Whaleborne
by FloofHips
Whaleborne lets players sail a pirate ship built around a hullback, a whale-like mob found in deep oceans, and fit it with sails, cannons and other parts.
What it does
The hullback is a mob that lives in deep ocean biomes. Players can tame it and add a saddle plus armor, and it can be controlled only through the new helm item. Hullbacks are friendly but can become covered in gunk, which is cleaned off with an axe or shears. Buried treasure and sunken ships can be uncovered during exploration, and a stirring creature at depth hints at a larger threat.
The ship is assembled from parts. Banners apply to sails, and a water bucket returns a sail to its previous state. Anchors lower and raise with the helm, and cannons fire with the spacebar once gunpowder is loaded. Stacked barnacles make different sounds as the stack rises up to nine blocks, and the hullback and cannon inventories open with the E key. Widgets such as trinkets, sails and cannons attach to the hullback.
Whaleborne runs on Forge and NeoForge only, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. It is open source under the MIT License, and its source code is public. Because the environment is client and server, both the server and every player need the mod. Whaleborne - Yeet Cannonry! Addon depends on it.
Key features
Hullback pirate ship
A hullback mob is tamed and driven as a ship, with a saddle and armor slots for upgrades.
Helm-only control
The hullback responds only to the new helm item, which steers and raises or lowers the anchor.
Cannon and sail parts
Cannons fire with the spacebar after gunpowder is loaded, and sails take banners and return to a plain state with water.
Buried treasure
Treasure hidden beneath the seabed and sunken ships can be uncovered while sailing.
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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.
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want to sail a custom ship on Forge or NeoForge, and server owners who run a multiplayer sea with pirate content.
Questions
Does Whaleborne need a specific loader?
Does the server need Whaleborne as well?
How is the hullback steered?
Is the source code available?
In the catalog
Whaleborne is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
there's something stirring in the deep...something powerful... This mod adds a new mob, The Hullback, a creature that resides within the deep oceans of the Minecraft world.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/whaleborne
- Owner
- FloofHips
- Published
- 2025-07-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
