Sails and Airships: Block-Based Ships

Ships are assembled from placeable blocks: a hull floats on water, a helm is crafted from planks, iron ingots and a cartography table, and sails hang from mast sticks made of sticks and wool. Sails can be raised faster and extended up to a hull-length cap. Ships travel over water and lava, an iron bow lets them push through ice, they can drag leashed mobs behind them, and rowboats can be carried on the deck. Airships fly in the overworld, the Nether and the End, lifted by hot-air from campfires and driven by ghast-based thrust.

Cannons are optional ship-mounted weapons that can be loaded and fired while underway. Shipwrecks can be salvaged in the world. A hit from an explosion leaves a ship unharmed while it is underway, and the hull keeps passengers protected against incoming arrows and fireballs. Furnaces, brewing stands, chests and barrels on a ship keep working, and beds keep the spawn point. Towing too many mobs slows a ship down.

The mod is available for Fabric, with files for 26.3 and the 1.21.11 – 26.3 range across six release versions. Installation covers the server and each player's game. It is lightweight, vanilla-styled, and requires Fabric API along with no other extra dependencies. The code is not open source and is released under All rights reserved.