RenaissanceMuskets
by SummumBonum
RenaissanceMuskets adds Renaissance-era black powder firearms to Fabric: the Arquebus, the Wheellock Pistol and the Handgonne.
What it does
Each firearm is loaded from Lead Shot kept in the inventory, and reloads the way a crossbow does. The Arquebus fires one shot per charge, like a musket, while the Wheellock Pistol can be wielded in each hand. The Handgonne scatters its pellets in a spread, similar to a shotgun. Pillagers spawn carrying Arquebuses and Skeletons spawn with Handgonnes, so the weapons appear in ordinary play.
Weapon statistics such as damage, reload speed and accuracy are set in a configuration file on the server, and the same values can be adjusted on the client. The mod is published for Fabric only, in two release versions: 1.21 and 1.21.1. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is not open source, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Arquebus
A single-shot firearm that reloads like a crossbow and fires the way a musket does.
Wheellock Pistol
A pistol that can be dual wielded, with one in each hand.
Handgonne
A scattergun that fires a spread of pellets, similar to a shotgun.
Configurable weapon stats
Damage, reload speed and accuracy are defined in a server configuration file and can be tuned per server.
Sounds and models
Firearm textures and models follow the style of Ranged Knights, and the sounds are drawn from freely licensed recordings.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Olden Guns is a Fabric mod for 1.18.2 – 1.20.4 that is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server. Simple Musket is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. Galosphere Muskets is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.1, requires the server and leaves the client optional, and is released under the MIT License without being open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RenaissanceMuskets | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-07 |
| Olden Guns | Fabric | 1.18.2 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-09-15 |
| Simple Musket | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-05 |
| Galosphere Muskets | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-08 |
Questions
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In the catalog
RenaissanceMuskets is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds black powder firearms from the Renaissance era, including the, Arquebus, Wheellock Pistol, and Handgonne. On servers, weapon stats such as damage, reload speed, and accuracy can be customized through the configuration file, just like any other mod on a Server; If you wish to configure these values on a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/renaissancemuskets
- Owner
- SummumBonum
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15