Blockstorm Arsenal

Quickstart

1. At a crafting table, make an [Assault Rifle]() and [Assault Rifle Magazine](). Carry the matching magazine in your inventory or offhand.
2. Equip the rifle in your main hand, aim, and hold Use/Fire to shoot. Release to stop; the rifle fires up to 20 shots per use.
3. Try the other weapons, or throw a Hand Grenade with Use. Explosives can destroy blocks, so test them somewhere you can afford to lose.
4. For automated defense, craft and place an Auto Turret in an open area. Use the Auto Turret Targeting Remote to choose what turrets may attack.

Overview

Blockstorm Arsenal is a combat and defense mod with four firearms, matching ammunition, throwable explosives, and an automatic turret. It also provides Lead Ore and metal nuggets used to craft ammunition.

What It Adds

How To Use

Firearms

Equip a firearm in your main hand and use it while aiming. The rifles and minigun fire along your view; their hitscan shots stop at blocks or a target. Keep the matching ammunition in your inventory or offhand. Each firearm uses its own magazine type.

The Assault Rifle and Minigun fire rapidly while Use is held. The Sniper Rifle fires more slowly and reaches up to 64 blocks; the Assault Rifle and Minigun reach up to 48 blocks. Use the Shotgun to fire a single spread shot at close range; its pellets can hit multiple targets.

Explosives

Select a Hand Grenade or Nuclear Bomb and use it to throw. After hitting something, it rolls before detonating about eight seconds later. Keep clear of the blast: the grenade has a 10-block radius, and the Nuclear Bomb has a 100-block radius. Explosions can destroy terrain where world settings allow it.

Auto Turret

Use the Auto Turret placer on a suitable spot. The turret assembles around the placement point, so leave open space around it. It targets the nearest eligible visible entity within 24 blocks and fires about once per second, dealing 2.5 damage per shot.

Use the Auto Turret Targeting Remote to choose one setting for all turrets:

• Hostile mobs only — the default setting.
• All non-player mobs
• All living entities, including players
• Standby — turrets do not fire.

The “all living entities” setting can make turrets attack players.

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the listed items at a crafting table. Recipe previews show the ingredients and layout.

Firearms

Ammunition

Lead Ore drops 2–4 Lead Nuggets when mined. You can also craft a Lead Nugget from an Iron Nugget and Gunpowder. A Copper Ingot crafts into 9 Copper Nuggets.

• Lead Nugget:
• Copper Nuggets:

Explosives and Turret Gear

Abilities And Mechanics

• Firearm damage is dealt by hitscan shots; solid blocks obstruct them.
• The Sniper Rifle has the longest firearm range, at 64 blocks. The other rifles and the Minigun reach 48 blocks.
• Shotgun pellets spread over a shorter, 32-block range. A target hit by all five pellets can take up to 5 damage.
• Turrets require an unobstructed view of their target and can be set to standby or different target groups with the remote.
• