This mod aim to change minecraft default swimming mechanic to more realistic one. Hydro Upgrade add new buoyancy system that adjust with player's air and change the way player can move around above water.
Feature
- Limit how height player can swim above water surface. (Not limit when water too shallow or too close to land)
- Simple Buoyancy system.
- Limit ascending and descending swimming speed.
- Water pressure.
Screen Shot
Limit how far above surface player can swim (Holding spacebar)
Quick facts
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as hydroupgradeproject-0.1.5.mc1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 51 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.