No More Underwater dismount
No More Underwater dismount stops most animals from being pushed off their mount when they reach deep water, so a rider stays in the saddle.
What it does
Most animals that a player can ride lose their rider in water under normal rules. This mod turns that dismount off for most of them, so a rider can keep control while the mount swims. Boats are not affected and keep their own behavior. Animals still drown when they stay underwater too long, because the mod does not change drowning.
The mod is a small change with a narrow scope. Its author describes it as a quick tweak rather than a broader rework of mounts, and notes that the whole code base is short. Its files are published for Fabric and Forge, for 1.18.2, 1.19.2 and 1.19.3, and the Fabric build targets 1.19.3 as its latest file. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
The author states the mod was only tested with Dragon Mounts and that it may conflict with other mods that alter mounts. Integration with other mods is not described. The author also notes that the Fabric and Forge builds use different mixin setups, so each loader has its own build.
Key features
Underwater dismount off
Most rideable animals keep their rider when they enter deep water instead of being thrown off.
Boats unchanged
Boats keep the normal dismount behavior, since the mod does not target them.
Drowning unchanged
Animals that stay underwater still drown, because the mod leaves drowning in place.
Fabric and Forge builds
Separate builds exist for the two loaders, covering 1.18.2 – 1.19.3.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Swimming with a mount
A rider can cross a lake or river on a mount without losing the saddle to the water.
Who it’s for: Players who ride animals through water on Fabric or Forge, and server owners who want that behavior on their own world. The server must run the mod for the change to apply.
Questions
Does No More Underwater dismount need to be on the server?
Does the mod stop animals from drowning?
Which versions does the mod support?
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What the author says
This very tiny mod disables underwater dismount on most animals (Doesn't work on boats.) Q: The animals and I still drown? A: That is because this mod doesn't remove drowning
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-more-underwater-dismount
- Owner
- Antarctic Gardens
- Published
- 2022-11-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-12-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
