aleki's Nifty Ships
Modby alekiponi
A new generation of vanilla-friendly ships! Add cargo, sail the seas, and fire the cannons!
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6,712,796
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751,412
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Last Updated
Nov 6, 2026
Description
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.
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