Simple Gunpowder and Charcoal Recipes
Simple Gunpowder and Charcoal Recipes adds new crafting routes for gunpowder and charcoal to a Forge world, built around a sulfur ore.
What it does
The mod adds a sulfur ore that generates between heights 16 and 125. Mining it yields sulfur, which is combined with charcoal at a crafting table to produce gunpowder. Charcoal itself can be made by placing a wood log beside a campfire and waiting. The recipes are plain additions, so the vanilla routes stay available. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for Forge 1.20.1 only, with 1.0.3 as the latest file from 2026-02-09, and the code is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Sulfur ore
A new ore generates underground between heights 16 and 125 and drops sulfur when mined.
Gunpowder from sulfur and charcoal
A crafting table recipe combines sulfur with charcoal to produce gunpowder.
Charcoal from logs
Placing a wood log next to a campfire and waiting converts it into charcoal.
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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
Charcoal to Coal Block recipe is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that also runs on client and server and is released under the MIT License, but it covers coal blocks rather than sulfur. Craft gunpowder+ is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is client-side only and carries an All rights reserved license, so servers run without it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Gunpowder and Charcoal Recipes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-09 |
| Charcoal to Coal Block recipe | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| Craft gunpowder+ | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-03-30 |
Questions
Does Simple Gunpowder and Charcoal Recipes need to be on the server?
In the catalog
Simple Gunpowder and Charcoal Recipes is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A simple mod that adds sulfur ore, sulfur, and a recipe for both gunpowder and charcoal. Mine sulfur ore (spawns at 16-125) and combine it with charcoal on a crafting table to get gunpowder.
Official listing
- Owner
- EnderCraftLabs
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15