[SBW] Drone Warfare
[SBW] Drone Warfare is a Forge and NeoForge expansion for Superb Warfare that brings in steerable FPV drones, offensive drones, cargo drones and loitering munitions.
What it does
Drone Warfare extends Superb Warfare with a set of unmanned vehicles. Small fast FPV drones scout and strike at close range, a fixed-wing attack drone flies like a small aircraft, and a transport drone handles cargo and extraction. Larger machines include a heavy drone that carries and drops explosive payloads, a controllable gliding bomb, a kamikaze loitering munition and a long-range fixed-wing UAV. Drones can also be fitted with upgrade modules, and the mod adds anti-drone defenses, detection systems and jammers.
Flying a drone takes a dedicated Drone Monitor, which is needed to control each machine, and a player entering first-person mode must wear FPV Goggles. Drones run on batteries, spotlights and fiber-optic spools, and fiber links carry the control signal. Drone Warfare requires Superb Warfare and runs on Forge and NeoForge for Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
FPV drone flight
Pilots switch into a first-person view and steer a small drone through dedicated controls, with camera effects and feedback from the flight.
Attack and transport drones
Attack drones, transport drones, bombers, missiles and a kamikaze munition extend the unmanned combat options.
Drone Monitor control
A Drone Monitor links each drone through a fiber connection, and LUCAS controls handle the larger UAVs.
Upgrade modules
Drones accept several upgrade modules, so a machine can be adapted to reconnaissance or strike missions.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run Superb Warfare and want a drone combat layer, and server owners who host multiplayer battles with unmanned vehicles.
How it compares
[SBW] Electronic Warfare is a Forge and NeoForge addon for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, running client and server under the MIT License, but it is not open source. Skyfront covers the same versions and loaders under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is open source. FPV Military Drones is a Forge-only mod for 1.16.5, open source under the MIT License, so it does not cover the 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 builds that Drone Warfare targets.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SBW] Drone Warfare | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-28 |
| [SBW] Electronic Warfare | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-02 |
| Skyfront | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
| FPV Military Drones | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2024-11-02 |
Questions
Does Drone Warfare need Superb Warfare?
Can Drone Warfare be used with SBW Electronic Warfare?
What do players need to fly a drone?
In the catalog
[SBW] Drone Warfare is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
[SBW] Electronic Warfare is incompatible with this mod! do not use it. Mod supports: 0.8.8 SBW 0.8.9 SBW 0.8.9.1 SBW [SBW] Drone Warfare is a large-scale drone warfare addon for Superb Warfare. It adds controllable FPV drones, attack drones, transport drones, bombers, missiles, fiber-optic control, anti-drone…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sbw-tactical-drone
- Owner
- SmartStreamLabs
- Published
- 2026-04-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15