Nice Swimming Mounts
by NiceRon
Nice Swimming Mounts lets players swim while riding a horse, llama or other supported mount, so the ride continues underwater instead of ending at the surface.
What it does
A mount that enters water no longer dismounts the player. While submerged, the player can swim upward with the Sprint key. Riders take no drowning damage while mounted, and striders are supported as well, although they still take damage from water.
The mod covers a set of supported mounts, including zombie horses, skeleton horses and trader llamas, and the list is made of mounts the author has tested. It is server required, so the server must run it, while clients may leave it out. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with builds for 1.21.3 – 1.21.10 and 1.5+mod for 1.21.10 as the latest file. Snapshot builds are also published.
On a PaperMC server or a fork such as Purpur, the setting allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards must be enabled in the paper configuration. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and its source code is public.
Key features
Mounts stay mounted in water
A mount that enters water does not throw its rider off, so travel across lakes and rivers continues.
Swim upward while submerged
A rider can swim up through water with the Sprint key while the mount is submerged.
No drowning while ridden
Mounted players do not take drowning damage, and striders take damage from water while supported.
Supported mounts
Zombie horses, skeleton horses and trader llamas are among the mounts the mod supports.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Survival players who ride mounts across water, and server owners who want mounts to keep working in lakes and rivers. Players join without installing it, because only the server needs the mod.
How it compares
Horses can Float is server required with client optional, under the MIT License, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.5, so it reaches older builds than this mod. Frost Rider is also server required with client optional, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.11. Mount Charge Damage is NeoForge only, server-side only, under All rights reserved, and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Swimming Mounts | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.3 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-30 |
| Horses can Float | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-22 |
| Frost Rider | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-09 |
| Mount Charge Damage | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-16 |
Questions
Does Nice Swimming Mounts need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Nice Swimming Mounts support?
What must a PaperMC server change for this mod?
In the catalog
Nice Swimming Mounts is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
Nice Swimming Mobs allows players to swim with their favorite mounts. Simply ride into water and start swimming. When a mount is submerged you can swim up by pressing the Sprint-Key. Mounts also don't take drowning damage when ridden. (Striders are technically supported but keep in mind that they take damage when in…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nice-swimming-mounts
- Owner
- NiceRon
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15