Puddles & Floods

Puddles & Floods

Adds detailed puddles and allows rivers to visually flood their banks

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Screenshots

Large puddle
Puddles with shaders
Flooded river

About this Mod

Puddles & Floods adds a detailed puddle block that can appear during rain or after various fluid interactions.

Requires Fabric API (or forgified fabric api on neoforge).

For config, use command /puddleflood or your loader's mod list menu.

A puddle in a forest

Puddles will appear:

  • on the ground during rain
  • below dripping blocks
  • after water flows over a block
  • when a splash potion hits a block
  • after a filled cauldron is broken
  • when snow melts

Puddles from block interactions (broken cauldrons, flowing water, melting snow) will only appear if the mod is installed on the server. The other features will function on your client even if you're playing on a server that doesn't have the mod.

Puddles are non-destructive and will not wash away redstone or break blocks.

Stepping in a puddle will make a small splash sound.

In low-lying areas like rivers, valleys, and coasts, puddles can combine to create floods.

A flooded river bank

Config

Access the in-game config menu with the command /puddleflood or through your loader's mod list menu.

You can:

  • Enable or disable each feature of the mod
  • set puddle coverage amount for rain and during storms
  • set the range puddles spawn in around the player
  • set speed at which puddles collect and evaporate
  • toggle the usage of shader pack water on puddles

puddles in a superflat world with shaders enabled

Mod Compatibility Q&A

Shader pack support

Only Iris/Oculus is supported. The recommended shader pack is Complementary.

How to fix puddles waving into the ground with some shader packs

Depending on the shader pack there are two ways to work around this:

  • Option 1: Go into your shader settings and disable water waving.
  • Or option 2: Make sure LabPBR support is enabled in your shader pack and disable use shaderpack water in the mod's config.

How to fix random puddles appearing during raids

This is caused by the villager sweating effect from Subtle Effects.

  • Option 1: Disable sweating effects in the options menu for Subtle Effects
  • Or option 2: Disable drip puddles in the options menu for Puddles & Floods

How to edit puddle placement with resource packs

In addition to the block models, the placement of the puddle blocks during rain can be changed by resource packs by editing the texture at assets/puddleflood/textures/puddles.png.

Available Versions

v1.1.4+2 for 1.20.1-forgerelease
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
April 1, 2026
v1.1.4+2 for 1.21.1-neoforgerelease
MC 1.21.1neoforge
April 1, 2026
v1.1.4+2 for 1.21.9-fabricrelease
MC 1.21.9, 1.21.10fabric
April 1, 2026
v1.1.4+2 for 1.21.1-fabricrelease
MC 1.21.1fabric
April 1, 2026
v1.1.4+2 for 1.20.1-fabricrelease
MC 1.20, 1.20.1fabric
April 1, 2026

How to Install Puddles & Floods 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 "Puddles & Floods". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricforgeneoforge

Minecraft Versions

26.1.2, 26w14a, 26.1.1 (+7 more)

Server-side

~ Optional

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Puddles & Floods 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 Puddles & Floods compatible with fabric and forge and neoforge?

Puddles & Floods officially supports fabric, forge, neoforge for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26w14a, 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 Puddles & Floods – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Puddles & Floods 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
MIT License
Server-side
Optional

Supported Versions

26.1.226w14a26.1.126.11.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.11.20.11.20