Drink Water
by danield1993
Drink Water adds a thirst bar that drains over time and can be refilled by drinking from water sources, bottles, buckets and cauldrons.
What it does
Players who drink water restore their thirst bar, and an empty bar slowly costs health, so a player has to keep the bar topped up while exploring or building. Foods also shift the bar: some restore thirst, others reduce it. Sweet Berries and Beetroot Soup are among the foods that change the bar, and water bottles let a player carry drink for later.
The thirst system makes areas without water, such as the Nether, more dangerous, so a player is encouraged to prepare before a trip and to carry water bottles in the inventory. Because the mod changes survival pacing, it suits players who want an added resource to manage. It runs on NeoForge for 1.21.1 only, and both the server and every player need it because the environment is client and server.
The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source in the sense of a public repository listing, though the license permits reuse. Files for NeoForge 1.21.1 are published, with 1.0.1 as the latest, dated 2025-11-29, after a first release on 2025-11-07.
Key features
Thirst bar
A thirst bar drains over time and must be refilled to avoid losing health.
Refilling sources
Water source blocks, cauldrons, buckets and water bottles all restore the bar.
Food effects on thirst
Some foods increase thirst and others decrease it, including Sweet Berries and Beetroot Soup.
Dangerous dry areas
Areas without water, such as the Nether, make survival harder and reward carrying supplies.
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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.
How it compares
Yet Another Thirst is open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, so it covers more loaders than Drink Water. Realistic Needs (Thirst) is not open source, is licensed as All rights reserved and covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Water Canteens is open source under the MIT License and is NeoForge only, with builds for 1.21.1 – 1.21.8.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drink Water | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-29 |
| Yet Another Thirst | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-04 |
| Realistic Needs (Thirst) | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-18 |
| Water Canteens | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-20 |
Questions
Does Drink Water need a loader other than NeoForge?
Does the server need Drink Water installed?
Which game version does Drink Water support?
In the catalog
Drink Water is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Drink Water introduces a thirst bar. You can replenish thirst from water bottles, water source blocks, cauldrons, and buckets. If your thirst bar runs dry, you will start to lose health slowly. This makes areas without water, like the nether, more dangerous, which behooves the player to prepare more wisely and carry…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/drink-water
- Owner
- danield1993
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15