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Better Snowball

by skniro

Better Snowball adds new effects to the snowball, so a thrown snowball can heal, poison, confuse or teleport the entity it strikes.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.20 – 26.3

What it does

Each variant keeps the snowball's damage on hit and adds one effect: a short Instant Health effect on the struck entity, a short Nausea effect, a short potion effect, or a teleport of the entity over some distance. The mod is simple and only adds these snowball species. It runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it, and it is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 22 release versions, 1.20 – 26.3, under the MIT License, which makes it open source.

Builds are published for the 1.20 – 26.3 range, with 1.2.3-26.3 as the latest file on each loader. The source code and the issue tracker are public.

Key features

  1. Instant Health snowball

    Hitting an entity deals the usual snowball damage and applies a short Instant Health effect to it.

  2. Confusion and poison snowballs

    One variant applies a short Nausea effect on hit, and another applies a short potion effect.

  3. Teleporting snowball

    A teleporting snowball moves the struck entity a set distance away from where it landed.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.31.2.3-26.3-Fabric1.2.3-26.3-Forge1.2.3-26.3-NeoForge
26.21.2.3-26.2-Fabric1.2.3-26.2-Forge1.2.3-26.2-NeoForge
26.1.21.2.3-26.1-Fabric1.2.3-26.1-Forge1.2.3-26.1-NeoForge
26.1.11.2.3-26.1-Fabric1.2.3-26.1-Forge1.2.3-26.1-NeoForge
26.11.2.3-26.1-Fabric1.2.3-26.1-Forge1.2.3-26.1-NeoForge
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.2.3-1.21.11-Fabric1.2.3-1.21.11-Forge1.2.3-1.21.11-NeoForge
1.21.101.2.3-1.21.10-Fabric1.2.3-1.21.10-Forge1.2.3-1.21.10-NeoForge
1.21.91.2.3-1.21.10-Fabric1.2.3-1.21.10-Forge1.2.3-1.21.10-NeoForge
1.21.81.2.3-1.21.7-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.7-Forge1.2.3-1.21.7-NeoForge
1.21.71.2.3-1.21.7-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.7-Forge1.2.3-1.21.7-NeoForge
1.21.61.2.3-1.21.7-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.7-Forge1.2.3-1.21.7-NeoForge
1.21.51.2.2-1.21.5-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.4-Forge1.2.2-1.21.5-NeoForge
1.21.41.2.2-1.21.4-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.4-Forge1.2.2-1.21.4-NeoForge
1.21.31.2.1-1.21.4-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.4-Forge1.2.2-1.21.4-NeoForge
1.21.21.2.1-1.21.4-Fabric1.2.0-1.21.4-Forge1.2.2-1.21.4-NeoForge
1.21.11.21.1-1.2.2-Fabric1.2.1-1.21.1-Forge1.21.1-1.2.2-NeoForge
1.211.21.1-1.2.2-Fabric1.2.1-1.21.1-Forge1.21.1-1.2.1-NeoForge
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Snowball Recipe is server required with the client optional, works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.13 – 26.3, and is not open source. Snowballs Hit Players is server-side only, open source under CC0 1.0 Universal, and only for 1.17 on Fabric.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better SnowballFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20 – 26.3Client and server2026-09-20
Snowball RecipeFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.13 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-21
Snowballs Hit PlayersFabric1.17Server-side only2021-07-05

Questions

Does Better Snowball need to be installed on both sides?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

In the catalog

Better Snowball is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Equipment mods17,631Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Instant Health Snowball is no damage,but is can make be hit entity will have a short Instant Health effect. Confusion Snowball is no damage,but is can make be hit entity will have a short Nausea effect.
skniro, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
skniro
Published
2023-08-27
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-20
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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