About Boids
From ModrinthBoids simulation for flocking fish 🐟
Boids
This mod replaces the vanilla fish behavior of flocking fish with a boids simulation.
What's a Boids Simulation?
A "boids simulation" refers to a computer model that simulates the flocking or herding behavior observed in nature, like the coordinated movement of birds or fish. In the context of this mod, it means fish will exhibit more realistic and dynamic group movements, making your aquatic environments come to life.
In particular, each fish will follow these three rules:
- Separation: steer to avoid crowding local flockmates
- Alignment: steer towards the average heading of local flockmates
- Cohesion: steer to move towards the average position (center of mass) of local flockmates
Additional Resources
You can learn more about boids simulations here:
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 25 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Boids 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
- Fabric
- 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
- 2.0.0+26.3, released 2026-09-16
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.21.2 to 26.3 (13 versions) | 26.3 |
From 5 recorded builds of Boids.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.0+26.3 | 2026-09-16 | 26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| 2.0.0+26.2 | 2026-07-18 | 26.2 | Fabric |
| 2.0.0+26.1 | 2026-03-29 | 26.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions) | Fabric |
| 2.0.1+1.21.11 | 2026-02-20 | 1.21.11 | Fabric |
| 2.0.3+1.21.2 | 2026-02-20 | 1.21.2 to 1.21.8 (7 versions) | Fabric |
Run Boids 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 catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Boids as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 24 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorTomate0613, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
