When riding a horse, if you collide with non-persistent leaves (naturally-generated, not player placed) - the leaves will break and you will be slightly slowed.
Jump to break leaves directly above you.
I think this is a good solution for people who like riding horses for exploration yet are discouraged to do so because it's infuriating to ride through forests.
Another good solution would be to make horses be able to just walk through leaves when ridden. Or install the datapack that makes trees taller. I like breaking leaves though because it feels nice to create paths through forests.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 Modrinth — 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.
- Ships as horse-break-leaves-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 17 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.