Unseaworthy

⭐ — (65 endorsements) 📥 28,151 downloads 📌 v1.4.0-1+1.20.1 📅 7/1/2024
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By murphy-slaw · fabric

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🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #294 of 940 fabric mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

✅ Boats deployed on water begin shaking and bouncing upon entering ocean biomes (any biome in the `c:is_ocean` biome tag).
✅ You can optionally set a minimum water depth for boats to sink in tagged biomes.
✅ A configurable number of ticks later, the boat is wrecked.
✅ The % chance of being wrecked each interval is configurable.
✅ Wrecked boats can be configured to:
✅ - SINK: boat is pulled underwater and ejects passengers

# Unseaworthy This mod makes vanilla minecraft boats unseaworthy. They operate normally on rivers and near shorelines, but as soon as they enter an ocean biome, they begin to be tossed by the sea and eventually break apart. ## Features - Boats deployed on water begin shaking and bouncing upon entering ocean biomes (any biome in the `c:is_ocean` biome tag). - You can optionally set a minimum water depth for boats to sink in tagged biomes. - A configurable number of ticks later, the boat is wrecked. - The % chance of being wrecked each interval is configurable. - Wrecked boats can be configured to: - SINK: boat is pulled underwater and ejects passengers - BREAK: boat is broken and drops its item entity - DESTROY: boat is destroyed and drops a random number of planks and sticks - Optionally set a miniumum weather condition to sink boats. Defaults to CLEAR (i.e. always sink boats) but can be set to RAINING or THUNDERING. ## Datapack Stuff You can change which types of boat entities sink with the entity tag ``` unseaworthy/tags/entity_types/sinkable.json ``` On 1.21.1 it's ``` unseaworthy/tags/entity_type/sinkable.json ``` You can change which biomes cause boats to sink with the biome tag ``` unseaworthy/tags/worldgen/biome/sinks_boats.json ``` ## Why would you want that? I needed a way to encourage players to build actual ships in a mod pack that is all about ocean voyages. Boats are too good, so I made them worse. ## Acknowledgements ### Graphics Icon: "Bailout" by Luis Prado from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/bailout/" target="_blank" title="bailout Icons">Noun Project</a> (CC BY 3.0)

# Unseaworthy

This mod makes vanilla minecraft boats unseaworthy. They operate normally on rivers and near shorelines, but as soon as they enter an ocean biome, they begin to be tossed by the sea and eventually break apart.

## Features

  • Boats deployed on water begin shaking and bouncing upon entering ocean biomes (any biome in the `c:is_ocean` biome tag).
  • You can optionally set a minimum water depth for boats to sink in tagged biomes.
  • A configurable number of ticks later, the boat is wrecked.
  • The % chance of being wrecked each interval is configurable.
  • Wrecked boats can be configured to:
  • - SINK: boat is pulled underwater and ejects passengers
  • - BREAK: boat is broken and drops its item entity
  • - DESTROY: boat is destroyed and drops a random number of planks and sticks
  • Optionally set a miniumum weather condition to sink boats. Defaults to CLEAR (i.e. always sink boats) but can be set to RAINING or THUNDERING.

## Datapack Stuff

You can change which types of boat entities sink with the entity tag

``` unseaworthy/tags/entity_types/sinkable.json ``` On 1. 21. 1 it's

``` unseaworthy/tags/entity_type/sinkable.json ```

You can change which biomes cause boats to sink with the biome tag

``` unseaworthy/tags/worldgen/biome/sinks_boats.json ```

## Why would you want that?

I needed a way to encourage players to build actual ships in a mod pack that is all about ocean voyages. Boats are too good, so I made them worse.

## Acknowledgements

### Graphics

Icon: "Bailout" by Luis Prado from Noun Project (CC BY 3. 0)

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

📊 Mod Details

Game
Minecraft Mods
Author
murphy-slaw
Version
1.4.0-1+1.20.1
Downloads
28,151
Endorsements
65
Category
fabric
Created
7/1/2024
Updated
6/20/2025
Game Versions
1.20.1
Tags
game-mechanics, transportation

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Which Minecraft Mods versions does Unseaworthy support?

The author lists 1.20.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.

What is the latest version of Unseaworthy?

Version 1.4.0-1+1.20.1, published 2025-06-20 with 28,151 downloads recorded at the source.

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