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No Boats

by No Mods

No Boats removes the boat item and its chest variant from Minecraft, so travel across water depends on walking, swimming and bridges.

FabricServer required, client optionalAll rights reserved1.21 – 1.21.10

What it does

Boats and chest boats can no longer be crafted or placed, which takes away the usual quick crossing of rivers and oceans. Players must swim, build bridges or find alternate routes when they reach open water. The mod runs on Fabric, and the server requires it while clients may leave it out.

Key features

  1. Boats removed

    Boat and chest boat items are taken out of the game, so neither can be crafted or placed.

  2. Slower water travel

    Crossing large bodies of water takes longer, because players cannot zip across oceans in a boat.

  3. Stranded-feel exploration

    Early-game travel becomes tougher and worlds feel more like a challenge of reaching distant places on foot.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.21.101.0.0
1.21.91.0.0
1.21.81.0.0
1.21.71.0.0
1.21.61.0.0
1.21.51.0.0
1.21.41.0.0
1.21.31.0.0
1.21.21.0.0
1.21.11.0.0
1.211.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Place Chest On Boat is a Fabric and NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, and both client and server need it. Frozen Waters is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.21.1 under a custom license, and it is not open source. Its server must run it, but players may leave it out.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
No BoatsFabric1.21 – 1.21.10Server required, client optional2025-11-30
Place Chest On BoatFabric and NeoForge1.21.1Client and server2025-05-06
Frozen WatersFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.1Server required, client optional2025-09-25

Questions

Does No Boats need Fabric API?

No required dependency is listed for Fabric.

Do clients need No Boats to join a server?

No. The server requires the mod while clients may leave it out.

Which game versions does No Boats cover?

Files exist 1.21 – 1.21.10, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.10 as the latest Fabric file.

In the catalog

No Boats is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1015,569

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What the author says

No Boats deletes every type of boat from the game, including chest boats, so players can’t craft, place, or use them. You’ll have to swim, bridge, or find alternate paths whenever you reach a river or ocean. It changes exploration, makes early-game travel tougher, and gives the world a more realistic, stranded-feel…
No Mods, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
No Mods
Published
2025-11-30
Updated on Modrinth
2025-11-30
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Game mechanics
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