Many Boats
Many Boats adds five boat variants to Fabric worlds, each built from a special block and given its own behavior on water, lava, ice and in the air.
What it does
The Iron Boat stays afloat on lava without burning and gives passengers automatic fire resistance, while a raised collision box and a screen overlay show the lava around it. Metallic sparks and ash trails follow the drive. A second variant handles water and lava alike, and its drive turns the surrounding water into solid stone, so a player can build a stone bridge while crossing. The Ice Boat moves at high speed over land, water and ice, gliding across grass, dirt and stone because its ground friction is mapped to packed ice.
The TNT Boat can be driven and doubles as a delayed explosive. The Feather Boat glides through the air with slow-falling physics and leaves a soft cloud trail when the player steers it forward mid-air. Its movement coordinates are synced between client and server, which removes the stuttering that airborne boats had before.
The mod is published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 26.2. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Many Boats is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Lava-floating Iron Boat
The Iron Boat stays afloat on lava, shows the lava overlay and keeps passengers from catching fire.
Stone-building Magma Boat
The Magma Boat floats on water and lava and turns the water ahead into solid stone while driving.
Ice Boat on any ground
The Ice Boat reaches high speed over land, water and ice, with friction tuned to glide on grass, dirt and stone.
Drivable TNT Boat
Flint and steel start a four-second fuse on the TNT Boat, which then explodes with the force of a standard TNT block.
Gliding Feather Boat
The Feather Boat glides in the air with slow falling and leaves a cloud trail, with stutter-free movement sync.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Extra Boats is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it runs on client and server. Boats On Ice is published for 26.1.2 under the MIT License, is not open source and also runs on client and server. Many Boats covers 26.2 only, and its boats are tied to the special blocks they are crafted from.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Many Boats | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-26 |
| Extra Boats | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-08-13 |
| Boats On Ice | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-29 |
Questions
Does Many Boats need Fabric API?
Does the server need Many Boats?
Which Minecraft version is supported?
In the catalog
Many Boats is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This mod adds five unique boats crafted from special Minecraft blocks—including Iron, Magma, Ice, TNT, and Feather Iron Boat: Floats in lava without burning you or destroying the boat. It grants automatic fire resistance to passengers and raises your collision box so your screen never catches fire or shows lava lava…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/many-boats
- Owner
- CatTheDeveloper
- Published
- 2026-07-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15