You can use a boat in Minecraft to cross water without needing to swim. But in order to use a boat, you must know how to operate it.
Let’s have a look at how to operate a boat.
Materials Needed:
These are the resources needed to build a boat in Minecraft:
- 1 single oak boat
- 1 Spruce Canoe
- 1 single birch boat
- 1 boat in the jungle
- 1 boat made of Acacia
- 1 boat made of dark oak
How to Use a Boat: A Step-by-Step Guide?
Get the Boat into the Water:
In Minecraft, you’ll need a boat if you wish to travel by water. If you don’t already have a boat, you can rapidly create one using a boat-making recipe.
Make sure the boat is the selected item in your Hotbar before adding it to your Hotbar.
After that, place your cursor (+ symbol) on the water where you want your boat to be. To place your boat, you’ll need at least four blocks. In your game window, the block should get highlighted.
The game control for placing the boat varies depending on the Minecraft version:
- Right-click on the block in Java Edition (PC/Mac).
- You tap on the block in Pocket Edition (PE).
- Press the LT button on the Xbox controller for Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
- Press the L2 button on the PS controller for PS3 and PS4.
- Press the ZL button on the gamepad on the Wii U.
- On the Nintendo Switch controller, hit the ZL button.
- Right-click on the block in Windows 10 Edition.
- Right-click on the block for the Education Edition.
Your boat should now display on the block you selected. The next thing you’ll need to learn is how to navigate your boat.
Climb onto the boat:
After you’ve positioned your boat in the water, you’ll need to climb aboard by mounting it.
The game control for boarding the boat (or getting in the boat) varies depending on the Minecraft version:
- Right-click on the boat in Java Edition (PC/Mac).
- To play the Pocket Edition (PE), tap the boat and then the Board button.
- To enter the boat on the PS3 and PS4, click the L2 button on the PS controller.
- To enter the boat on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, use the LT button on the Xbox controller.
- Right-click on the boat in Windows 10 Edition.
- Press the ZL button on the gamepad on the Wii U.
- On the Nintendo Switch controller, hit the ZL button.
- Right-click on the boat for the Education Edition.
Now that you’re in the boat, you can maneuver it around with the same controls you used to walk about in the game.
Getting out of the Boat:
The game control for getting out of the boat varies depending on the Minecraft version:
- Press the left Shift Key to activate Java Edition (PC/Mac).
- To exit the game in Pocket Edition (PE), hit the Leave Boat button.
- Press the Right Stick (RS) on the PS controller for PS3 and PS4.
- Press the Right Stick (RS) on the Xbox controller for Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
- To activate Windows 10 Edition, hold down the left shift key.
- On the Wii U gamepad, press the Right Stick (RS).
- On the Nintendo Switch controller, push the Right Stick (RS).
- To access the Education Edition, hold down the left shift key.
- You’ve just mastered the art of using a boat in Minecraft.
