How do I install Water Breathe?

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 Water Breathe work with?

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

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Water Breathe

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

by Coda1552 · on CurseForge

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The author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

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Water Breathe is a simple quality-of-life mod that allows the player to interact with any entity to grant it permanent water breathing!

This makes building habitats and enclosures for pesky critters that keep drowning much more feasible! The mod was made specifically for the Menagerie modpack by jamono, but feel free to use it in your own modpacks!

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 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 waterbreathe-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 4 KB
Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working

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

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