Rowing boats
by Flixy500
Rowing boats adds a boat type for NeoForge that players can use on water, sized to the vanilla boat models.
What it does
Rowing Boat is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.8 that adds a rowing boat, a boat type that uses vanilla ingredients through custom recipes. A Rowing Boat spawn egg places one in the world. Client and server both need the mod, so every player on a server that runs it must install it too. The code is under the Apache License 2.0 and is not open source.
Key features
Rowing boat type
A rowing boat is added as a separate boat type, shaped like a proper rowing boat.
Custom recipe
The boat is crafted from vanilla ingredients through custom recipes in the game.
Spawn egg
A Rowing Boat spawn egg places the boat in the world without crafting one first.
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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.
How it compares
Create Aeronautics: Boat Propellers is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved. Boat Momentum is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.8 that is optional on either side, released under All rights reserved. Expensive Boats covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 1.21.8, is server required, and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowing boats | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-02-11 |
| Create Aeronautics: Boat Propellers | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-05 |
| Boat Momentum | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client or server, optional | 2026-01-15 |
| Expensive Boats | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-30 |
Questions
Which loader does Rowing Boat need?
Does the server need Rowing Boat?
In the catalog
Rowing boats is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,743 Transportation mods for NeoForge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
It is made with all custom recipies made from vanilla ingridients so is easily intergrated into your instance The spawn thing is called "Rowing Boat spawn egg" and not just "Rowing Boat"
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/rowing-boats
- Owner
- Flixy500
- Published
- 2026-02-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15