Orbital Strikes
by Sqersters
The Orbital Cannon is a weapon styled after a fishing rod, and when used, Orbital Strikes brings down an explosion on whatever point the player is targeting, reaching as far as 100 blocks.
What it does
To pick its target, the cannon traces a line outward from the player's line of sight and detonates at the first block or entity that line meets. Right-clicking fires the strike, and the explosion lands at that targeted point with about the force of a creeper blast. Shots are limited by a 5-second cooldown between uses, which keeps the weapon from being spammed in combat.
The item uses a custom fishing rod texture and sits in the Combat creative tab, so it can be found in creative mode or gained in survival. The mod integrates with vanilla survival gameplay and its text is localized in English. Orbital Strikes is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and is published for NeoForge only, with version 0.1.2 for 1.21.1 as an early release from 2026-07-13. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. It requires additional libraries, which must be installed alongside it.
Key features
Aimed explosive strikes
Explosions are called down onto the block or entity in the player's line of sight, not onto the player's own position.
Long-range targeting
The strike reaches targets up to 100 blocks away, so it can hit anything the player can see at that distance.
Creeper-sized blasts
Each shot produces an explosion comparable to a creeper detonation at the targeted location.
Five-second cooldown
A 5-second cooldown follows every shot, balancing the weapon against rapid repeated use.
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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.
How it compares
Orbital Strike Cannon is a server-required mod with a client-optional role, supporting Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 1.21.11, and is not open source. Air Strike Mod is NeoForge only, built for 1.21.8 with client and server running it, and is not open source. Orbital Railgun: Renewed is open source under the MIT License, runs on client and server and covers 1.21.1 – 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital Strikes | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-13 |
| Orbital Strike Cannon | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-02 |
| Air Strike Mod | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-02-18 |
| Orbital Railgun: Renewed | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-11 |
Questions
Does Orbital Strikes need other mods installed?
Does the server need Orbital Strikes?
Which game versions does Orbital Strikes support?
In the catalog
Orbital Strikes is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,801 Cursed mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Orbital Strikes adds the Orbital Cannon, a fishing rod-styled weapon that calls down explosions on your target. This is an early release (v0.1.2). The cannon uses a custom fishing rod-style texture and triggers a creeper-sized explosion at the targeted location. It works by casting a ray from the player's view toward…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/orbital-strikes
- Owner
- Sqersters
- Published
- 2026-07-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15