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Boats Made Better

Boats Made Better enhances Minecraft's boats and bamboo rafts with detailed, vanilla-style models while preserving vanilla gameplay, physics, animations, and multiplayer compatibility. Client-side only.

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Quick answer

Which Boats Made Better release should I use?

Updated 13 days ago

beta file boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar

Game version 26.1.2

Loader Fabric

Boats Made Better boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar targets 26.1.2 with Fabric. The project page does not say whether it belongs on the client. The project page does not say whether it belongs on the dedicated server. No extra mods listed for this file.

Where it goes

Is Boats Made Better required on the client, server, or both?

The project page does not say whether it belongs on the client. The project page does not say whether it belongs on the dedicated server.

Client Source doesn’t say

Dedicated server Source doesn’t say

Loader for this release Fabric

Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.

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What else does Boats Made Better boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar need?

boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No extra mods listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

This file does not list any required or optional mods.

Before you install it

Add Boats Made Better without breaking your instance.

Built for Boats Made Better boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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Stick to this file

Use boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar. It targets 26.1.2 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side

The project page does not say whether it belongs on the client. The project page does not say whether it belongs on the dedicated server.
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Pick the file you checked

Use the “Get this file” button beside boats-made-better-1.0.0-rc1.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Boats Made Better add?

A lightweight, client-only Fabric mod that adds detailed geometry, wood-specific detail textures, smoother-looking paddle accents, cosmetic rocking/turn lean, and restrained water particles to every vanilla boat, chest boat, bamboo raft, and bamboo chest raft in Minecraft Java Edition 26.1.2.

Project description from CurseForge.

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