Soaring skies is a mod which adds a few changes to the air.
In plains, desert, snowy plains and badlands you will now see hot air balloons in the sky.
When you get up to them maybe some loot is waiting for you.
Using the new balloon item crafted with a wind charge, 3 red wool and a piece of string you can launch yourself upwards further than a wind charge can.
The mod also adds a brand new sword crafted uing a flow amror trim, a netherite sword and a breeze rod. When right clicked the sword will charge up making your next attack knock the enemy back very far. As long as the sword is in your inventory you will gain permenant speed and jump boost.
Adding the Breezeborn enchantment will allow you to use a balloon boost with the sword.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
- 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 soaring_skies-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 2.0 MB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.