Bedside Skiff

Quickstart

1. Craft a Bedside Skiff using the recipe below.
2. Aim at water (or any fluid surface) and right-click to place the skiff.
3. Right-click the skiff to board it and paddle around like a normal boat.
4. Sneak + right-click while near the skiff to open its 10-slot storage bin and stash supplies.
5. At night, hold an empty hand, make sure the skiff has no rider, then right-click it to sleep and skip to morning.

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Overview

The Bedside Skiff is a single-seat wooden vessel that rolls three pieces of survival utility into one compact item: a rideable boat, a portable chest, and a bed you can use right on the water. It is perfect for long river journeys, island-hopping, or setting up a lightweight mobile camp without hauling separate gear.

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What It Adds

The skiff appears in your Tools creative tab.

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How To Use

Placing and Riding

Right-click any fluid surface while holding a Bedside Skiff item. The vessel spawns and floats in place. Right-click it again to mount it; use the same controls as a vanilla boat (WASD / movement keys) to steer. Dismount with Sneak.

Opening Storage

While standing close to the skiff (you do not need to be riding it), hold Sneak and right-click to open the Bedside Skiff Storage Bin. It holds 10 item slots arranged in a 5×2 grid. Stacked items are fully supported. You can shift-click to quickly move items between the bin and your inventory.

Your stored items persist with the skiff across sessions and while you are riding it, so everything travels with you automatically.

If the skiff is destroyed, all items inside drop on the ground, so they are never lost permanently.

Sleeping in the Skiff

At night, with an empty hand and no one already sitting in the skiff, right-click it. You will see the message "You rest in the skiff bed until morning." and the world time immediately advances to the next dawn — just like sleeping in a normal bed, but without needing to be on dry land.

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Crafting And Obtaining

The Bedside Skiff is crafted at a crafting table using oak planks, a chest, and a white bed:

All ingredients are early-game materials, so the skiff is available from the very first night if you have gathered enough wood and wool.

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Abilities And Mechanics

• One passenger only — the skiff seats a single player at a time.
• Storage persistence — the 10-slot bin saves with the skiff entity; items do not vanish when you log out or travel far away.
• Night skipping — works identically to sleeping in a bed: it must be night and the skiff must be unoccupied when you right-click with an empty hand.
• Item safety on break — destroying the skiff (e.g. hitting it until it breaks) causes all stored items to drop as pickups nearby.

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Progression And Strategy

• Early game: Craft the skiff on your first night. It replaces both a bed and a chest boat, saving inventory space and resources.
• River travel: Load your supplies into the storage bin before setting out. Everything stays secured as you paddle downstream.
• Mobile camping: Park the skiff on a river or lake at night, sleep in it to skip to morning, and keep moving at dawn — no base required.
• Exploration runs: Use the 10 storage slots as overflow carry space for gathered resources, keeping your personal inventory free for combat or mining.