Ice Boats
Ice Boats makes boats glide across water with ice-like slipperiness and adds a small speedometer while riding a boat.
In vanilla Minecraft, boats lose speed quickly while moving through water. This mod changes the boat water-friction behavior so water feels much closer to boating on ice: smoother, faster, and more momentum-based.
Features
- Makes boats use ice-like friction in water
- Shows boat speed in blocks per second while riding
- No commands or config files
- Works with normal boats and chest boats
- Lightweight Fabric mixin mod
Installation
Install this mod on both the client and the server.
Minecraft 26.1.2 treats player-controlled boats as client-authoritative, so the client needs the physics change too. A server-only install will not reliably change how player-controlled boats move.
Compatibility
Minecraft Java: 26.1.2
Mod loader: Fabric
Java: 25+
Notes
This mod changes boat movement physics and adds a lightweight client HUD readout. It does not add items, blocks, enchantments, commands, or configuration.
