
Fishing Expansion
Enhance the fishing experience with more loot, new enchantments, new boss, real mob fishing, special fishes, turtle armor and more!
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About this Mod
Fishing Expansion – Dive Into a Deeper Fishing Adventure!
📖 Description
Fishing Expansion completely overhauls Minecraft’s fishing system, transforming it into a full ocean-based progression path. This mod introduces new and better loot, special fishes, new enchantments, new structure, new boss, structure maps, and even a powerful underwater armor set—all obtainable exclusively through fishing.
🎣 New Enchantments
All custom enchantments are fished, not found in loot tables or traded.
- Water Trail – Leaves a water path on the arrow (not compatible with Flame).
- Ender Hook – Teleports where the rod lands.
- Hooked Strike – Rods can damage now.
- Dolphin’s Grace – Gives Dolphin's Grace effect.
- Sea Lure – An enhanced version of Lure, reaching level V for ultra-fast catches (not compatible with Lure).
- Treasure Hunter – A superior Luck of the Sea alternative, also up to level V (not compatible with Luck of the Sea).
👿 New Boss: Elder Drowned
A terrifying oceanic monstrosity created from the fusion of a drowned warrior, an Elder Guardian’s essence.
🫀 How to Summon It
- Fish the “Heart of the Elder Drowned” (Extremely rare treasure catch).
- Build an altar of Prismarine Bricks with water in the center.
- Throw the Heart into the water.
- The sea will tremble… and the Elder Drowned will rise.
🎁 Rewards
Defeating the Elder Drowned grants a generous amount of experience and a secret trident enchantment, exclusive to this boss and unobtainable in any other way.
🗺️ Ocean Structure Maps
You can now fish up ocean exploration maps that guide you to:
- Ocean Monuments
- Ruined Portals
- Shipwrecks
- Underwater Ruins
- Boat (new)
Your fishing rod becomes the ocean’s ultimate navigation tool.
🐢 Turtle Armor – End-Game Underwater Gear
An extremely rare treasure obtainable only through fishing, the Turtle Armor Set serves as an aquatic counterpart to modified Netherite.
Armor Benefits:
- Grants Conduit Power while swimming
- Provides Resistance I
- Enhances several underwater quality-of-life attributes
- Tailored for ocean exploration and underwater combat
Perfect for players who want to thrive beneath the waves.
🐠 Real Ocean Creatures on the Hook
Fishing no longer gives you only item-based fish. Now you can hook any type of marine creature, from fish mobs to drowned, guardians, squids, turtles, and more. Hooked mobs are pulled toward you, turning fishing into a more dynamic and action-oriented mechanic.
🐠 Special Fishes
Now you have a small chance of catching special fishes that can give you special potion effects, such as resistance or haste!
⚓ Barrel Ship (Shipwreck Barrels)
While fishing, you can reel in special Barrel Ships, which are barrels originating from shipwreck cargo. They contain rare supplies, lost treasures, and exclusive nautical loot.
🪪 License
👾 Bugs/Issues
Please report any problem/bug/issues in the Discord Server.
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Available Versions
How to Install Fishing Expansion on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (26.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Fishing Expansion". 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 (+13 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Fishing Expansion server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack 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 Fishing Expansion compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Fishing Expansion officially supports datapack, 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 Fishing Expansion – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Fishing Expansion 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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