Small ShipsMods · 1.18 – 1.21Vanilla friendly Ships for Minecraft. Now with cannons!
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Eureka! Build ships in Minecraft out of ordinary blocks, with physics.
Direct download from Modrinth · 2,855,440 downloads
Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies is a mod made by rubydesic. Eureka! Build ships in Minecraft out of ordinary blocks, with physics.
It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 1.20. It has been downloaded 2,855,440 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 1, 2026.
Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies has had 87 releases on Modrinth since Aug 3, 2022. 30 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.20.1-forge-1.6.4, released on Nov 1, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.1. It runs on Forge. The download is 457 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.20.1-forge-1.6.4 | Nov 1, 2026 | 1.20.1 | Release |
1.20.1-fabric-1.6.4 | Nov 1, 2026 | 1.20.1 | Release |
1.20.1-forge-1.6.3 | Apr 24, 2026 | 1.20.1 | Release |
1.20.1-fabric-1.6.3 | Apr 24, 2026 | 1.20.1 | Release |
1.20.1-forge-1.6.2 | Apr 10, 2026 | 1.20.1 | Release |
Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is release/1.6.4, published on Nov 1, 2026.
Toggles the warning above.
Fraction of the ship that needs to touch water for engines to keep full power for non-flying ships.
Before that: release/1.6.3 (Apr 24, 2026), release/1.6.2 (Apr 10, 2026).
Eureka is in ALPHA. Make sure to back up your world. There will be bugs.
Eureka is a simple add-on for Valkyrien Skies that fits with vanilla aesthetic and is easy and fun to use.
Build and design your own ship out of ordinary (or modded!) Minecraft blocks, place a Ship Helm, shift + right-click, assemble, and watch your creation suddenly infuse with physics. No longer are your Minecraft builds bound to remain forever static, sitting in the same place for all eternity.
Note: Eureka comes with an integrated dependency downloader that will do all the hard work for you! Just download the Eureka JAR file and launch the game.
Written by rubydesic. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.
This mod is needed on both the server and every player who joins.
Install Fabric and Forge for Minecraft 1.16 – 1.20.
Add the mods it needs: Valkyrien Skies.
Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the mods folder of your .minecraft directory.
Start Minecraft with the Fabric profile.
Easier: in Prism Launcher or the Modrinth App, search for Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies in your instance's mods and click Install. It adds the loader and the mods it needs for you.
Full guide: How to install Minecraft mods
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skiesthe one you looked at | 2.9M | 1.16 – 1.20 | 14 days ago | Free |
| Small Shipstalhanation | 5.7M | 1.18 – 1.21 | Oct 16, 2026 | Free |
 Create Aeronauticsryanhcode | 9.5M | 1.21 | Aug 29, 2026 | Free |
 ParaglidersTictim | 2.9M | 1.20 – 26.x | Sep 8, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.20.
Yes. Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies is free to download from Modrinth.
Both. The server and every player need Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies installed.
Yes: Valkyrien Skies. Install it before Eureka! Ships! for Valkyrien Skies.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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