Create Aeronautics: AMBUSH
by tiyunsol
AMBUSH, a NeoForge add-on for Create Aeronautics, adds scripted encounters in which factions and airships with cannons attack players.
What it does
Ambushes are built from a datapack-driven encounter engine. Designers define triggers, multi-wave assaults, bosses, arrow storms and airship fleets, and custom mob AI controls how the crews act. Encounters can also spawn naturally, with a spawn curve that raises hostility and difficulty as the enemy faction grows.
Ships track players, steer toward them, move forward or reverse, hold position and fire at a set distance. Skeleton crews and other custom crews acquire targets and operate redstone-controlled weapons. A group may appear alone, surround a player in formation, or advance on a player in a synchronized group. Multiple ships can share one boss health bar, and when their health drops past set levels they begin destruction sequences.
The mod requires Create, Create Aeronautics, Create Big Cannons and Sable. Guard Villagers and Lootr are optional. Standard mob encounters work without Aeronautics installed. The mod is published for NeoForge across 11 release versions, 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and the code is under a custom license, not open source.
Key features
Scripted encounters
Triggers, multi-wave assaults, bosses and arrow storms are defined in datapacks, so each encounter can be tuned without code.
Shared fleet health
A boss can be a single ship or an entire fleet sharing one health pool, with health levels that fire cannon volleys or summon reinforcements.
Structure health processing
Moving structures use bounded processing limits and show their remaining blocks through the boss bar, which reduces lag in large battles.
Factions and alliances
Factions can take over airship form, and players can gain alliances with villagers during an encounter.
Encounter tracking
Cooldowns, targeting and cleanup are tracked per player, and one player triggering an ambush can affect everyone on the server.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 4
Optional 2
Questions
Does AMBUSH need Create Aeronautics?
Do players need AMBUSH installed?
Which versions does AMBUSH support?
In the catalog
Create Aeronautics: AMBUSH is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
AMBUSH adds encounters to your world, factions, and airships with cannons that attack you. get surrounded in the mines, take over an airship and form an alliance with the villagers! Ambushes happen naturally, there is a spawn curve and the more hostile the enemy faction is, the harder the encounters get.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ambush
- Owner
- tiyunsol
- Published
- 2026-07-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15