Bottled Air
by Serilum
Bottled Air lets a swimming player right-click an empty glass bottle to gulp air out of it and stay underwater for longer.
What it does
Air taken from a bottle refills half of the player's air bubbles by default. The action works only while swimming, and only when the air bubble bar is visible on screen. Collective is required on every loader, so it must be installed alongside Bottled Air.
Holding a fire-type item in the offhand stops the bottle from filling with water. Holding a campfire, fire charge, lava bucket or magma block in the offhand makes the new water bottle evaporate, returning an empty glass bottle to the inventory. By default each evaporation has a 50% chance of breaking the bottle. Drinking water underwater is blocked by default, which prevents unlimited oxygen.
The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 29 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.3. Only the server needs it, and players join without installing anything. The code is not open source; the mod is licensed as All rights reserved.
Key features
Air from empty bottles
Right-clicking an empty glass bottle while swimming fills the air bubble bar by half.
Evaporation with fire items
When one of the listed fire-type blocks is in the offhand, the water bottle created by drinking is removed and the empty glass bottle is given back.
Bottle breakage chance
The chance that a bottle breaks during evaporation is set in the config, with 50% as the default.
Configurable air amount
The air stored in each bottle defaults to 150, and the maximum is 1000, compared with 300 for vanilla air supply.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
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
Longer underwater exploration
Players who explore ocean floors and ruins can extend a dive without relying on potions or conduits.
Server balance
Server owners can keep water drinking disabled underwater so the bottle method stays the only extra air source.
Who it’s for: Players who explore underwater areas and server owners who want to tune how much air a bottle provides.
How it compares
Ocean Breaths is server required with client optional, open source is no, and it is published for 1.17 – 26.2 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license. The Splash Milk is client and server, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.16.5 – 26.2. Thirsty Bottles is client and server with an open source license under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, covering 1.10.2 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottled Air | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Ocean Breaths | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-03 |
| The Splash Milk | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-03 |
| Thirsty Bottles | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.10.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-28 |
Questions
Does Bottled Air need Collective?
Does Bottled Air have to be installed on the client?
Can the bottle breakage chance be changed?
In the catalog
Bottled Air is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Bottled Air is a mod which enables another way to remain under the water for longer. Aside from potions and conduits, you can now gulp air out of an empty glass bottle. Which is done by just right-clicking an empty bottle while swimming, when the air bubble bar is visible. This will by default refill half of the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bottled-air
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2022-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15