Small Ships [Fabric & Forge]
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Vanilla friendly Ships for Minecraft. Now with cannons!
Themed around castles, knights, medieval weapons, and magic from the Middle Ages.
Themed around underwater exploration, marine life, and oceanic environments.
Includes a large focus on traversing worlds with enhanced world generation, structures, dungeons, and more for players to find unique loot.
Contains enhancements to ocean biomes or features content that improves on underwater related gameplay.
Introduces new weapons, which may add unique mechanics or abilities.
Ideal for small groups of players or cooperative gameplay.
Adds new methods of transportation for players.
Forge is a popular mod loader for versions 1.1+ of Minecraft.
Neoforge is a fork of the Minecraft Forge available for versions 1.20.1+ of Minecraft. Many Forge mods are compatible with Neoforge and vice versa.
Fabric is a mod loader for versions 1.14+ of Minecraft, particularly popular for client side and optimization mods.
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My Other Mods
Villager Recruits:
Command your own Villager Army into war! Now with Diplomacy and Factions!
Villager Workers:
Hire Villagers and let them work for you!
Small Ships:
Explore the oceans in your own sailable ships!
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You are allowed to use the Small Ships Mod in any kind of modpack, as long as you link back to this page and don’t make any money of the modpack.
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Small Ships
Medieval-inspired ships for exploration, trade, and naval battles!
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How to Get Started
- Go to DatHost using my Link
- Register your account.
- Once registered, choose the plan that fits your needs
- The 30% discount will be applied automatically at checkout. Important: The discount only works if you order your server using this ** my Link** !
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My Other Mods
Villager Recruits:
Command your own Villager Army into war! Now with Diplomacy and Factions!
Villager Workers:
Hire Villagers and let them work for you!
Small Ships:
Explore the oceans in your own sailable ships!
Siege Weapons:
Prepare for war. Build your siege weapon. Dominate the battlefield.**!
Explanation
- Place the ship far away into water – they need space to spawn.
- Right-click to sit in the ship.
- While sitting in the Ship:
- Press R to open/close the sail.
- W / S to increase or decrease sail speed.
- Third Person View (F5) + Mousewheel = Adjust camera distance.
- Right-click an entity to dismount it from the ship.
- To open inventory outside of the ship: crouch + right-click.
Cannons
- Add a cannon with right-click while holding one.
- Shoot cannons with Space while looking in their direction (requires cannonballs in ship inventory).
- Remove a cannon with a pickaxe.
- Key-binds can be changed in options.
Detailed Features
Ship Performance
- Cold-water ships → 10% faster in cold biomes, 10% slower in warm.
- Warm-water ships → 10% faster in warm biomes, 10% slower in cold.
- Each cannon decreases speed by 2.5%.
- Cargo can decrease speed by up to 10%.
Sail Coloring
- Right-click with dye to color sails.
Ship Repairing
- Repair with iron nuggets and planks.
Ship Naming
- Use a nametag to name your ship.
Leashing (1.18.2 – 1.20.6)
- Tether ships (only if no player is controlling them).

Ships
Cog
- Medieval trade ship (cold water).
- 108 slots, up to 4 cannons, 5 passengers.
- Speed: 40 km/h, Hull: 300 HP.

Brigg
- Two-masted medieval trade ship (cold water).
- 162 slots, up to 6 cannons, 11 passengers.
- Speed: 45 km/h, Hull: 400 HP.

Galley
- Naval warfare ship (warm water).
- 54 slots, 9 passengers.
- Speed: 40 km/h, Hull: 200 HP.

Drakkar
- Viking-style ship (cold water).
- 54 slots, 11 passengers, ice-breaker ability.
- Shields with banner patterns for defense.
- Speed: 30 km/h, Hull: 200 HP.

Crafting
Sail

Cannon

Cannon Ball

Cog

Brigg

Galley

Drakkar

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as long as you link back to this page and don’t make money off of it.
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