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Valkyrien Sails

by Quoissant

Valkyrien Sails adds sail, ballast, buoy and helm blocks for ships built with Valkyrien Skies, so wind can move a vessel on Minecraft's water.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen source1.20.1 – 1.20.6

What it does

Sail blocks set in one-block-thick rows on a Valkyrien Skies ship produce thrust that depends on their angle to the wind. Rows parallel or perpendicular to the hull act differently. Right-clicking a sail douses it, and right-clicking again sets it, with all connected sails changing together. Ballast blocks and magic ballast help keep a ship upright, and buoy blocks add a small buoyancy boost for ships that are slightly too heavy.

The mod also covers rigging, a redstone helm that outputs signal strength by wheel angle, rope that toggles connected sails, and a wind flag that points with the wind. Ship assembly from a Dedication Bottle relies on VLib. Valkyrien Sails requires VLib and Valkyrien Skies, and the mod is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so the code is open source. Files exist for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it.

Key features

  1. Wind-driven sails

    Sails push a ship according to their angle to the wind, and their effect changes with how they are grouped on the hull.

  2. Douse and set toggling

    Right-clicking a sail or rope toggles every connected sail at once, which makes reefing quick.

  3. Ballast and buoys

    Ballast blocks, magic ballast and buoy blocks adjust trim, righting force and buoyancy.

  4. Redstone helm

    A helm variant outputs a redstone signal whose strength follows how far the wheel is turned to each side.

  5. Magma variants

    Some blocks come in fireproof magma versions that work the same way as the standard blocks.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.20.61.20.1-0.2.3-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.51.20.1-0.2.3-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.41.20.1-0.2.3-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.31.20.1-0.2.3-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.21.20.1-0.2.3-fabricNot availableNot available
1.20.11.20.1-0.3.2-fabric1.20.1-0.3.2-forge1.20.1-0.2.3-forge
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Valkyrien SkiesPhysics in Minecraft
Required

Required by 1 mod

Valkyrien Sails Rope Compat1.20.1

Questions

Does Valkyrien Sails need Valkyrien Skies?

Yes. Valkyrien Skies and VLib are both required dependencies, and both must be installed alongside Valkyrien Sails.

Do servers need Valkyrien Sails installed?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Is Valkyrien Sails stable?

The author describes the mod as beta and warns that bugs are likely. Known issues include sail counts that do not update until doused or set, and a helm rudder that turns the wrong way when the ship moves backwards.

In the catalog

Valkyrien Sails is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.

Transportation mods3,932Fabric modsMods for 1.20.611,154

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What the author says

A Valkyrien Skies addon bringing immersive sailing mechanics to Minecraft. Sail Block: When placed in one-block-thick groups on a Valkyrien Skies ship, these blocks will begin to provide thrust based on their angle to the wind. The sails will behave differently if the group is parallel or perpendicular to your ship's…
Quoissant, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Quoissant
Published
2025-05-20
Updated on Modrinth
2026-05-11
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

AdventureGame mechanicsTransportationUtility
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