Napoleonic Armory
by Firecart2023
Napoleonic Armory adds blackpowder firearms and cannons to Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge, with more than 15 guns and cannons, loaded by hand through the offhand slot.
What it does
Players equip a chosen gun in the main hand and load it from the offhand slot: gunpowder, musket pellets and a ramrod are each placed there with a right click, and the gun fires on a further right click. The offhand is used heavily, so the loading steps run through it rather than through a separate menu.
The mod includes cannons alongside more than 15 blackpowder guns. Some guns follow the usual rules of their type, while others depend on magazines or on different tools, so the loading process is not the same across the collection. Napoleonic Armory is developed by Firecart2023 and was made with MCreator.
Napoleonic Armory is published for Forge only, for 1.20.1, and it requires Geckolib. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is covered by All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source. The current Forge build is 2.0.1, a beta released on 2025-04-19, and the mod was first published on 2024-10-13.
Key features
Blackpowder guns
More than 15 muskets and other blackpowder firearms are included, each handled through the same offhand loading steps.
Cannons
Cannons join the firearms, extending the mod beyond handheld weapons into artillery.
Offhand loading
Gunpowder, musket pellets and the ramrod are each placed in the offhand slot with a right click before the gun can fire.
Right-click firing
A right click fires the equipped gun once it is loaded, so the sequence runs from the main hand and offhand together.
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
Flints And Bows is published for Forge 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Voidless Armory is also a Forge 1.20.1 client and server mod under All rights reserved. Robo's Armory for Better Combat covers the same loader and version. Little Gun is the only option with a wider reach, with files for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 under the Apache License 2.0, which is also not open source for this catalog.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoleonic Armory | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-19 |
| Flints And Bows | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-21 |
| Voidless Armory | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-31 |
| Robo's Armory for Better Combat | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-18 |
| Little Gun | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-01 |
Questions
Does Napoleonic Armory need Geckolib?
Does the server need Napoleonic Armory installed?
Which Minecraft version does Napoleonic Armory support?
Are the guns the same in every case?
In the catalog
Napoleonic Armory is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod utilizes the offhand heavily, far more than the average mod. 1. Equip your desired gun 2. Put gunpowder in the offhand and right click 3. Put a musket pellet in the offhand and right click 4. Put a ramrod in the offhand and right click 5. Fire via right click Sometimes, however, the guns don't follow these…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/napoleonic-armory
- Owner
- Firecart2023
- Published
- 2024-10-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15