How do I install Sinking Items?

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 Sinking Items work with?

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

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Sinking Items

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by Finxd · 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 Forge2 builds
Mod loader NeoForge2 builds

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1

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

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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Sinking Items

A mod I decided to create for some reason that makes items sink in water again like in versions before release 1.13
Has a config option to choose whether they sink slowly or quickly

Why?

For those who want to lose their items underwater…
And for the champs who want to bring this old behaviour back

Config:

The mod comes with a SERVER config, which doesn't generate in the config folder, but instead, in the world folder. You can always move it to defaultconfigs to automatically enable it for all new worlds

Items sink fast by default, which is also how they behaved before release 1.13, but the mod has a config option to make items sink, but slowly, which is a mix of old and new behaviour

Sinking Items — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 1
Also includes an option to turn the mod's changes off, which… is just there… the mod can be safely removed anyway, after world load, all items will start floating once again

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 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 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as sinkingitems-1.21.1-b1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 7 KB
Download link checked 19 Oct 2026 — working

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

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