Boat Fall
by EcoBuilder13
With Boat Fall installed, boats break when they drop from a high enough height, and the passengers take fall damage.
What it does
Boat Fall makes boats and their passengers take fall damage. A boat that lands after a fall of sufficient height breaks, and anyone riding it is hurt by the same rule. Boats carrying chests drop their contents on the ground when fall damage destroys them, so the items remain recoverable.
The mod targets two long-standing bugs, tracked as MC-98160 and MC-105103, and runs entirely on the server while clients still behave correctly. Installation needs only Fabric or Quilt, and the latest release is 1.2.1 for 1.21.1. The code is under the BSD 3-Clause License and is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker.
Key features
Boat fall damage
Boats break when they land from a sufficient height, and their passengers take the matching fall damage.
Chest contents drop
Boats with chests release their inventory onto the ground when fall damage destroys them.
Fall-damage fixes
The mod corrects the two tracked bugs so that boat falls apply consistent damage to every rider.
Integrated server bugs
The mod corrects the bugs that appear on an integrated server in single-player worlds.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival servers
Server owners who want boats to carry real risk from falls can run the mod without asking players to install anything.
Single-player worlds
Players on an integrated server get the same fall rules and the chest-drop behavior.
Who it’s for: Server owners and single-player players who want boats to take fall damage. The mod suits servers that want the rule enforced without client installs.
How it compares
Boats Motion Rework is available for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.17 – 1.21.6, with a server-required environment and All rights reserved as its license. No Fall Damage is open source under the MIT License, targets 1.21.5 – 1.21.9 on the same four loaders, and is also server-required. Boat Fall is open source under the BSD 3-Clause License, but supports only Fabric and Quilt.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat Fall | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-03-08 |
| Boats Motion Rework (Climb Stairs, Slabs, and Ice) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21.6 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-24 |
| No Fall Damage | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.9 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-05 |
Questions
Does Boat Fall need to be installed on clients?
Which loaders does Boat Fall support?
In the catalog
Boat Fall is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod is a port of a fix from RandomPatches for MC-98160 and MC-105103. The mod works entirely server side while still functioning on the client. With this mod installed boats will break when they fall from a great enough height and their passengers will take the appropriate amount of fall damage. Boats with…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/boat-fall
- Owner
- EcoBuilder13
- Published
- 2021-08-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15