Bareback Horse Riding
🐎 Allows riding horses without a saddle with tweaked game mechanics.
About this Mod
Bareback Horse Riding allows players to ride horses without having a saddle. You can take that horse you've just found with you, without having to leave it and look through dungeon chests for a saddle. By default, riding a horse without a saddle will give the player and horse the Slowness effect. You can also enable receiving damage every 15 seconds in the config. Wearing leather pants will prevent the slowness/damage, but lower its durability every time it negates. Everything is configurable and features can be toggled.
Tame functionality remains the same. And a horse can only be steered once it's friendly and tamed.
All available config options:
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shouldReceiveSlownessDuringRidingWithoutSaddle default true
If the player (and horse) should receive the slowness effect when riding a horse without a saddle.
shouldDamageDuringRidingWithoutSaddle default false
If the player should be damaged when riding a horse without a saddle.
leatherPantsNegateEffect default true
If wearing leather pants should prevent the player from being damaged or received slowness, if enabled, when riding without a saddle.
ticksBetweenDamage default 300, min 1, max 72000
How often the player should be damaged, if enabled, during riding without a saddle in ticks. 1 second = 20 ticks
halfHeartDamageAmount default 2, min 1, max 100
How much damage should be done to the player from riding without a saddle.
leatherPantsLoseDurabilityOnNegation default true
If leather pants should lose durability each time it prevents damage.
A horse can be ridden without a saddle:
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It'll give the slowness effect with 'shouldReceiveSlownessDuringRidingWithoutSaddle' enabled:
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Or occasional damage with 'shouldDamageDuringRidingWithoutSaddle' enabled:
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Wearing leather pants will prevent the slowness/damage from happening. It does use durability:
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You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.
Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.
For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!
Available Versions
How to Install Bareback Horse Riding on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (26.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Bareback Horse Riding". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1.1 (+19 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Bareback Horse Riding server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Bareback Horse Riding compatible with fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Bareback Horse Riding officially supports fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1.1. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Bareback Horse Riding – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Bareback Horse Riding consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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