How do I install Whaleborne?

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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Whaleborne work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Whaleborne

by FloofHips · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge2 builds
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

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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there's something stirring in the deep…something powerful…

Whaleborne

Whaleborne Logo

Description

This mod adds a new mob, The Hullback, a creature that resides within the deep oceans of the Minecraft world.

Hullback Floating

Taming Process

these creatures are friendly, but tragically are prone to becoming covered in gunk. if you clean up a Hullback using an Axe and Shears, the creature will be in your debt…

Hullback Closeup

Pirate Ship Transformation

…They then can be Saddled then armored with 64 Planks… or any other armor material added through compat!

Hullback Ship

Additional Features

You can also find Widgets, useful additions and peculiar trinkets like sails, cannons and more, that can be installed on a Hullback after uncovering them in buried treasure and sunken ships…

Hullback Decked out Ship

The Hullback can only be controlled using the new Helm item..

Helm Crafting Recipe

Tips & facts:

You can stack barnacles to make different sounds, up to nine blocks tall
You can apply banners to sail and get them back with a water bucket :)
You can open the hullback's inventory using E when riding to check on it
You can open the cannon's inventory using E
You can fire the cannon using the spacebar, but you need gunpowder first…
If an anchor is installed, you can lower and raise it from the helm with your spacebar!

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1
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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as whaleborne-1.21.1-1.2.4.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 9.9 MB
Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working

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

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