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Simple Gunpowder

Adds gunpowder recipes, villager trades, piglin bartering and End City loot, including bulk recipes for large amounts of gunpowder.

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Latest stable file simplegunpowder-forge-1.6.4+mc1.20.1.jar
Game version 1.20.1
Loader Forge

Simple Gunpowder simplegunpowder-forge-1.6.4+mc1.20.1.jar targets 1.20.1 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. 1 required mod needs a matching file.

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simplegunpowder-forge-1.6.4+mc1.20.1.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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About this project

What does Simple Gunpowder add?

Simple Gunpowder

Adds gunpowder recipes, villager trades, piglin bartering and End City loot, including bulk recipes for large amounts of gunpowder — ideal for fireworks and TNT, without relying on creeper farms or mob grinding.

8 Progression-Ready Overworld & Nether recipes.


📀 26.2+

Sulfur Gunpowder Recipes

💿 Available for All Versions

Small, Medium & Large Gunpowder Recipes Industrial Gunpowder Recipe Nether Recipes


⚡ Features

🧪 Crafting Recipes

Eight configurable gunpowder recipes are included:

Overworld Recipes Output
Small 4 Gunpowder
Medium 6 Gunpowder
Large 10 Gunpowder
Industrial 32 Gunpowder
Overworld Sulfur Recipes Output
Refined Sulfur 14 Gunpowder
Potent Sulfur 48 Gunpowder
Nether Recipes Output
Nether Small 8 Gunpowder
Nether Medium 12 Gunpowder

Each recipe can be individually enabled or disabled through the configuration file.

🧑‍🌾 Villager Trades

Novice Fletcher and Cleric villagers can offer the following trades:

Wants Gives
2 Emeralds 10 Gunpowder
1 Sulfur + 1 Cinnabar 6 Gunpowder

🐷 Piglin Bartering

Piglins have a chance to barter gunpowder (8–16) when given a gold ingot.

🏛️ End City Chests

End city treasure chests have a chance to contain gunpowder (48–64).


⚙️ Configuration

After launching the game once, a configuration file will be generated:

config/simplegunpowder.json

Available options:

{
  "enableSmallCrafting": true,
  "enableMediumCrafting": true,
  "enableLargeCrafting": true,
  "enableIndustrialCrafting": true,
  "enableRefinedSulfurRecipe": true,
  "enablePotentSulfurRecipe": true,
  "enableNetherSmallRecipe": true,
  "enableNetherMediumRecipe": true
}

📦 Requirements

Fabric

  • Fabric API
  • (+26.X) Java 25 or newer

NeoForge

  • (+26.X) Java 25 or newer

Forge

  • Java 17 or newer

❓ FAQ

Can I use this mod in a public modpack?
Yes! You're free to include it in any public or private modpack, no permission needed.


📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Project description from CurseForge.

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