Foresters
by Rancio
Foresters is a NeoForge adventure mod for 1.21.1 that lets players put out forest wildfires with vanilla tools found in the inventory.
What it does
Wildfires can start from natural lava lakes in the Overworld and spread through forests, burning tall trees and the land around them. Foresters adds ways to fight these fires using water buckets, powder snow buckets and bundles, all of which can be used to reach distant flames without taking the risk of climbing burning crowns.
Bundles can be filled with water and thrown toward a fire to splash out the flames in an area. Pouring water or powder snow directly is also supported, and in rare cases a player can call on the Spirits of Nature to summon rain. The mod requires playerAnimator, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it.
Files are published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with version 1.0.0 released on 2025-10-14. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Vanilla tool firefighting
Water buckets, powder snow buckets and bundles are used to extinguish wildfires with items already in the game.
Bundle water throwing
Bundles filled with water can be thrown at a fire, splashing the flames across a nearby area.
Pouring from a distance
Water and powder snow can be poured in a chosen direction, reaching flames far from the player.
Rain from the Spirits
In extreme cases the Spirits of Nature can be called to summon rain, a power limited to forests and to a few uses.
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
Forest exploration
Players crossing forests after a lava-lake fire can stop the spread before it reaches large areas of trees.
Survival fire control
Players who want to protect a base or the surrounding woods can use buckets and bundles already in their inventory.
Who it’s for: Players on NeoForge 1.21.1 who explore forests and want a way to fight wildfires with vanilla items. Server owners who run a survival world with natural lava lakes can install it on both sides.
How it compares
PyroGeography is client and server, released under All rights reserved and not open source, for NeoForge 1.21.1. Wildfire Additions for ProtoManly's Weather is also client and server on NeoForge 1.21.1, licensed under the MIT License, but it is not open source either. Back with the Bundle is open source under the MIT License and covers NeoForge 1.21.1 as well, so it addresses bundles rather than fires.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foresters | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-14 |
| PyroGeography | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-25 |
| Wildfire Additions for ProtoManly's Weather | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-03 |
| Back with the Bundle | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Foresters need playerAnimator?
Does the server need Foresters?
Are there versions for other Minecraft releases?
In the catalog
Foresters is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,588 Adventure mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
You've most likely stumbled across a wildfire at least once during your explorations in the Overworld: natural lava lakes, no matter how small they are, can become a huge threat for the environment if they happen to generate within a forest, causing massive destruction in all of the surroundings. If you ever tried to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/foresters
- Owner
- Rancio
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15