About Valkyrien Pirates
From ModrinthAdds moving pirate ship structures to your world, with working cannons!
Valkyrien Pirates
This mod adds pirate ships to your world which sail of their own accord. These ships come with a fearsome crew, and cannons which will shoot at your ship. Killing the pirates will disarm the cannons, leaving the ship and its booty free for you to plunder!!
The fabric version of this mod requires: Valkyrien Skies and Eureka
The forge version currently utilises Sinytra as a compatibility layer! You will also need Forgified Fabric API and Kotlin For Forge as well as Valkyrien Skies and Eureka
Ships
Pirate ships generate as structures and are assembled by a Motion Invoking Block (unobtainable in survival) once within simulation distance. This block will drive the ship in a pattern - by default in a circle.
Pirates that spawn on ships have a special property: some pirates are designated as cannoneers or helmsmen. Killing a cannoneer will stop its cannon from auto-firing, and killing the helmsman will replace the ship's Motion Invoking Block with Spruce Planks.
Cannons
To combat these pirate ships, you will likely want to bring your own cannons! Cannons can be created by placing a Cannon Activator Block behind a Dispenser. This will convert the dispenser into a Cannon Dispenser, letting you fire Cannonballs from it. To shoot a cannon, power the Cannon Activator Block (back of cannon) with a redstone signal.
Crafting
The Cannon Activator Block can be crafted with the same recipe as a Dispenser, except with Gunpowder instead of Redstone Dust.
Cannonballs can be crafted with Blaze Powder, Gunpowder, and an Iron Ingot in any pattern.
Shipwrecks
Shipwreck structures can be found throughout the world that contain treasure similar to what you can find on pirate ships.
Credits
- Acrogeneous - Original author and fearless captain
- G_Mungus - Author and cunning quartermaster
- Ankiolyne - Artist and tactful navigator
- Quoissant - Author and inspired ship architect
- Ship contest winners:
- Anitem - Anetum Contatum
- Baguette - The Heart Attack
- Extingale - The Phantom Leviathan
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and Forge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Valkyrien Pirates 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, Forge
- 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
- 1.9.3 (beta), released 2026-01-19
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Valkyrien Pirates.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9.3 beta | 2026-01-19 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 1.9.3 beta | 2026-01-19 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.9.2 beta | 2026-01-03 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 1.9.1 beta | 2026-01-03 | 1.20.1 | Fabric |
| 1.9 beta | 2026-01-03 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
Run Valkyrien Pirates 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 Valkyrien Pirates as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.1 and 1 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorAcrogenous, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
