Harder Monster Boats
by Two Guys
Harder Monster Boats changes how monsters interact with boats, so that hostile mobs can break boats and some monsters can ride them, for servers that want that behavior.
What it does
Monsters that would normally ignore boats gain the ability to board them. Once a monster is in a boat it can be pushed out by attacks, and boats hit by a monster can be broken. The mod targets a short list of monsters, and most of them except Zombie Villagers leave a boat when it is attacked. Endermen are affected too, since they are the monsters that break boats most readily when they come close.
Players who are on a boat keep control of it, and entities enter and exit boats as before. Creatures and animals still get boats as they did in vanilla. The mod is published for Forge only, across 19 release versions 1.16.3 – 1.21.1, and the latest Forge file, 52.1.1 for 1.21.1, is dated 2024-08-26. It runs server-side only, so players join without installing it. The code is open source under the MIT License and a source repository and issue tracker are published.
Key features
Monsters board boats
Hostile mobs that would not enter a boat in vanilla can now get into one, changing how boats behave on mobs' turf.
Boats broken by monsters
Monsters can destroy boats, so a boat left in an area full of hostile mobs may not survive the trip.
Monsters leave boats when hit
Most monsters are pushed out of their boat when attacked, while Zombie Villagers stay in place.
Endermen and trapped boats
Endermen are cursed to break boats in this mod, and a player can free one who is trapped by punching it, which also breaks the boat.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.16.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Servers with hostile boat encounters
Server owners who want boats to carry risk can add the mod so that monsters interact with player boats.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want monsters to interact with boats in their worlds. Players join a server running the mod without installing it.
Questions
Does Harder Monster Boats need to be installed on the client?
Which loader does Harder Monster Boats support?
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In the catalog
Harder Monster Boats is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
The Enderman could teleport anywhere in the world with a thought. But... there was this... thing like a wooden cauldron crafted by humans. and the Enderman found, it could not resist stepping into the.. what was the thing called? Yes, that's what the humans Steve and Alexis called it.. A Boat.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/harder-monster-boats
- Owner
- Two Guys
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-08-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15