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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

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On A Rail Achievement in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

On A Rail55 (40)

Online/Offline - This achievement can be obtained in either an online or offline modeSingle Player - This achievement can be obtained in single player game modesCooperative - This achievement can be obtained in non-versus game modes where players work together
Travel by minecart to a point at least 500m in a single direction from where you started.

Achievement Guide for On A Rail

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jh413 CLIQUE
19,631
jh413 CLIQUE
Achievement won on 14 Jun 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 11 July 12 at 06:31, Edited on 10 May 13 at 06:37
This solution has 73 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
I have a railroad course on my world if anyone wants to use it. All you have to do is send me a friend request on XBL and a message asking for help. I will not turn anyone down for this. The only thing i ask for return is that you vote this solution positively.
Note: I will not invite you to my world if all you do is send me a friend request, I need a message to know what you want. I am usually online around 5pm to 9pm central standard time

Edit: I now have both kinds of rails, one with powered rails and one without, plus I can help ya'll with every achievement EXCEPT leader of the pack

NOTE: I still have a world where you all can get the achievements, i will continue to keep that world (updated May 10, 2013)

Note: Any UK gamers who decide to take up my offer, will have to wait on a weekend day for me to help (time difference, sorry)
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Jocavs
30,192
Jocavs
Achievement won on 12 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 12 May 12 at 17:21, Edited on 13 May 12 at 16:32
This solution has 48 positive votes and 7 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
This achievement may seem a little more daunting then it really is. The best way I've found is to build a cobblestone track starting at sea level (make sure you have enough room both length and height wise as the world is shrunk down a bit from PC) and build 10-12 blocks, then go up a step, 10-12 blocks then up a step and rinse and repeat until you've reached 500m (500 blocks as each block = 1 meter) and then ride it down. You can also join a friends world and do it through there. If you would like to use mine, send me a message on my Gamertag: Jocavs. I'll try to get to as many as possible. There is also a video below showing my run, and a little more detail on how to do it.

Edit #1 - I helped people for about 1-2 hours straight last night. If I haven't gotten to you yet, I'm going to hop back on every night for a few days. Thanks for being patient :)
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Ench4nted Duck
132,471
Ench4nted Duck
Achievement won on 13 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 13 May 12 at 14:08, Edited on 20 August 12 at 23:37
This solution has 68 positive votes and 40 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE
I have a 550m rail and I'm willing to help anyone with it at my earliest convinence. Send me a message on XBL and I will help you as soon as I can. All I ask for is that you thumbs up my solution. Thanks. If you thumbs down, please leave a comment saying why. all you have to do is subscribe to my youtube account and lleave a comment on youtube say your gamer tag and as soon as i see that ill get you 40g
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Official PSWH
2,447
Official PSWH
Achievement won on 15 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 18 May 12 at 04:16
This solution has 24 positive votes and 7 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
This video shows both the QUICKEST, and EASIEST possible way to grab yourself this Achievement.

Full instructions are given in the video, along with hints and tips.
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DarkDan88
69,364
DarkDan88
Achievement won on 11 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 11 May 12 at 03:45
This solution has 21 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
You can find the necessary resources for this achievement if you play the tutorial level. Once you reach the first village, go to the shore and you should see a landmass over the water. There is a massive cave system located there. I found an absolute ton of iron ore, as well as gold, redstone, some lapis, and six diamond. There are also some pretty decent lava pools down there if you want to harvest lava for the 'Into the Nether' achievement. Either way, on the tutorial level there are also some rails, powered rails, and redstone torches already on the map (linking the first village with the castle) which you could harvest if you are lacking a few components. I hope this helps.
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unacquainted
46,594
unacquainted
Achievement won on 10 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 10 May 12 at 06:47, Edited on 13 May 12 at 22:36
This solution has 17 positive votes and 8 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
A note for some about resources.

Firstly, plant saplings near you home in order to make sure you don't need to travel far for trees/wood/sticks.

Secondly all ore, (including iron, gold and redstone) are best found at the 12th layer above the very bottom of the map.

In order to find the 12th layer, dig down until you hit bedrock (the unbreakable block) and dig around a bit to make sure you know which is the layer is the highest to have bedrock.

The highest layer you will find bedrock is 5, so go up 7 blocks and start mining from there ONLY horizontally if you can help it, do not go up or down and if you need to go up or down for whatever reason, try to get back to that level.

Good luck resource hunting.

