Wader
by woubuc
Wader stops water from pushing players around, a single behavior kept deliberately narrow.
What it does
Flowing water and other fluids normally carry an entity along their current. With Wader installed, fluids no longer push the player, so moving through water stays under the player's own control. Wader runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Flowing Fluids is an optional dependency that can be added alongside it.
Files are published for NeoForge only, covering 1.21.1 – 1.21.4, and the latest is 1.0.0 for 1.21.4, released 2025-02-14. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Current no longer moves players
Fluid flow stops pushing the player in the direction of the current, so the player can hold their position.
Single-purpose mod
Wader makes one change to fluid behavior and adds no blocks, items or screens.
Server-only installation
Only the server needs the mod, so clients run unchanged and no player installs anything.
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.
Optional 1
Questions
Does Wader need to be installed on the client?
Which Minecraft versions does Wader support?
In the catalog
Wader is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
A very simple Minecraft mod that does one thing: it prevents fluid from being able to push players around. It does so by changing the Player.isPushedByFluid() getter to always return false. That's it. That's the mod.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/wader
- Owner
- woubuc
- Published
- 2025-02-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15