Better Turtle Helmets
Reworks the turtle helmet to provide continous water breathing underwater at the cost of losing durablility overtime.
⬇ Download on ModrinthBetter Turtle hemlets aims towards improving the vanilla turtle helmets added in 1.13 by changing the water breathing mechanic by making the water breathing effect permanent at the cost of the helmet slowly degrading and loosing durability when the player is submerged in water at the rate of 1 durability every 10 seconds.
This degradation effect can be slowled down immensily though by enchanting the helmet with the respiration enchantment with each successive level slowling it down more and more.
(PS: Do note that the values for the helmet degradation have been modified here for the purpose of showcasing the feature, the actual values in the mod are a lot different.)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- 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 betterturtlehelmets-1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 9 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.