Lead Shoes
by OhMyJarona
Lead Shoes makes players wearing heavy armor sink when they try to swim, and it is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that both the server and every player need.
What it does
Wearing heavy armor makes a character sink when it attempts to swim in fluids. Lead Shoes also makes the Curse of Binding effectively stop swimming altogether. The sink strength can be changed in the config, and by default the weight is enough that a player wearing something heavy cannot swim upward. Lead Shoes is published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Sinking in fluids
Heavy armor pulls the wearer down when they try to swim in water or other fluids.
Configurable sink force
The strength of the sinking effect can be adjusted in the config file to suit a server.
Datapack-defined armor
Heavy armor pieces are set by tag, so datapacks can add or remove armor from the list.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Sable Heavy Blocks is also a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 with the Client and server environment, released under the MIT License and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Shoes | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-19 |
| Sable Heavy Blocks | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-10 |
Questions
Does Lead Shoes need to be installed on the server?
Can the sinking strength be changed?
In the catalog
Lead Shoes is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,801 Cursed mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Lead Shoes makes it so that armors cause you to sink when attempting to swim in fluids. Curse of Binding can effectively render you unable to swim. . By default, it's heavy enough where you can't swim upwards if you're wearing something heavy.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/lead-shoes
- Owner
- OhMyJarona
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15