If I'm available I will try and help people get this achievement, Message me over XBL if I'm online or on here to arrange a time... however I may not be able to help if I'm busy with other things. I've got my world with the rail still.
After half a dozen or so people I've done my good deed, I'm sure others are willing to help :)
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ZyGouNeTte
124,496
ZyGouNeTte
Achievement won on 01 Jun 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 02 June 12 at 22:23
This solution has 9 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
500 meters = 500 blocks so 500 rails
6 iron ingots + 1 stick = 16 rails so you need ~32 sticks and ~190 iron ingots.
You need some powered rails and detector rails to maintain your speed.
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paulinovino
94,923
paulinovino
Achievement won on 19 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 10 June 12 at 19:50, Edited on 16 July 12 at 19:36
This solution has 9 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Just so everyone knows, I did this achievement legitimately, and it was a b****. It is really easy now that I know of a little cheat/glitch.
You can choose which strategy to approach the achievement, whether it is flat with the powered rails or inclined w/ the normal (I did it with the incline) rails.
1. Get a dispenser
2. Make sure you have a friend with you that has a picaxe (w/ out the friend w/ picaxe you cannot do glitch.)You can do this offline with a second controller.
3. Put whatever ONE thing in the center of dispenser (can be anything) and do NOT leave the screen.
4. Have your friend mine the dispenser while you are still on the dispenser screen. You should get an unlimited amount of whatever you put in it.
5. This allows you to get unlimited anything -- from diamonds to saplings -- making it very easy and much less tedious to get this achievement.
NOTE: This achievement has been patched, but you can still use it if you go to the system memory and clear the cache, then play offline with a second controller.
For those of you who wish to accomplish achievements legitly, I recommend placing ten normal rails, then going up or down a block. It's tedious but simple.
Good Luck!
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Toslowguard6
180,351
Toslowguard6
Achievement won on 12 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 28 May 12 at 05:27
This solution has 7 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
The video I'm showing is more of a quick overview. The seed we put to get 192 iron ingots was Iron Seed. I made this video, so I hope it helps.
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Dragon Shifu
61,525
Dragon Shifu
Achievement won on 04 Jun 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 06 June 12 at 22:33, Edited on 08 June 12 at 01:42
This solution has 6 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
If you want to build your own, it will take a couple of hours to mine and an hour to build the rails. I used the TUTORIAL level on peceful mode.

1. Follow DarkDan88's guide on the iron locations. You should get well over 200 iron ores and 500+ stone/dirt.

TIP: Craft 100+ torches to mark the places you've mined in the massive cave system. I also put chests/crafting table/furnace at the entrance of the cave to do store/smelt/craft efficiently. Just use stone tools, but craft 1 iron axe to collect gold/restone if you like.


2. Then follow Jocavs guide on building a "downhill" rail.

TIP: The key to placing the blocks fast without falling off is to use the SNEAK mode (press the RS to activate/deactive). SNEAK mode allows you to walk to the edge of a block without falling. You can place blocks super quick! I started at one edge of the map at sea/ground level and placed 12 stones/dirt and then go up by 1 level. I do this until I'm half-way where I place the cart/button/power-rail and ride it back down.

Good luck.
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Leo Ascendent
206,258
Leo Ascendent
Achievement won on 11 Jun 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 12 June 12 at 02:32, Edited on 10 August 12 at 12:11
This solution has 7 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
If you want to get this yourself, but don't want to do the work, you can easily do this (requires two controllers or a friend). Yes, this is cheating, but you're on TA, a site for obtaining achievements as quick as possible, so quit bitching and crying.

*YOU DO NOT REQUIRE AN ONLINE FRIEND, I DID IT VIA SPLIT SCREEN. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PLACE IT IN THE CENTER EITHER*

- Build a dispenser
- Place a Power Rail (built using 6 gold, redstone and a stick) in the dispenser and leave it open.
- Have a friend or alt controller destroy it.
- Place them in your inventory, NOT QUICK BAR.
- Now close the dispenser menu and go to a chest.
- Select the rails WITH X, do not use A, it will place all in the chest and delete them.
- Keep using X and you'll infinitely place them.

Now just build a STRAIGHT series of tracks. You must get 500 squares from your starting position. Don't forget to use Redstone Torches to power the rails.

~I WILL NOT BE DUPING ANYTHING FOR ANYONE, YOU CAN DO THIS YOURSELF OR WITH A FRIEND. I'M NOT A FAN OF GLITCHING, BUT IT WAS NEEDED FOR THIS PAIN IN THE ASS ACHIEVEMENT~

I'm no longer helping online, both down internet and rude requests have killed by desire to help.
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King fiShiZ
71,893
King fiShiZ
Achievement won on 19 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 28 May 12 at 08:51
This solution has 7 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
I recommend to build the whole railroad in the ground. Get a Axe and start didding.

500 Meters are 500 Blocks, and for 500 Rails you ~ 192 Blocks if Iron.
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tylahjames
59,959
tylahjames
Achievement won on 16 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 16 May 12 at 20:02, Edited on 28 October 12 at 05:53
This solution has 16 positive votes and 11 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
My good friend SleepyZombie007 & I decided to make our own 500m railway & figured we would help to those who needed the achievement. Just send me a message via Xbox live or here if you need the achievement & I will help when I can.

Big thanks to SleepyZombie who helped me tons.

Edit.

