About aleki's Nifty Ships
From ModrinthA new generation of vanilla-friendly ships. In-world building, simulated sailing, placeable containers, walkable decks -- oh, and cannons!
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Thank you to our patrons for supporting development!
- Beebee
Welcome to the future of vanilla-friendly ships!
Nifty Ships brings beautiful, detailed ships with loads of features to Minecraft.
Find unfinished rowboats and ships on beaches and rivers, and learn how to complete them!
Build your ship, fill it with cargo, creatures, or cannons, and sail it across the seas with a realistic sailing simulation!
Make it your own by painting the hull, dyeing the sails, naming your ship, and flying a banner from the mast. Upgrade it into an icebreaker by adding an iron block!
Defeat your enemies (or friends) in epic naval battles, with cannons that work on sea or land!
When it's time to return to port, you can lower the anchor or tie up at the dock.
Place any container in the hold or on deck, from shulker boxes, to furnaces, to crafting tables, and more!
Welcome to the future of mod-friendly ships!
First-party support for TerraFirmaCraft through our official Firma: Civilization mod!
First-party support for Biomes O'Plenty through our official Nifty Ships + Biomes O'Plenty Compat addon!
Roadmap
- 1.21 support*
- Unique sound design*
- Better collision system to allow for larger ships*
- Move to flywheel rendering to reduce framerate impact*
- Upgrade vanilla boats to have some of our features
- Larger, two-masted ship
- Even larger, three-masted ship
- Overhaul of sunken ship structures
- ((Secret 4th ship))
- ((Secret 5th ship))
- More decoration options
- Fabric support
\*_In Development_
_A mod by alekiponi, with major contributions from Traister101. All art, assets, code, documentation, and any other material provided are exclusively human made._
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Minecraft 1.20.1.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
aleki's Nifty Ships on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Forge, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.0.14, released 2024-12-04
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of aleki's Nifty Ships.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.14 | 2024-12-04 | 1.20.1 | Forge, NeoForge |
| 1.0.13 | 2024-10-16 | 1.20.1 | Forge, NeoForge |
| 1.0.12 | 2024-08-27 | 1.20.1 | Forge, NeoForge |
| 1.0.11 | 2024-08-16 | 1.20.1 | Forge, NeoForge |
| 1.0.10 | 2024-08-01 | 1.20.1 | Forge, NeoForge |
Run aleki's Nifty Ships on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogVehicles & ships
Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists aleki's Nifty Ships as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- ForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.1
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authoralekiponi, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
