How do I install Ride Dragon?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Ride Dragon work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Ride Dragon

by petersv5 · on Modrinth

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Data pack only.

Minecraft 1.21.7–26.1.2Newest
Minecraft 1.21.6
Minecraft 1.20.2–1.21.5
Minecraft 1.18–1.20.1

⬇ Download for 1.21.7–26.1.2 ⬇ Download for 1.21.6 ⬇ Download for 1.20.2–1.21.5 ⬇ Download for 1.18–1.20.1

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Ride tame Ender Dragons with your friends!

This datapack introduces rideable Ender Dragons.

Tame ender dragons can be summoned by players by using the Book Of Dragons provided in the data pack. For help with using the data pack players type /trigger rd_help in chat.

There is an admin menu to control aspects of the data pack available via /function ridedragon:admin in chat. This is only available to OPs. The menu controls:

How a player can obtain the Book of Dragons. Disabled by default
If a dragon can be summoned without the Book of Dragons. Disabled by default.
If players can fire dragon fireballs by holding an ender crystal in their main hand. Disabled by default.
The initial health of the summoned dragon. Set to 5 by default.

Note:

It is recommended to combine this data pack with the "Anti Ender Dragon Grief" data pack by Dragon3025 to not accidentally erase parts of the world while flying. See https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/dragon3025/ for 1.18-1.20.1 and https://modrinth.com/datapack/anti-ender-dragon-grief for 1.20.2-.

No mods are required on the server or client. The data pack is only required on the server, not client side.

This datapack was inspired by the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBUknTYjylc&t=284s by John Paul Inso. That design was not safe for multiple simultaneous players.

Please join the discord if you have any questions or suggestions for improvements.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.

Verified by MCModsHub

Downloads as RideDragon_1_15.zip
Download size: 200 KB
Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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