Fly Drone
by Zzynes
Fly Drone is a Forge economy mod for 1.20.1 that adds industrial drones and a gasoline production chain built on oil veins.
What it does
Drones in the mod are built around industrial tasks. A drone can load chunks as it flies, which keeps distant machinery active, and players can change how the drone looks and how other players see it. Several drone tools are described, including a stationary machine gun and a blast furnace for processing materials.
Gasoline comes from a multi-step chain. Oil veins are generated in the world, and the oil is taken through pumps and a multistructure made of a distillation column, an oil evaporation unit and a cooler. The author plans further content, including more oil veins, pumps and canisters, as later additions.
Geckolib is a required dependency and must be installed next to Fly Drone. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for Forge 1.20.1 only, with version 1.0.0 as the latest file, and the mod is released under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Industrial drones
Drones are designed for industrial work rather than combat, and they can keep chunks loaded while they operate.
Oil veins and gasoline
Oil veins in the world feed a multi-step process that turns crude oil into gasoline.
Distillation multistructure
A distillation column, oil evaporation unit and cooler form a multistructure used in the oil chain.
Blast furnace and machine gun
A blast furnace and a stationary machine gun are included as machines in the mod.
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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 1
How it compares
Oil From Player is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source. FPV Military Drones targets 1.16.5 on Forge and is open source under the MIT License. Ad Astra: Better oil deposits is a server-required mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, so clients may leave it out.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Drone | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-29 |
| Oil From Player | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-02 |
| FPV Military Drones | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2024-11-02 |
| Ad Astra: Better oil deposits | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-01 |
Questions
Does Fly Drone need Geckolib?
Does the server need Fly Drone?
Which game versions does Fly Drone support?
In the catalog
Fly Drone is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,010 Economy mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
In the future, I’m going to add items such as: - a blast furnace - a stationary machine gun - the ability to change the drone’s appearance from the perspective of other players - alloys - complex gasoline production: 1. oil veins 2. pumps 3. canisters 4. multistructures of a distillation column and an oil evaporation…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fly-drone
- Owner
- Zzynes
- Published
- 2026-08-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15