Turret Simple

The turret is a block entity placed to protect a property. It stays active only while a constant redstone signal reaches it. When the signal is cut, it shuts down at once, and its internal core stops glowing red and the block looks dark again. The block has 100 hit points by default, shown in its GUI. Enemy projectiles and melee attacks damage it, and when its hit points run out it explodes and damages nearby blocks.

Target selection is handled through the turret's GUI. It can engage standard hostile mobs, and it can be set to engage players depending on their faction status: neutral factions, factions explicitly marked as enemies, or any player faction. Allied factions are a separate option that is off by default. The turret never targets its owner or members of the owner's faction, and it ignores players in Creative or Spectator mode. Right-clicking the turret opens an ammunition window with a 3×3 grid that holds up to 9 stacks, and the mod works with Bone Arrows, Basic Bullets, Advanced Bullets, Primitive Start and MrCrayfish's Gun Mod.

Factions Proper is required for the turret to determine which players are its targets, and the faction-based options depend on it. The mod is published for Forge on 1.20.1 only, with the latest file 3.3 dated 2026-03-20. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, so it is not open source.