Boat Item View

Mod

by 50ap5ud5

See your held items when in a moving boat!

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

CurseForge ID

482160

Modrinth Downloads

9,704,607

Modrinth ID

BdKIyOLe

Last Updated

Apr 27, 2026

Description

Boat Item View

About

The Boat Item View Mod is a client-side only Minecraft Mod that allows the player to see the item held in their hand while riding in a boat.

This is functionality is normally not possible in the base game.

Note: Any items being displayed in the hand when the boat is moving still cannot be used. This mod only deals with rendering, it does not change vanilla serverside logic.

Features

Toggle the ability to render hand items when sitting in a moving boat.
Define the type of items to be rendered when sitting in a moving boat.
Compatibility with Cloth Config and ModMenu

Installation

This mod is client-side only. Do not install this on dedicated servers.

Dependencies

Fabric API (Required)
Cloth Config API (Required, Preinstalled in this mod)
Mod Menu API (Optional, install if you like an Ingame Config GUI)

Usage

Enabling this Mod

1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
2. Set the Configuration Option "showHandsInMovingBoat" to True.
Usage with ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/m8n37z
3. Hold the item in the player's main hand or offhand.

Adding an item to the display list

1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
2. Add a new entry to the "itemsToShowInMovingBoat" option. This entry is the namespaced id of an item. E.g. "minecraft:carrot"
Usage in ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/n9vwwz
Usage in TOML File: https://streamable.com/9f5z3v

3. Click "Save" in the File Editor program if you have opened the client.toml file. If you are using Mod Menu, click the "Save and Quit" button.

Screenshots

The Config GUI that is generated when Mod Menu is installed alongside this mod.

General/distribution/mod packs
You are free to use this mod for personal use.

You may use it for non-commercial public use as well, as long as you link back to this thread or CurseForge page and use official download links.

If you wish to put this mod in a modpack that is redistributed commercially, please contact the owner about it so we can discuss this further.

Modpacks
You can use this mod in your modpack. You don’t have to ask for permission as long as you credit the author.

It would be greatly appreciated if you included this mod in your modpack's "Dependencies" list. :)

You may not reupload this mod on other platforms.

Licensing
This project is licensed under GNU Lesser v3. More information about this license can be found in the License file within the Github repository.

You may NOT redistribute this mod by itself in a way that allows you to earn money off of it.

These terms can be subject to change.

Issues

Please report any issues to the issue tracker linked at the top of this page.

Credits