I've opened my world with the track in it up in creation mode, making my track obsolete.
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Nike Bmx
18,642
Nike Bmx
Achievement won on 29 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 30 May 12 at 14:06
This solution has 7 positive votes and 3 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Ok so what I did was use Jocavs way but I had to improvise cause I ran out of room so I needed booster rails. Tip: start at the middle or little after it. But if you guys are to lazy to spend 5-6 hours doing this, message me on XBL saying "True Achievements" and ill get the map and invite you. This will be easier cause you now don't have to waste your resources.
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Astonyy
15,159
Astonyy
Achievement won on 19 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 19 May 12 at 23:46
This solution has 14 positive votes and 10 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
XBL: Astonyy

Add me and ask for invite, and I will invite when I can so you can get this achievement. Be patient, I might not be on all the time, I'm English, so consider time difference.
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Dr Ownage452
99,397
Dr Ownage452
Achievement won on 20 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 31 March 13 at 02:01, Edited on 31 March 13 at 08:48
This solution has 4 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
I have a world set up for guaranteed achievements in Minecraft. The achievements are on two different worlds but are very easily attainable and take no time at all! :-)
The achievements on world one i can get anybody are:
"On A Rail"
"Into the Nether"
"The Lie"
"Leader Of The Pack"
"Dispense with this"
"Bake Bread"
"Delicious Fish"
"Cow Tipper"


World 2 Achievements are:
"When Pigs Fly"
I am on every day EST And will gladly help ANYBODY who sends me a message asking for it. :)


If there is a Achievement that you need in Minecraft that isn't listed above still send me a message and i'm sure i can help you out :)
Just send me a message if Anyone is interested
Gamertag: Dr Ownage452


*Update*
The easier Achievements are Now obtainable in my world also.
"Acquire Hardware"
"Getting an Upgrade
"Hot Topic"
"MOAR Tools"
"Time to Farm"
"Time to Mine"
"Time to Strike"
"Benchmarking"
"Getting Wood"
"Taking Inventory"

All Achievements are easily obtainable in My World, I will gladly help anyone
EASY 400/400 Gamerscore

Most people will have The "Monster Hunter" Achievement but if for some strange reason you don't have it i'm Happy to help :)
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Bobo Magroto
38,862
Bobo Magroto
Achievement won on 19 Jun 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 03 February 13 at 01:27, Edited on 03 February 13 at 01:41
This solution has 3 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
To those trying to get this Achievement, plus the other 18 Achievements to this game (Minus Leader of the Pack), I have constructed a world for getting them and I'm making it public to everyone (It's all tested and works correctly)

If you want help getting any missing Achievements, post a comment on my solution and a friend request, after that I'll try to get on as soon as I can to help getting the Achievements (bear in mind, I run on Australian Eastern Standard time - Best time is anything after 3 or 4pm on a weekday, Weekends are whenever)

The only requirement I want from you to have is a mic, make life for us a bit easier

Cheers and see you on the field
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Scythekain
59,186
Scythekain
Achievement won on 21 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 21 May 12 at 14:44
This solution has 8 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Here's a formula for those of you wishing to make a 500M track still:

for every 8 normal track pieces on a flat track, you need a powered track. That means for a straight track traveling 500 blocks (500 M) you need about 380 blocks of gold and 3496 Iron. As others have said, the best way to find these resources are to dig deep, or to use the tutorial level.

I used the "Bambi" seed, which creates epic cliffs and caves. From the spawn point I traveled to the south-middle of the map, and dug till we found this massive cave complex. From there we made a house on top of the underground waterfall and started mining northeast to the spawn point. I used the natural caves to help with the mine cart, which made for a rollercoaster like track ;)

Just keep at it and you'll get there.
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ACC0UNT CHANGED
18,072
ACC0UNT CHANGED
Achievement won on 29 Jul 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 17 August 12 at 23:11
This solution has 3 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote.
If You Want This Achievement In Under 3 Mins
Add GT: ACC0UNT CHANGED
I Have A Rail That Goes Over 500M And I Will Let Anybody Use It
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SES WAFFLENATOR
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SES WAFFLENATOR
Achievement won on 30 Aug 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 06 September 12 at 00:48
This solution has 2 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Easy way to get achievement.
I am willing to help anyone who is in need of it.
Messege me SES WAFFLENATOR, and we can knock it out in seconds.
Good Luck.
And no spams please.
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WNTD Skillz
199,782
WNTD Skillz
Achievement won on 27 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 13 January 13 at 16:59
This solution has 2 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
I will try to hold a gaming session every week to help people get this achievement if you can not go to one of then pm me or message me on xbox live my gamertag is "WNTD Skillz" so i can arrange a more suitable time for you.

The achievement will take around 5 minutes and i will try my best to help you with any others you need but i won't be able to help with all of the minecraft achievements
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danielmillion
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danielmillion
Achievement won on 13 May 12
TA Score for this game: 478
Posted on 28 January 13 at 22:24
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here is a link to a youtube video to show you how to get On A Rail Achievement in Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition If you liked the video please remember to leave a rating, helps me out a lot :D
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LoneDiagram14
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LoneDiagram14
Achievement won on 11 Mar 13
TA Score for this game: 356
Posted on 12 March 13 at 12:54
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I used a friend to do this, his username is Fazedshooter if you're still looking for the achievement now.*

If you want do do this by yourself, please, watch this video below showing you the fastest way to get this and the best possible solution to do this.**

*Thankyou Fazedshooter for helping me!
**All credits go to BHLxGaming for using his video.
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