Big Water

Big Water

Spreads Water & Lava textures across larger areas to reduce small-scale repetition

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"Vanilla" pack
Rekindled pack
Stylized pack
Shader support
Lend your builds some more grandure
Rescale regular textures through the config

About this Mod

Tired of looking at the same 16x16 water or lava texture repeated for every single block with no differences? Yearning for a little less Moiré?

Big Water changes things up, bringing more small-scale variation with large-scale textures!
Resource packs can provide fluid textures at double, triple, quadruple size and beyond, then define how many blocks they should cover. You can also change the scale to your heart's content via the config screen, even if no compatible packs are active!

Comparison between BigWater lava and vanilla lava

Included in the mod are 3 sample packs:

  • Vanilla
    • Enabled by default (except on NeoForge), as close to vanilla as I could make it but with a more varied texture covering 4x4 blocks
  • Rekindled
  • Stylized

All of these also include animated normal maps for any shaders that support it.

And yes, I know that diagonally flowing textures are far from perfect. If you're a developer feel free to check out the code, I would appreciate suggestions for handling those better.

For resource pack creators:

Put your bigger textures in assets/bigwater/textures/block/, then include files for each block (not texture!) like this:

assets/bigwater/config/water.json

{
   "textureScale": 4
}

If the mod doesn't find any custom textures in the folder above it will use the ones in the minecraft/textures/block folder instead.

Disclaimers:

  • While the scale can be set for each fluid independently, it applies to both still and flowing textures.
  • Normal and specular textures work as expected, but POM will run into the same issues as repeat CTM on blocks, i.e. seams on every block.

Available Versions

Big Water 1.2.0-neoforge+mc1.21.1release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
May 15, 2026
Big Water 1.2.0-neoforge+mc1.21.11release
MC 1.21.11neoforge
May 15, 2026
Big Water 1.2.0-neoforge+mc26.1release
MC 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2neoforge
May 15, 2026
Big Water 1.2.0-fabric+mc1.21.1release
MC 1.21.1fabric
May 15, 2026
Big Water 1.2.0-fabric+mc1.21.11release
MC 1.21.11fabric
May 15, 2026

How to Install Big Water on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (26.1.2).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Big Water". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricneoforge

Minecraft Versions

26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+2 more)

Server-side

Unsupported

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Big Water 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 (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Big Water compatible with fabric and neoforge?

Big Water officially supports fabric, neoforge for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Big Water – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Big Water 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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Details

License
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Server-side
Unsupported

Supported Versions

26.1.226.1.126.11.21.111.21.1