Enderpearl Backport

Enderpearl Backport

Enderpearl Backport brings modern Ender Pearl mechanics from Minecraft 1.21.2+ to earlier versions.

The mod focuses on making Ender Pearls behave like in newer vanilla versions — especially in situations where older Minecraft versions fall short.

Features

Cross-Dimensional Teleportation

Ender Pearls can teleport players between dimensions, correctly handling portal transfers.

Chunk Loading While in Flight

Chunks containing flying Ender Pearls are temporarily force-loaded, preventing pearls from freezing, despawning, or losing momentum during long-distance or cross-dimensional travel.

Persistent Ender Pearls

If a player logs out while their Ender Pearl is in flight:

• the pearl "logs out" with player,
• its exact state (position, velocity, dimension) is saved,
• when the player rejoins, the pearl is fully restored and continues flying.

Survives Server Restarts

Active Ender Pearls are saved to world data and are safely restored even after a full server restart.

Loader Notes

Fabric

✔ Actively maintained
✔ Uses vanilla PersistentState for world-safe data storage
✔ Fully supports modern Ender Pearl mechanics
✔ Versions: Minecraft 1.20.x – 1.21.x

NeoForge

⚠ Currently uses an older implementation
⚠ Some newer improvements available on Fabric are not yet present
✔ Core features (persistence, teleportation) still work

NeoForge updates are planned, but Fabric currently offers the most complete experience.

Data Storage

• Fabric: world/data/enderpearl_backport.dat
• NeoForge: config/enderpearlbackport_data.json