Horses can Float
by imalittlhigh
Horses can Float lets horses swim and ride across water, and it also lets zombie and skeleton horses sink and wander in water without a rider.
What it does
Horses can Float changes how horses and similar mounts behave in water. A player can ride a horse through a lake or river, which makes bridge-building and crossing pesky gaps easier. The mod also covers Zombie Horses and Skeleton Horses, which sink and wander in water even without a rider. Some horse-like mobs can be made to swim and be ridden through a data pack. The server must run the mod, while players may add it for the same swimming behavior. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, for 1.21 – 1.21.5. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Swimming mounts
Horses can swim and be ridden through water instead of stopping at the shore.
Undead horses in water
Zombie Horses and Skeleton Horses sink and wander in water without a rider.
Data pack support
A data pack lets horse-like mobs swim and be ridden, for servers that want to extend the mechanic.
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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
Nice Swimming Mounts covers swimming mounts on a narrower range, 1.21.3 – 1.21.10, and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Undead Horse Variants is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and targets 1.21.5 – 1.21.10.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horses can Float | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-22 |
| Nice Swimming Mounts | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.3 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-30 |
| Undead Horse Variants | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-11 |
Questions
Does the server need Horses can Float?
In the catalog
Horses can Float is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Want to use Horses but don't want to baby them across every body of water? This Datapack enables all Horse-like mobs to swim while your ride them. No more building pesky bridges or pushing your mount!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/horses-can-float
- Owner
- imalittlhigh
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15