Ice Boat Nerf
Boats stop gaining extra speed on ice in Ice Boat Nerf, so a boat moves over ice at the same pace it does over dirt.
What it does
In vanilla Minecraft a boat travels faster across ice than across water. The mod removes that difference: a boat moves over ice blocks at the same speed it has on dirt, so the surface type no longer changes how fast it goes. The change only affects boat movement and leaves the rest of the game as it is.
The mod suits players who build or travel with other transport methods, such as piston bolts, dolphin highways, simple railways and piston worms, which ice boats can otherwise make look slow by comparison. It requires Fabric API. Client and server need it, so the server and every player must install it. Files are published for Fabric and Quilt for 26.3, and the code is open source under the MIT License, which also allows others to port it.
Key features
Uniform boat speed
Boats keep the same speed on ice as on dirt, removing the speed boost ice normally gives.
Vanilla otherwise unchanged
Only boat speed on ice is altered, so other movement and blocks behave as in the base game.
Open source code
The source code and issue tracker are public, so changes can reach the maintainers directly.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions 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
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
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
Comparing transport methods
Players who want piston bolts, railways or other builds to matter as travel options can remove the ice boat advantage.
Realistic boat travel
Players who want boats to handle the same on all surfaces can keep ice from acting as a speed shortcut.
Who it’s for: The mod is for players on Fabric or Quilt who want boat speed to be the same on ice and on other surfaces, and for server owners who want that behavior on a multiplayer server.
Questions
Does Ice Boat Nerf need Fabric API?
Does the server need Ice Boat Nerf?
In the catalog
Ice Boat Nerf is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Must be installed on both client and server. There are also two(!) Forge ports: - Boat Behavior Tweaks by chibl, for 1.16 versions - Ice Boat Nerf - Reforged by kawaiicakes, for newer versions
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ice-boat-nerf
- Owner
- supersaiyansubtlety
- Published
- 2021-06-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15