Swimming Horses
With Swimming Horses installed, a horse can cross rivers and lakes by swimming instead of stopping at the shore.
What it does
Swimming Horses changes how horses move through water. A rider can take a horse through rivers, and the horse keeps its footing in water instead of sinking, including while the rider is on its back. The swimming motion is built into the game's own movement logic, so it behaves much like vanilla swimming rather than a separate system. The mod is published for Fabric only, in release versions 1.20.1 – 1.21, and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. It is released under the MIT License and is open source, and its source code is publicly available.
Key features
Horse river crossing
Riders can take a horse through rivers and water bodies without the animal stopping at the edge.
Smooth swimming animation
The swimming animation aims for a fluid look, so the horse glides through water instead of jerking.
Vanilla-like swimming
Swimming follows the same mechanics as the game's own swimming, applied to horses.
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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
Floating Horses is open source under the MIT License, works on Fabric for 1.20.1 and runs on client and server, so it covers a single older version. Stop Swimming! is not open source, is licensed as All rights reserved and is an optional mod that either side can run, for 1.21.8 – 1.21.10.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming Horses | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-06-27 |
| Floating Horses | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-19 |
| Stop Swimming! | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 | Client or server, optional | 2025-10-20 |
Questions
Does Swimming Horses need to be on the server?
In the catalog
Swimming Horses is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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What the author says
With this mod you can simply stay on the horse and ride it through the water (or even lava!) without sinking or being thrown off. The swimming is implemented in a very vanilla-like way as to not add any unbalances to the game. Simply get the mod from either GitHub or Modrinth to make traveling with your horse even…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/swimming-horses
- Owner
- FirstNameLastName
- Published
- 2024-05-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15