MineRaft
With MineRaft, a survival world takes on the feel of the game Raft, using a data pack that adds new mechanics, blocks, structures and mobs.
What it does
MineRaft is a data pack that overhauls the survival experience after the Raft game. Players start on floating flotsam, collect junk, craft with it and build outward. Large structures such as foundations, smelteries and collection nets can be placed on a grid-like building style, and a builder's hammer tears them down again. Drifting flotsam is found on the water, where a fishing rod can bring it up.
Steve, a friendly shark-like companion, circles the raft now and then and scoots off with a snack. Decorative content adds hearts and extra pieces to the build. The data pack needs a matching resource pack, so both must be installed. Once installed on the server, they apply to players as they join, and each player still needs to install the pack.
Installation uses the Required Resource Pack and the data pack on a single world. A world is created with the data pack enabled, or the pack is copied into an existing world's datapacks folder. MineRaft runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and builds cover 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 with the latest beta file for 1.21.5, released under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Raft-style survival
Survival play begins on floating flotsam and expands as the player collects and crafts materials.
Builders hammer
A builder's hammer breaks down placed structures, so a build can be reshaped or removed.
Flotsam fishing
Drifting flotsam is found on the water, and a fishing rod brings it up to gather junk.
Steve the shark
A friendly shark named Steve circles the raft and occasionally takes a snack from it.
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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
Raft World is a NeoForge-only mod for 1.21.1, released under the MIT License and open source, with the client and server both needing it. diskarded's Structure Pack is a server-side structure pack for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.21 – 26.2, under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license that is not open source. Three Slots Challenge is also server-side, covers 1.21 – 1.21.3 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MineRaft | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-23 |
| Raft World | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-30 |
| diskarded's Structure Pack | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-23 |
| Three Slots Challenge | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.3 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-20 |
Questions
Does MineRaft need a resource pack?
Does a server need MineRaft installed?
Which game versions does MineRaft support?
In the catalog
MineRaft is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Transforms your survival Minecraft experience into a recreation of the hit game 'Raft' This datapack comes with an overhauled experience, with new mechanics, new blocks, structures, and even new mobs! Since this is a Datapack and Resource pack, both can be installed once server side and will apply to all players that…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mineraft
- Owner
- 2-Bit Creations
- Published
- 2025-04-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15