Better than Boats

This mod introduces 5 new boat variants designed to turn the ocean into your floating homestead. Chain your vessels into a massive water caravan and your journey never stops, because your base is always moving with you.
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Description

Ever wanted to pack up your entire base and just sail away? the Better than Boats mod turns the ocean into your permanent, mobile home. This mod introduces 5 new fully functional boat variants that let you assemble a complete water caravan.

Whether you are exploring distant biomes or transporting massive amounts of resources, you will never need to drop anchor or build a temporary base on land again.

Each boat serves a specific purpose to help you survive and thrive at sea:

  • Boat with Crafting Table: Your mobile workshop. Craft tools and items on the go without leaving your vessel.
  • Boat with Furnace: Smelt ores and cook your fresh catch while sailing across the oceans.
  • Boat with Double Chest: Massive inventory space for long-distance resource transport. (Note: This boat cannot be ridden, but you can easily link it to your main boat using a Lead!)
  • Boat with Bed: Skip the night or set your spawn point right on the water during long voyages. (Note: This boat cannot be ridden, but you can link it with a Lead.)
  • Boat with Ender Chest: Secure, global access to your Ender inventory from anywhere in the world.

Crafting recipes follow the vanilla logic (Vanilla Boat + Block)

The Better than Boats mod is 100% vanilla friendly and fully Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), published under the GNU GPL 3.0 license. Feel free to look at the code, contribute, or include it in your modpacks!

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