Better Swimming

v1.3.2·Updated 2026-03-04

fully customizable swimming overhaul:)

About this mod Author’s original text

Better Swimming

A fully customizable swimming overhaul mod for Banjo-Kazooie: Recompiled.

Features

Surface Swim Speed

Controls how fast you swim on the water surface.

  • 0.25 = very slow
  • 1 = normal speed
  • 5 = very fast

Underwater Kick Speed (A Button)

Controls how fast Banjo swims underwater.

  • 0.25 = very slow
  • 1 = normal speed
  • 5 = very fast

Kazooie Wing Speed (B Button)

Controls the speed when Kazooie flaps her wings underwater.

  • 0.25 = very slow
  • 1 = normal speed
  • 5 = rocket boost

Kazooie Wing Cooldown (B Button)

Controls how quickly you can use Kazooie's wing flap again after each use. Lower values add a longer delay between flaps, higher values let you spam B.

  • 0.25 = long cooldown
  • 1 = normal cooldown
  • 5 = Kazooie goes crazy
  • (4 is the best option for those who want speed)

Underwater Turning Speed

Controls how fast Banjo rotates left/right and up/down while diving underwater. Higher values make him more agile.

  • 0.25 = very sluggish turning
  • 1 = vanilla rotation
  • 2 = snappy and responsive

Oxygen Drain Speed

Controls how quickly Banjo loses air while underwater. Set to 0 for infinite air and explore freely with no time pressure.

  • 0 = infinite air
  • 1 = vanilla drain
  • 2 = double drain speed

Invert Swim Y-Axis

Flips the vertical swimming controls. When ON, pushing the stick up makes Banjo swim downward and pushing the stick down makes Banjo swim upward. When OFF, uses the default game behavior.

Surface Air Recovery

Controls whether Banjo recovers air on the water surface. Turn OFF for Rusty Bucket Bay mode where air never comes back.

  • ON = air recovers normally on surface
  • OFF = no air recovery (Rusty Bucket Mode)

Swim Boost (Z Button)

Hold Z while swimming for a speed boost. Works on the surface and underwater.

  • 1 = no boost
  • 1.5 = 50% faster
  • 3 = triple speed

Contact

Reddit: u/amrthe00

Twitter: @amrthe00

Author

amrgames00

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
  3. For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.

Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Better_Swimming-1.3.2.zip
File size
210.7 KiB