Boat Delete Begone
by Nischhelm
Boat Delete Begone stops boats and the entities riding them from being deleted when a chunk border closes on them.
What it does
Minecraft 1.12.2 can delete an entity that is riding a boat when two entities share the same boat and the chunk border closes between them, a problem tracked as MC-136760. The mod targets that behavior so the boat and its passengers are not removed when the chunk is unloaded or the player relogs and reloads the area. Villagers and other entities stored in boats are also kept in place.
Entities mounted on other entities are covered as well, and the mod is meant for server owners who want stable boat rides and passenger storage on busy or long-running worlds. Persistence is handled only for entities that the game marks as persistent, so the mod does not stop normal despawning of other mobs. Boat Delete Begone runs on Forge for 1.12.2 and depends on FermiumBooter, which must be installed alongside it.
The mod is open source under the MIT License, with a public source code repository and issue tracker. The only build listed is for 1.12.2, and it was first published and last updated on 2025-12-14.
Key features
Boat chunk border fix
Stops boats and their riders from being removed when two entities in the same boat sit on either side of a closing chunk border.
Passenger persistence
Keeps villagers and other entities stored inside a boat in place across chunk unloads and reloads.
Mounted entity support
Applies the same protection to entities mounted on other entities, not only to boats.
Targeted scope
Leaves ordinary despawning untouched, so only entities the game already marks as persistent are kept.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners running Minecraft 1.12.2 with Forge who see boats or their passengers disappear at chunk borders. The mod is server-side, so players join without installing it.
How it compares
Spawn Camping Begone! is a server-side Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under All rights reserved, which does not cover boats on 1.12.2. Boat Thunderstorm is a weather mod for Forge across 1.14.4 – 26.2, with a server-required environment and All rights reserved licensing, so it does not address chunk border deletion. Fix Boat Break is an open source NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, a different loader and version from Boat Delete Begone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat Delete Begone | Forge | 1.12.2 | Server-side only | 2025-12-14 |
| Spawn Camping Begone! | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Server-side only | 2026-08-23 |
| Boat Thunderstorm (weather) | Forge | 1.14.4 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-10 |
| Fix Boat Break | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-03 |
Questions
Does Boat Delete Begone need FermiumBooter?
Does the mod need to be installed on the client?
Which Minecraft version does Boat Delete Begone support?
In the catalog
Boat Delete Begone is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.
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What the author says
Fixes MC-136760 for Minecraft 1.12.2 (Forge) If there are two entities in the same boat that is close to a chunk border, it can happen (~1 in 16) that one of the two entities is in a different chunk than the boat it is in. Minecraft deletes that entity when relogging or reloading the chunk.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/boatdeletebegone
- Owner
- Nischhelm
- Published
- 2025-12-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15