Breezy
by codyhuh
Breezy brings hot air balloons and a set of wind mechanics to Forge and NeoForge, with wind particles that show the air moving above the ground.
What it does
Breezy adds a small set of wind-related features built around hot air balloons. Wind particles appear above the ground in several Overworld biomes, and they show up most often in mountainous regions. Balloons can be ridden and flown, and their altitude is controlled with flint and steel to ascend and sand to descend. Shears let a player clear away sandbags they no longer want.
A balloon cannot be steered by its rider, and it drifts with the wind instead. To read the air, a player uses the Gust Gauge, which shows the wind direction. The wind changes direction over the course of a day, and it can blow in a different direction at each of 32 vertical blocks, so a balloon's path depends on the altitude it reaches.
Breezy depends on Geckolib, which must be installed alongside it. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1, with builds for 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20.1 and 1.20.2, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, which makes the mod open source.
Key features
Hot air balloons
Balloons can be ridden and flown, with a different approach to travel than most transportation mods offer.
Altitude control
Flint and steel raise a balloon and sand lowers it, so the rider changes height by hand.
Gust Gauge
A gauge shows the wind direction, which a rider needs to plan a route since balloons cannot be steered.
Wind particles
Visible wind particles appear above the ground in several Overworld biomes, most often in mountainous areas.
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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
Mountain travel
Wind particles gather in mountainous regions, so players flying balloons there see the strongest drift.
Altitude routes
Because wind direction changes at different heights, players can climb or descend to reach a chosen destination.
Who it’s for: Players who want a transportation mod built around drifting balloons and wind rather than vehicles they steer, on Forge or NeoForge.
How it compares
Fancy Balloons is open source under the MIT License, published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.1 – 1.21.5, and it is server required with client optional. Ghast Aircraft shares the client and server environment of Breezy, runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, and is not open source. Breezy covers 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 only on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-14 |
| Fancy Balloons | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-11 |
| Ghast Aircraft | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-23 |
Questions
Does Breezy require Geckolib?
Does Breezy have to be installed on the server?
Can a rider steer a hot air balloon?
In the catalog
Breezy is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
Breezy adds a few new wind related features such as wind particles and hot air balloons! Wind particles display above ground in various Overworld biomes. They appear most frequently in mountainous regions.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/breezy
- Owner
- codyhuh
- Published
- 2023-09-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15