Orbital Strike Cannon

Name: Orbital Strike Cannon
Author: Relmes Studios

Orbital Strike Cannon, a Fabric server mod by Relmes Studios, lets an operator call down a wide-area bombardment on a chosen spot.

FabricServer-side onlyApache License 2.0Open source26.1.2

What it does

When a strike is called, the mod drops 661 TNT blocks from above the impact zone, set out in 10 concentric rings. The shells detonate together and leave a clean circular crater rather than a scattered mess. The mod was first seen in use on the UnstableSMP server, where it drew attention for this kind of carpet bombardment.

Three performance changes sit alongside the cannon. Ray work is split across CPU cores through Java's ForkJoinPool, block lookups are cut by skipping redundant chunk reads, and destroyed blocks from a strike yield a quarter of their usual loot, which helps keep server TPS steady. The optimizations keep the crater shapes identical to standard vanilla blasts.

Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing anything. It targets Fabric and the 26.1.2 game version only, with the latest file 1.1.0 for 26.1.2, released under the Apache License 2.0. The code is open source and has a public source repository, issue tracker and wiki.

Key features

Wide-area carpet bombardment
A single call fires 661 TNT in ten concentric rings over the target, covering a large area in one strike.
Unison detonation
All shells detonate together, leaving behind a clean circular crater instead of scattered holes.
Parallel raycasting
Ray work is split across CPU cores through Java's ForkJoinPool, so strike calculations run in parallel.
Block state cache
Redundant chunk reads are avoided, cutting block lookups by up to 15 times during a strike.
Reduced item lag
Destroyed blocks from a strike yield a quarter of their usual loot, which helps keep server TPS steady.

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Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.1.21.1.0

ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Server owners and operators who want a large-scale explosive event on a Fabric server running Minecraft 26.1.2. Players need no installation, since the mod is server-side only.

How it compares

Full comparison

Orbital Dripstone Cannon is a Fabric option for 1.20.5 – 26.1.2 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Orbital Nuke is server-side only, released under the MIT License, and covers 1.21.11 – 26.2. World Orbital runs on client and server, under the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0 license, and is limited to 1.21.10.

Mod	Loaders	Game versions	Environment	Updated
Orbital Strike Cannon	Fabric	26.1.2	Server-side only	2026-06-25
Orbital Dripstone Cannon	Fabric	1.20.5 – 26.1.2	Not published	2026-05-07
Orbital Nuke	Fabric	1.21.11 – 26.2	Server-side only	2026-08-23
World Orbital	Fabric	1.21.10	Client and server	2025-12-12

Questions

Does Orbital Strike Cannon need to be installed on the client?

No. It runs on the server alone, so players need nothing extra to join.

Which loader and version does Orbital Strike Cannon target?

It targets Fabric for Minecraft 26.1.2 only. The latest Fabric file is 1.1.0 for 26.1.2, released on 2026-06-25.

Does the cannon change how craters look?

The optimizations keep standard vanilla blast shapes, so the unison detonation still leaves a clean circular crater.

In the catalog

Orbital Strike Cannon is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.