Transitioning from Aerial Gliding into Deep Water Swimming

Landing Directly in Water

Diving straight into a deep body of water from high altitudes is a fast, safe way to land while flying with an elytra. However, continuing your journey underwater often felt clunky due to the elytra trying to stay deployed beneath the surface.

1. Glide down toward an ocean or lake using your elytra.

2. Let your character splash down into the water, extinguishing your flight momentum.

3. Immediately double-tap forward or press your sprint key.

Resuming Fast Aquatic Movement

With the fix active, the game recognizes that you are fully submerged and will smoothly initiate swim mode instead of re-opening your wings underwater.

This makes rapid exploration much easier when alternating between air and water travel. You can drop from the sky to inspect a submerged ruin, swim through the area freely, and surface again to launch back into the air, all without having to manually swap between your elytra and a standard chestplate.