Sable: Ships
by enflky
Sable: Ships lets players build ships in Minecraft with physics, using a helm, engines and floaters that a sailing player can place on the hull.
What it does
Ships are built block by block and then assembled by holding Shift and right-clicking a ship helm placed on the structure. Once assembled, the ship moves under physics rather than staying fixed to the ground. Engines need fuel to raise speed, while a slow ship drifts more under the current. Floaters add buoyancy, which helps a ship stay above water when it would otherwise sink.
The mod requires Sable, and Sable: Ships is installed alongside it on both the client and the server, since the environment is client and server. It is published for NeoForge only, for Minecraft 1.21.1, with the 1.0.0 file dated 2026-06-11 as the latest. The code and issue tracker are public, but the license is custom and the mod is not open source.
Key features
Physics-driven hulls
Assembled ships respond to physics, so a built structure moves, turns and floats as one object.
Ship helm
A helm is placed on the structure and is used with Shift and right-click to assemble the ship.
Ship engines
Engines take fuel and raise the speed of the ship they are attached to.
Floaters for buoyancy
Floaters increase buoyancy, keeping a ship from sinking when it sits in water.
Free-form building
Players design a ship from almost any blocks, with the shape left to their own build.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Building a personal vessel
A player builds a ship to their own design, then tunes its speed and buoyancy with engines and floaters.
Sea exploration on a server
Players on a server sail built ships across open water, where floaters help them stay afloat.
Who it’s for: Players who want to build and sail ships on NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1, and server owners who run a shared sea with players on it.
How it compares
Sable: Floaters is a NeoForge companion for 1.21.1 that also runs on client and server, and it carries an All rights reserved license. Ship Trails for Sable is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that runs on the client alone, so servers can run without it, and its license is All rights reserved. Sable: Collision damage (Create Aeronautics) is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that runs on the server alone, and its code is under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sable: Ships | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-11 |
| Sable: Floaters | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-27 |
| Ship Trails for Sable | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-05-21 |
| Sable: Collision damage (Create Aeronautics) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-15 |
Questions
Does Sable: Ships need Sable installed?
Must the server install Sable: Ships?
Which Minecraft version does Sable: Ships support?
In the catalog
Sable: Ships is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,743 Transportation mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Want to rule the seas? Sable: Ships is all about total freedom. I took the whole ship-building idea and made it so you get to decide how it feels. Build your dream ship, tweak how it handles, and just go wherever you want.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sable-ships
- Owner
- enflky
- Published
- 2026-06-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15