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Elytra Flight Control

by herrehre

Elytra Flight Control gives players Hold W and Hold S controls to speed up and slow down while gliding with an elytra, on Fabric.

FabricClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.1 – 1.20.6

What it does

Once a player wears an elytra, stands on flat ground and right-clicks a firework rocket, the glide starts as in vanilla. Holding W keeps accelerating in the direction the player looks, including upward climbs, and holding S slows the flight down. Slowing never reverses the direction of travel, and the vanilla gliding feel is kept whenever no key is pressed.

The mod is installed by placing its jar in the mods folder alongside Fabric API, on Fabric Loader 1.20.1 or a later release in the 1.20 line. It is published for Fabric only, for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is open source under the MIT License.

Key features

  1. Accelerate with W

    Holding W keeps increasing speed in the direction the player is looking, including while climbing.

  2. Slow down with S

    Holding S reduces speed continuously and stops at zero without flying backward.

  3. Vanilla feel without input

    When neither key is pressed, gliding behaves as it does in the base game.

  4. Launch from the ground

    Flight starts from flat ground with a firework rocket, as in vanilla, with no extra item needed.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.61.0.0
1.20.51.0.0
1.20.41.0.0
1.20.31.0.0
1.20.21.0.0
1.20.11.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Neo Elytra Flight HUD is a Fabric client-side only mod for 1.20 – 1.20.6 that adds a flight display, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Extra Elytra is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Better Flight is also Fabric client and server, for 1.20 – 1.21.1, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Elytra Flight ControlFabric1.20.1 – 1.20.6Client and server2026-08-15
Neo Elytra Flight HUDFabric1.20 – 1.20.6Client-side only2024-05-03
Extra ElytraFabric1.20.1 – 1.21.1Client and server2026-07-17
Better FlightFabric1.20 – 1.21.1Client and server2026-10-13

Questions

Does Elytra Flight Control need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API must be installed next to the mod's jar, on Fabric Loader 1.20.1 or a later release in the 1.20 line.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

Which game versions have files?

Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 1.20.5 and 1.20.6. The latest file is 1.0.0 for 1.20.6.

In the catalog

Elytra Flight Control is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 1.20.611,154

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What the author says

A Minecraft mod (Fabric 1.20.1) that enhances elytra flight.
herrehre, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
herrehre
Published
2026-08-15
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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