ViewBoatItems
by n8-M4x
ViewBoatItems keeps items held in the hands visible on a boat, where vanilla normally hides them while the boat moves.
What it does
Held items stay on screen while a player is paddling. The main hand and offhand items remain visible on the boat instead of disappearing as they do in the base game. The mod is a client-side tool, so only the player's own game needs it, and it works without any settings to adjust.
Key features
Visible held items
Items in the main hand and offhand stay rendered while the player sits in a boat and moves.
No configuration
The mod works after installation, with no options to set before it takes effect.
Lightweight
It adds only the display of held items, so it changes little else about boat behavior or gameplay.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Boatspeed is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 that runs on the server only, so players join without installing anything, and it is not open source. Just Jump Boat, nothing more is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.10, not open source, and is the nearest match in environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ViewBoatItems | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-01-29 |
| Boatspeed | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-04-24 |
| Just Jump Boat, nothing more | Fabric | 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-12-11 |
Questions
Does ViewBoatItems need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does ViewBoatItems support?
In the catalog
ViewBoatItems is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
# View Boat Items This Fabric mod makes your items in your main and offhand visible when you are moving in a boat, whereas normally, they would disappear. This is a lightweight mod without needing to configure anything. It can help when going for a buried treasure and any other boat navigation with maps.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/viewboatitems
- Owner
- n8-M4x
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15