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Resources / Mods / Horse Buff

Horse Buff

QOL tweaks for horses

ModsFree1.16 – 1.21
by CassieNya · listed from Modrinth
Download › Install with the launcher

Opens Modrinth · 3,925,156 downloads there

What it does

QOL tweaks for horses

Horse Buff is a resource made by CassieNya. It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 3,925,156 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Mar 25, 2025.

Supported versions

1.211.201.191.181.171.16

Release history

Horse Buff has had 38 releases on Modrinth since Nov 13, 2021. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 2.1.3, released on Mar 25, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.1. It runs on Fabric. The download is 1.3 MB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
2.1.3Mar 25, 20251.20.1Release
2.2.1Jan 29, 20251.21.4Release
2.2.0Jan 6, 20251.21.4Release
2.2.0Jan 6, 20251.21.3Release
2.1.8Jun 22, 20241.21, 1.21.1Release

Latest release on GitHub

Horse Buff is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is 2.0.0, published on Jun 2, 2022.

Client Additions:

Fade Horse as you look down

You.Can.Look.Down.mp4

Horse Head Pitch offset
[](user-images.githubusercontent.com/37855219/1638…)

Horses named jeb_ become rainbow

jeb_.mp4

Sprint + Inventory to open survival inventory

2022-05-15.22-14-42.mp4

Server Additions:

Added an option to increase horse step-height from 1 block to 1.1 blocks.

This makes riding horses around path blocks way less frustrating.

Before that: 1.2.3 (Apr 16, 2022), V1.1.1 (Nov 18, 2021).

Description from the author on Modrinth

!! Deprecation Notice !!

Horse Buff's entire feature-set can be found in HorseMan 1.3.0+

Horse Buff

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About

Improve horses by removing stupid stuff and adding useful stuff.

Server Changes:

Horses Sit in Rafts

Rafts only because its impossible to break boats when they are in a boat. Works with horses, donkeys, mules, zombie horses, skeleton horses, camels and llamas.

Saddled Horses don't wander

Remove break speed debuff

Normally being mounted on a horse makes you mine at 1/5 the speed.
Now you can actually do stuff on horseback

Improve "Step Height" capability

Increases horse step-height from 1 block to 1.1 blocks.\
This makes riding horses around path blocks way less frustrating.

Client Changes:

Allow swimming while Mounted

Normally Horses will sink in water when you are riding them.
This makes you float on the surface as if they weren't mounted.
The default config turns this ability off for undead horses and camels.

Prevent "Bucking"

Normally horses will randomly "Buck", stopping dead in their tracks while you are riding them.
This prevents them from doing that.

Fade Horse as you look down

The same applies to donkeys, mules, zombie horses, skeleton horses, camels and llamas.

Horse Head Pitch offset

Option to lower horse's head down up to 45 degrees to improve visibility.
Works with horses, donkeys, mules, zombie horses and skeleton horses.

Horses named jeb_ become rainbow

The same can be applied to donkeys, mules, camels, llamas, zombie horses and skeleton horses.

Hotkey to open survival inventory

  • Pre 1.20.2
  • Horse Buff pulls from your Minecraft keybinds, so if you change your inventory/sprint key, that will change what you need to press to access your survival inventory
  • Post 1.20.2
  • A keybind for opening your inventory while on a horse has been added. ALT + Inv (ALT + E) is now the default, but you can change it to whatever you like

Legacy features (removed due to them being added to the game officially)

[Server Side] Fix rubber banding on stairs/slabs "Horse moved wrongly!"
(MC-100830) (1.16.5 - 1.21.3)

[Server Side]
Allow travel through portals without dismounting
(1.16.5 - 1.20.6)

[Minecraft Bug Tracker (MC-67) [Fixed]](bugs.mojang.com/browse MC-67)

[Server Side]
Better Breeding Logic
(1.16.5 - 1.19.3)

  1. Take average of the parents' traits
  2. Random amount added/subtracted from said average
  • +/- 10% of range between max and min
  1. clamp to vanilla min/max stat

Related:

Server Side:

Client Side:

Written by CassieNya. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Horse Buff

  1. This mod runs only on your own game. Servers do not need it, so you can use it on any server.

  2. Install Fabric for Minecraft 1.16 – 1.21.

  3. Add the mods it needs: Cloth Config API and Fabric API.

  4. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the mods folder of your .minecraft directory.

  5. Start Minecraft with the Fabric profile.

  6. With the CraftRank Launcher you can skip these steps: open Mods, search for Horse Buff and click Install.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16
Runs on
Fabric
Where it runs
Client only (your game)
Edition
Java
Needs
Cloth Config API, Mod Menu, Fabric API
License
CC BY
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

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Questions

Does Horse Buff work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.

Is Horse Buff free?

Yes. Horse Buff is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Horse Buff client-side or server-side?

Client-side. Horse Buff goes in your own mods folder and works on any server, including servers without mods.

Does Horse Buff need anything else?

Yes: Cloth Config API, Mod Menu, Fabric API. Install it before Horse Buff.

Is Horse Buff still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Horse Buff?

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