How do I install Small Ships Upgrades?

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 Small Ships Upgrades 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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Small Ships Upgrades

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

by murphy_slaw · 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 Fabric1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

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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A simple implmentation of upgrade items for Small Ships

Items

There are three items implemented, one for each major ship attribute: speed, health, and cargo.

smallships_upgrades:speed_upgrade
smallships_upgrades:health_upgrade
smallships_upgrades:cargo_upgrade

To apply an upgrade, right click on a ship with it. If the ship has enough upgrade slots to accept the upgrade, the upgrade item will be consumed and the appropriate attribute will be increased.

Note

The mod adds these items, but does not add recipes for them or add them to loot tables. You'll have to do that yourself.

Configuration

upgradeRecyclePercentage

The percentage of upgrade items to drop when the ship is destroyed, rounding up. Defaults to 100.

speedIncrement

The number of points to increase a ship's speed for each upgrade applied. Defaults to 10.

healthIncrement

The number of points to increase a ship's health for each upgrade applied. Defaults to 20.

cargoIncrement

The number of 9-slot rows to add to the ship's cargo capacity for each upgrade applied. Defaults to 6 (54 slots, one full page).

caps

A list of upgrade caps for each ship type, in the format

{
    "name": "cog",
    "speed": 8,
    "health": 2,
    "cargo": 6
}

Unknown ship types will be ignored. If there are duplicate entries for a ship type, the last entry wins.

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 smallships_upgrades-fabric-1.20.1-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 53 KB
Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working

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

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