Manufacture gunpowder
by danfan
Manufacture gunpowder adds two furnace recipes that turn coal or charcoal into gunpowder, for modpacks where creeper drops are scarce.
What it does
Players who run short of gunpowder can smelt one coal or one charcoal into one gunpowder in a furnace. Both recipes are listed in the recipe book, so the player does not need an outside guide to find them. The default set only covers the vanilla items minecraft:coal and minecraft:charcoal, but the recipes are standard data pack files, so modpack developers can add other coal types or change them.
The mod suits zombie apocalypse and hardcore survival packs, where getting gunpowder from creepers is unreliable. Smelting time and the amount of gunpowder produced can be changed in the in-game configuration menu. Advanced users and modpack authors can also set the output, the cooking time and the input items through simple data files. The recipes work in the standard, blast and smoker furnaces, so existing furnace setups keep working.
Manufacture gunpowder runs on the Forge loader only, across six release versions spanning 1.12.2 – 1.20.1. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The source code is public, and the mod is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later, which makes it open source. The latest Forge file is for 1.19.2, published on 2026-01-25 on the beta channel.
Key features
Coal to gunpowder
One coal or one charcoal smelts into one gunpowder, giving a steady source outside creeper drops.
Dual furnace recipes
Two separate recipes cover coal and charcoal, both shown in the recipe book.
Furnace compatibility
The recipes work in standard, blast and smoker furnaces, with faster smelting upgrades also applying to them.
Configurable smelting
Smelting time and the amount of gunpowder produced can be adjusted in the in-game configuration menu.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Gunpowder Recipe Mod is client-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.16.5 – 1.19.2, so servers run without it. More ways to make gunpowder is a client and server mod under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, not open source, with files for 1.20.1. Awesome Extra Coal is client and server, uses All rights reserved and covers only 1.12.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture gunpowder | Forge | 1.12.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-25 |
| Gunpowder Recipe Mod | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.19.2 | Client-side only | 2022-09-25 |
| More ways to make gunpowder | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-02 |
| Awesome Extra Coal | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2023-09-14 |
Questions
Does Manufacture gunpowder need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Manufacture gunpowder use?
Can Manufacture gunpowder recipes be changed for a modpack?
In the catalog
Manufacture gunpowder is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Coal to Gunpowder is a lightweight utility mod that introduces balanced smelting recipes to transform common resources like Coal and Charcoal into the valuable resource, Gunpowder. It is specifically designed to address resource scarcity in challenging modpacks, such as zombie apocalypse or hardcore survival…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/manufacture-gunpowder
- Owner
- danfan
- Published
- 2026-01-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15