Craftable Gunpowder balanced
by lipo12703
Craftable Gunpowder balanced changes how gunpowder is made in vanilla Minecraft, replacing the single-step recipe with a chain of crafting and smelting steps.
What it does
Gunpowder is made through a multi-step process instead of the vanilla recipe. A player first grinds granite and diorite into a potassium oxide powder at the crafting table or in the inventory, then combines one powder with one sugar to make a potassium sugar mix. Smelting that mix in a blast furnace yields potassium nitrate, and six potassium nitrate, two coal or charcoal and one glowstone dust make the gunpowder itself.
The recipes keep to vanilla items and screens, so no new block or machine is needed. The mod runs on NeoForge and is published for 1.21.1 – 1.21.5, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code and issue tracker are public. It is a client and server mod, so the server and every player need it.
Key features
Multi-step gunpowder recipe
Gunpowder requires potassium nitrate, coal or charcoal and glowstone dust rather than the vanilla crafting pattern.
Potassium oxide from stone
Granite and diorite are ground into a potassium oxide powder at the crafting table or in the inventory.
Blast furnace smelting
A potassium sugar mix is smelted in a blast furnace to produce the potassium nitrate used in the recipe.
Vanilla-only items
The recipe uses existing vanilla items and screens, so no additional blocks or machines are introduced.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Slower ammunition supply
Players who want firearm ammunition to be a crafting bottleneck can use the balanced gunpowder recipe as their source of gunpowder.
Who it’s for: Players who want a slower gunpowder supply in survival worlds, and server owners who want ammunition to be a crafting bottleneck.
How it compares
Realistic Craftable Gunpowder is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, also client and server, and it is not open source. Apotheosis x Point Blank Compat is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that is open source under the MIT License, while this mod covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftable Gunpowder balanced | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-05 |
| Realistic Craftable Gunpowder | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-25 |
| Apotheosis x Point Blank Compat | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-07 |
Questions
Does Craftable Gunpowder balanced require any other mod?
Does the server need Craftable Gunpowder balanced?
Which game version is the latest file for Craftable Gunpowder balanced?
In the catalog
Craftable Gunpowder balanced is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 7,420 Equipment mods for NeoForge. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
This is a vanilla friendly way to make gun powder balanced for Vic's point blank mod. This is my first mod I have made for any game. Thank you for checking it out!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/craftable-gunpowder-balanced
- Owner
- lipo12703
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15