Sulfur Based Weapon Development
by poktux
Sulfur Based Weapon Development adds explosives, a sulfur-based toolset and developer weapons to Minecraft 1.19.2 on Fabric, with new ores used to craft the explosives.
What it does
The mod adds some new explosive items. A light set of new ores provides the material for crafting a few of the explosives, and a toolset is offered as an alternative to iron tools. The developer weapons, a Blade and a Hatchet, are balanced around vanilla Minecraft use. Explosive blocks keep the same texture as TNT once lit, and the Nuclear Thermobaric bomb triggers an explosion that behaves like standard TNT. Developer plushies can be placed in water. The sulfur lanterns use non-transparent chain textures, which seem to show up oddly when shaders are enabled.
The code was largely copied from Mythic Metals under the terms of its license, which allows it. The mod is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and both the source code and the issue tracker are public. Files exist only for Fabric and only for 1.19.2, with the latest file 0.0.1 dated 2024-01-11. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. No required dependency is listed for Fabric.
Key features
Explosive items
Several new explosives join the game, including a Nuclear Thermobaric bomb that triggers like standard TNT.
Sulfur ores and toolset
New ores supply the crafting materials, and the sulfur toolset serves as an alternative to iron tools.
Developer weapons
A Blade and a Hatchet are included, balanced around vanilla Minecraft combat and use.
Decorative items
Developer plushies can be placed in water, and sulfur lanterns add lighting blocks to builds.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Combat alongside Better Combat
The author recommends using the Hatchet with Better Combat Swords, because the Hatchet otherwise lacks animations.
Who it’s for: Players who want explosives and an alternative toolset in a survival or creative world, and server owners who need the content on both sides.
How it compares
Sulfur Cube Face's is a Fabric mod for 26.2 – 26.3 that runs client-side only, under CC0 1.0 Universal, so it needs nothing on the server. Sulfur Backport is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 that runs on client and server under All rights reserved and is not open source. Mythic Metals covers 1.16.3 – 26.1.2 on Fabric under the MIT License, and it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfur Based Weapon Development | Fabric | 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2024-01-11 |
| Sulfur Cube Face's | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-26 |
| Sulfur Backport | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-30 |
| Mythic Metals | Fabric | 1.16.3 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-04 |
Questions
Does Sulfur Based Weapon Development need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Will the explosives work with shaders?
In the catalog
Sulfur Based Weapon Development is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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What the author says
This mod is fairly light and adds some new ores that are used to craft a few new explosives as well as a new toolset that is an alternative to iron. (Disclaimer: Code for the nuke is mostly copied from the mod 'Mythic Metals' which according to the license of that mod is allowed)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sbwd
- Owner
- poktux
- Published
- 2023-12-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-01-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15