 iron ingots to make exactly 1000 railes (no boosters).
count boosters in and you need less than that.. but thats what im currently going with
ok its 1 km from were you started and 10 blocks is 0.01 km so you would need 1000 total blocks of rail and i think you have to start from where you started and respawn to so there you go!!!
Where = Mine track
Then, place two minecarts on it, and wait!
The two boost each other and zoom around. You stay on one track and it's virtually infinite.
regardless, the original plan would not work
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are you sure you havn`t just got 1.5 km in total? because it needs to be all at once
Once i thought i had enough, i laid them from point a, to point b, and did not get my achievement. I needed a longer rail. So, to my conclusion, you need 15 stacks of rails. (and if you want a easy rail) powered ones.
And then you will get your achievement.
for the normal rail: just mine up 6 64's of iron & make 64 sticks - makes 1024 track.
and 54 gold, 9 sticks & 9 redstone dust for boosters plus some redstone torches to power the boosters.
We just went in a straight line - digging through mountains to prevent going uphill often.
count boosters in and you need less than that.. but thats what im currently going with