No Swimming
No Swimming stops players from swimming, and a Swimming enchantment on boots restores the ability in stages.
What it does
Once installed, the mod removes the player's ability to swim, so water acts as an obstacle rather than a space to move through. The enchantment on boots is the way back: at its first level the player floats on the surface and can sink back down to it, and at its second level the player can swim freely. Since the enchantment is required to regain swimming, the mod changes how water is crossed in survival play.
Players sometimes fall into shallow water and the enchantment can help prevent that from being dangerous. Placing slabs and stairs lets a player climb out of water without trouble, so carrying a few of them in the inventory is a practical fallback until the boots are enchanted. The mod is free to use on servers and in modpacks.
Installation is needed on both the server and the client, since the mod runs on client and server. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.18.2 and 1.21.4, and the license is the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, which does not make the project open source.
Key features
Swimming removed
The player loses the ability to swim, so entering deep water no longer lets them move freely through it.
Swimming enchantment
A Swimming enchantment on boots has two levels that restore the ability to swim in steps.
Floating at level one
The first enchantment level lets the player float on the water surface and sink back down to it.
Full swimming at level two
The second enchantment level allows the player to swim completely through water.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want water to be a real obstacle, and server owners building a survival progression around the Swimming enchantment.
How it compares
Swim Fix is server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21 – 1.21.10, so players can join without installing it. Nice Swimming Mounts works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.3 – 1.21.10 and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, with the server required and the client optional. Faster Swimming is client-side only, is not open source, and is published for NeoForge on 26.1 – 26.1.2 under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Swimming | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2024-12-23 |
| Swim Fix | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-11-20 |
| Nice Swimming Mounts | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.3 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-30 |
| Faster Swimming | NeoForge | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-23 |
Questions
Does No Swimming have to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does No Swimming support?
How does a player get swimming back?
In the catalog
No Swimming is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
No Swimming is a mod that removes the player's ability to swim. In order for the player to be able to swim again, they need to use the Swimming enchantment on their boots.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-swimming
- Owner
- pyronixstudio
- Published
- 2024-12-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15