Ships
by EMD123
Ships adds illager-crewed ship dungeons to the world, and lets illagers pilot boats across open water.
What it does
Ships is a structure datapack. It places illager ships as a new kind of dungeon, built to resemble shipwrecks and holding pillagers, vindicators and loot similar to shipwreck chests. A ship can generate from several wood types, and its maps point toward pillager outposts. Patrol boats spawn around the ships to make boarding harder, and larger fleets surround even more patrols.
Illagers also gain the ability to board boats. An illager that ends up in water climbs into a boat and patrols the nearby ocean. When it spots an enemy, it stops patrolling and gives chase. The mod is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. The server must run it, while players may leave it out. Files exist for 1.17 – 1.21.4, with 3.0.4 for 1.21.4 as the latest build.
Key features
Illager ship dungeons
Ships generate as dungeons with pillagers, vindicators and shipwreck-style loot.
Wood variants
Ships can spawn built from several different wood types.
Map clues
Maps found on a ship lead to pillager outposts.
Patrolling boats
Illagers board boats in water and patrol the nearby ocean, attacking enemies they see.
Guarded fleets
Single ships have a few patrols around them, while fleets have more.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Adventure maps
Ship dungeons give explorers a new target on the ocean, with loot and fights along the way.
Mob-focused worlds
Players who want more active illagers on the water get boat-riding patrols as an addition to the vanilla raids.
Who it’s for: Players who explore oceans and want illager structures beyond shipwrecks, and server owners who want more naval encounters without adding a client mod.
How it compares
Illager Warship is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.2 – 26.3, with client and server environment and All rights reserved licensing, so it is not open source. Illager Trader is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.2 – 26.1.2, also client and server and closed. Ships is open source, server required and client optional, and it spans 1.17 – 1.21.4 across four loaders.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ships | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-01-31 |
| Illager Warship | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
| Illager Trader | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-07 |
Questions
Does Ships need a client install?
Which loaders does Ships support?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Ships is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Ships is a structure datapack that adds illager ships into the game as a new type of dungeon, and allows illagers use boats. The ships are designed to look like shipwrecks, and the ships contain pillagers, vindicators, and loot similar to shipwreck loot. Ships can spawn made out of different types of wood, and maps…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ships
- Owner
- EMD123
- Published
- 2023-08-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15