IBR - (Ice-boat racing)
IBR adds ice-boat racing to Minecraft, with boats that climb single-block steps, pass through entities and speed up on colored glazed terracotta.
What it does
Boats in IBR keep more speed than vanilla boats. They can step up one block, lose less velocity when they leave the ice, and pass through entities instead of stopping against them. Colored glazed terracotta tiles act as track features: magenta gives a speed boost, blue sends the boat up as a bounce pad, and light-blue acts as a stronger bounce++ pad.
The mod is built for racing courses and minigame maps. A course can be laid out with the glazed terracotta colors as boosts and bounces, and the features work in single-player and on modded servers. Server owners can enable or disable a feature set with a plugin, and the mod is on by default in single-player and on modded servers. Files are published for Fabric only and need Fabric API. IBR is client required and server optional, so players must install it while a server may run it for the features it adds. The license is All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Step-up boats
Boats climb one-block steps and lose less speed when they leave the ice, which keeps race pace on uneven tracks.
Boats pass through entities
Boats move through other entities rather than stopping against them, so crowded tracks stay clear of collisions.
Glazed terracotta boosts
Magenta glazed terracotta gives a speed boost, letting course builders mark boost sections in their track layout.
Bounce pads
Blue glazed terracotta acts as a bounce pad and light-blue glazed terracotta as a stronger bounce++ pad for jumps.
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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.
Use cases
Racing courses
Course builders combine boost and bounce tiles into tracks, so racers can plan jumps and speed sections.
Minigame maps
Minigame maps that use boats can rely on the glazed terracotta features as course elements in single-player and on servers.
Who it’s for: Players who want ice-boat racing in single-player and server owners who run boat minigames on modded servers. Players on a server must install the mod to use the track features.
How it compares
Boat Tweaks needs both client and server, has the All rights reserved license, and covers 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 on Fabric and Quilt. Faster Boats works only on the client side, is open source under the MIT License, and is built for 1.21 – 26.2. Boats On Ice runs on client and server, is under the MIT License and is published for 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBR - (Ice-boat racing) | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.1 | Client required, server optional | 2026-03-31 |
| Boat Tweaks | Fabric and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-10-23 |
| Faster Boats | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-08 |
| Boats On Ice | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-29 |
Questions
Does IBR need Fabric API?
Does a server have to run IBR?
Which game versions does IBR support?
In the catalog
IBR - (Ice-boat racing) is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 11,959 mods support Minecraft 26.1.
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What the author says
Additionally its enabled by default in singleplayer, for modded servers its enabled by default aswell IF the mod is on the server.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ibr-ice-boat-racing
- Owner
- PatriciaChips
- Published
- 2025-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15