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NoCoralDecay

by RedFolder

NoCoralDecay adds a game rule that stops live coral from dying when it is not next to water, so coral placed on land stays alive.

FabricForgeNeoForgeServer-side onlyAll rights reserved1.13.2 – 26.2

What it does

In the base game, live coral is converted to dead coral when no water touches it. The mod adds the doCoralDecay game rule, which controls this conversion. With the rule set to false, coral blocks, coral plants and coral fans stay alive even outside water. Setting it back to true makes coral decay work normally again.

The rule is set by server owners or by players who can run game rule commands, and it applies to the world it is set in. It starts as true, so installing the mod changes nothing until the rule is turned off. It is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 45 release versions, 1.13.2 – 26.2, and is server-side only, so players join without installing it. The code is not open source; a source link is provided, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.

Coral Decay, a small Forge 1.20.1 mod, uses the same idea of a real gamerule for coral decay, but NoCoralDecay covers the wider range of versions listed here.

Key features

  1. doCoralDecay game rule

    A single game rule controls whether live coral dies out of water, and it can be changed without editing any files.

  2. Living coral on land

    Coral blocks, coral plants and coral fans remain alive when placed away from water while the rule is false.

  3. Restore vanilla decay

    Setting the rule back to true returns coral to the normal behavior of the base game.

  4. Default behavior kept

    The rule starts as true, so the vanilla decay stays in place until a server owner chooses to disable it.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.226.2.0-fabricNot available26.2.0-neoforge
26.1.226.1.0-fabricNot available26.1.0-neoforge
26.1.126.1.0-fabricNot available26.1.0-neoforge
26.126.1.0-fabricNot available26.1.0-neoforge
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.101.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.91.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.81.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.71.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.61.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.51.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.41.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.31.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.21.21.0-fabricNot available1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.21.11.21.0-fabric1.21.1-forge1.21.1-1.21.11.neoforge
1.211.21.0-fabric1.21.0-forge1.21.0-neoforge
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.13.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Use cases

Who it’s for: Server owners who want coral to remain alive away from water, and players on those servers who build with coral. Because the mod is server-side only, only the server needs it.

How it compares

Full comparison

Coral Craft is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.21 – 26.2 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source; only the server has to run it, and a player's client can be left without it. Craftable Coral Block covers 1.21 – 1.21.1 on the same four loaders and is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, with the server needing it and the client free to skip it. NoCoralDecay is server-side only and works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, changing a single rule rather than adding coral blocks.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
NoCoralDecayFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.13.2 – 26.2Server-side only2026-09-02
Coral CraftFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-06-23
Craftable Coral BlockFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 1.21.1Server required, client optional2025-05-20

Questions

Does NoCoralDecay need to be installed on the client?

No. Only the server needs it, and players join without installing anything.

How is the coral decay setting changed?

Set the gamerule doCoralDecay to false to keep live coral alive outside water, and set it back to true to restore the default behavior.

Which loaders does NoCoralDecay support?

Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with the latest Fabric build for 26.2 and the latest NeoForge build for 26.2.

In the catalog

NoCoralDecay is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

No Coral Decay is a small Forge 1.20.1 mod that adds a real gamerule for controlling coral decay outside of water. When the gamerule is set to false, live coral blocks, coral plants, floor coral fans, and wall coral fans will stay alive even when they are out of water. When the gamerule is set back to true, coral…
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Official listing

Owner
RedFolder
Published
2026-06-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-02
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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