FancyFlares - Signal Flare Gun Mod
by Mr_Mulle
FancyFlares adds a signal flare gun and colourful cartridges that players load, aim and fire into the sky on Forge and NeoForge.
What it does
A flare gun is crafted from copper, flint and steel, sticks, a lever and red dye, and the player loads cartridges into it before firing with a left click. Cartridges come in six colours, and a golden cartridge fires a rainbow flare. The gun's effects and the flare light are drawn through the Immersive Vehicles library, which is why it is required.
The mod is meant for multiplayer servers and survival worlds where a visible signal helps players find each other. Since both the server and each player must run the mod, it is set up on the client and server sides together, and a separate port of the Flare Gun taken from the Immersive Vehicles Official Content Pack ships as an alternative build. Builds exist for 1.16.5 – 1.21.1, with Forge files for 1.20.1 and NeoForge files for 1.21.1.
Immersive Vehicles and SnAssets Library - Particles are required dependencies. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Signal flare gun
A handheld gun that fires flares into the sky, so a player can mark a spot from a distance.
Six cartridge colours
Cartridges come in six colours, so each flare can be told apart in the night sky.
Golden rainbow flare
A golden cartridge produces a rainbow flare that stands out from the standard colours.
Crafted with common materials
The gun and cartridges are craftable from copper, flint and steel, sticks, a lever and red dye.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Marking a location on a server
A player fires a flare to show teammates where they are without sending coordinates in chat.
Signalling in survival
Colour-coded flares let a group in a survival world tell its signals apart at night.
Who it’s for: Players who run multiplayer servers or play with friends in survival worlds and want a visible way to signal across distance.
How it compares
Flare Guns is NeoForge only, open source under the MIT License and built for 1.21.1, with the same client and server environment. Colorful Flares is Forge only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4. air-drop is NeoForge only, open source under the MIT License and also built for 1.21.1, so it fits the same loader and version as FancyFlares.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FancyFlares - Signal Flare Gun Mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-01 |
| Flare Guns | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-16 |
| Colorful Flares | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2025-04-13 |
| air-drop | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-27 |
Questions
Does FancyFlares need Immersive Vehicles?
Do servers need to install FancyFlares?
Which loaders and versions does FancyFlares support?
In the catalog
FancyFlares - Signal Flare Gun Mod is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,817 Social mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
The " Immersive Vehicles " library is required in order to use this mod! Immersive Vehicles is like a "Game Engine"/ API / Library. I use its features and code to make the flare gun and its effects possible, which is why its a dependency.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fancyflares
- Owner
- Mr_Mulle
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15