{"id":82168,"date":"2026-06-04T20:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/horsebuff\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:14:37","slug":"horsebuff","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/horsebuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Buff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>## !! Deprecation Notice !!<br \/>\nHorse Buff&#8217;s entire feature-set can be found in HorseMan 1.3.0+<\/p>\n<p># Horse Buff<br \/>\n![Banner_Huge](https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/37855219\/141597249-7a6a7d25-8da8-43ac-a10f-bd12d3e1577f.png)<br \/>\n[![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-image]][cc-by-nc-sa]<\/p>\n<p>[cc-by-nc-sa]: http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/<br \/>\n[cc-by-nc-sa-image]: https:\/\/licensebuttons.net\/l\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/88&#215;31.png<\/p>\n<p>## About<br \/>\nImprove horses by removing stupid stuff and adding useful stuff.<\/p>\n<p>### Server Changes:<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Horses Sit in Rafts<\/summary>\n<p>  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.<\/p>\n<p>  ![player sitting in a bamboo raft in a river with a horse](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/d2faef4b56e873ee8a20816b5276e52aa1b20bbc.png)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary> Saddled Horses don&#8217;t wander<\/summary>\n<p>  ![horse standing in place with a saddle on, extremely sped up](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/E0ZGzMU.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Remove break speed debuff<\/summary>\n<p>  Normally being mounted on a horse makes you mine at 1\/5 the speed.<br \/>\n  Now you can actually do stuff on horseback<\/p>\n<p>  ![side by side of mining sand on a horse with\/without it enabled. It is significantly faster on horseback](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/DKqrGOD.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Improve &#8220;Step Height&#8221; capability<\/summary>\n<p>  Increases horse step-height from 1 block to 1.1 blocks.<br \/>\n  This makes riding horses around path blocks way less frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>  ![side by side comparison of going down a path with the mod. Horse stops dead at a 1.1 block jump with it off, continues going without a hitch with it on](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/nvssVeA.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p>### Client Changes:<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Allow swimming while Mounted<\/summary>\n<p>  Normally Horses will sink in water when you are riding them.<br \/>\n  This makes you float on the surface as if they weren&#8217;t mounted.<br \/>\n  The default config turns this ability off for undead horses and camels.<\/p>\n<p>  ![swimming in river on horseback without sinking](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/IrrG0G8l\/images\/7235272ecbaa4682e915335f31b0b5e730b43a51.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary> Prevent &#8220;Bucking&#8221; <\/summary>\n<p>  Normally horses will randomly &#8220;Buck&#8221;, stopping dead in their tracks while you are riding them.<br \/>\n  This prevents them from doing that.<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary> Fade Horse as you look down<\/summary>\n<p>  The same applies to donkeys, mules, zombie horses, skeleton horses, camels and llamas.<\/p>\n<p>  ![going down a hill into a cave, looking down through horse for better navigation](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kwtmFVd.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Horse Head Pitch offset<\/summary>\n<p>  Option to lower horse&#8217;s head down up to 45 degrees to improve visibility.<br \/>\n  Works with horses, donkeys, mules, zombie horses and skeleton horses.<\/p>\n<p>  ![comparison of 0 vs 45 degree offset](https:\/\/user-images.githubusercontent.com\/37855219\/163890939-87f3b255-176a-49df-ad4d-ec5b41a3b54a.png)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary> Horses named `jeb_` become rainbow<\/summary>\n<p>  The same can be applied to donkeys, mules, camels, llamas, zombie horses and skeleton horses.<\/p>\n<p>  ![Jeb_ rainbow horse, like the sheep easter egg](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/QTk8w33.gif)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Hotkey to open survival inventory<\/summary>\n<p>  ![image](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8oOswAR.png)<br \/>\n  * Pre 1.20.2<br \/>\n    * 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<br \/>\n  * Post 1.20.2<br \/>\n    * 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<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p>### Legacy features (removed due to them being added to the game officially)<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>\n    [Server Side] Fix rubber banding on stairs\/slabs &#8220;Horse moved wrongly!&#8221;<br \/>\n    (<s>MC-100830<\/s>) (1.16.5 &#8211; 1.21.3)<br \/>\n  <\/summary>\n<p>![side by side comparison of going up a staircase with\/without the mod. The without frequently goes back a couple of steps in a disorienting manner. The with doesn&#8217;t have that and results in travel being faster](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/bXu7lt4.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>\n    [Server Side]<br \/>\n    Allow travel through portals without dismounting<br \/>\n    (1.16.5 &#8211; 1.20.6)<br \/>\n  <\/summary>\n<p>  Minecraft Bug Tracker (MC-67) [Fixed]<br \/>\n  ![going through a nether portal on horseback without dismounting](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/cvph0Ye.gif)<br \/>\n  ![going through an end portal on horseback without dismounting](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/JeJNEgO.gif)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>\n    [Server Side]<br \/>\n    Better Breeding Logic<br \/>\n    (1.16.5 &#8211; 1.19.3)<br \/>\n  <\/summary>\n<p>  1. Take average of the parents&#8217; traits<br \/>\n  2. Random amount added\/subtracted from said average<br \/>\n        &#8211; +\/- 10% of range between max and min<br \/>\n  3. clamp to vanilla min\/max stat<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p>### Related:<br \/>\n#### Server Side:<br \/>\n&#8211; Can&#8217;t find your horse? Get Horse Trumpet (highlights your horse) or Horse Whistle (horse runs\/tps to you)<br \/>\n&#8211; Stop banging your head into stuff and taking damage VehicleFix Ride through forests with ease<br \/>\n&#8211; Horse stat overhaul (horses get better the more you use them) Superb Steeds<br \/>\n&#8211; Upgrade horse speed with Horseshoes<\/p>\n<p>#### Client Side:<br \/>\n&#8211; See how good your horse is Horse Stats Vanilla<br \/>\n&#8211; Better Mount HUD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QOL tweaks for horses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":82169,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"horsebuff","_minecraft_project_id":"IrrG0G8l","_minecraft_author":"CassieNya","_minecraft_license":"CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0","_minecraft_downloads":3345907,"_minecraft_follows":948,"_minecraft_client_side":"optional","_minecraft_server_side":"optional","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"horsebuff.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":27571926,"_minecraft_version_count":38,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T05:19:28.192421Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2021-11-13T00:14:36.903771Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-03-25T16:18:38.077111Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/horsebuff","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":82169,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-04T17:14:38+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"d0d0bdc600c7027e7cf5ac18483758ea","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[97,137,869,92],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[48,49,50,51,615,616,618,52,53,54,654,655,656,55,56,57,58,59,36,60,93,94,102,62,95,37,74,38],"class_list":["post-82168","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-transportation","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-16-5","minecraft_version-1-17","minecraft_version-1-17-1","minecraft_version-1-18","minecraft_version-1-18-pre1","minecraft_version-1-18-pre2","minecraft_version-1-18-pre4","minecraft_version-1-18-1","minecraft_version-1-18-2","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-pre5","minecraft_version-1-19-rc1","minecraft_version-1-19-rc2","minecraft_version-1-19-1","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-pre1","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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