Seaworthy Boats
by Serilum
Seaworthy Boats lets players reinforce boats in steps with materials at a shipyard block, so each boat gains health and armour over time.
What it does
Boats are upgraded through a Shipyard block, one tier at a time, from copper up to netherite. Each tier adds health and armour, and a reinforced boat takes less damage from incoming hits. Repairs use planks, and each plank restores a set amount of boat health. The mod requires Collective, and it runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it.
Several settings are exposed in the config file, including boat maximum health, how many materials each tier costs, whether upgrades must follow tier order, and how much damage copper armour absorbs. Player hits can be disabled, and a sneak right-click on a boat then picks it up. Damage from mobs and other sources still applies to boats.
Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering the game versions 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the code is licensed under All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source. The latest file is 26.3.0-1.1-fabric+forge+neo for 26.3, dated 2026-10-02.
Key features
Tiered boat reinforcement
Boats move up from copper to gold, iron, diamond and netherite, with netherite costing half the usual materials.
Shipyard repair mode
Near a shipyard block, planks restore a boat's health, and the shipyard range can be adjusted in the config.
Boat health display
An optional row of hearts shows the boat's health on the HUD, and the hunger bar is hidden while riding, as with vanilla mounts.
Pickup instead of damage
When player damage is disabled, hitting a boat with a sneak right-click picks it up without harming it.
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
How it compares
Bigger Boats is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and targets Fabric for 1.20 – 26.2 with a server-required, client-optional environment. Expensive Boats is open source under the MIT License for 1.21 – 1.21.8, and also needs the server while clients may skip it. Boats but long runs on client and server, is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaworthy Boats | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Bigger Boats | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-24 |
| Expensive Boats | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-30 |
| Boats but long | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2025-02-25 |
Questions
Does Seaworthy Boats need Collective?
Does the server need Seaworthy Boats installed?
Can the boat health and damage settings be changed?
In the catalog
Seaworthy Boats is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Seaworthy Boats adds the ability to upgrade boats tiers via the Shipyard block, ranging from copper to netherite. Boats have health and armour now, and can be repaired. Each tier improves the amount of armour, and the speed of the boat. The speed and armour of each tier can be set to your preference via the config.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/seaworthy-boats
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2026-06-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15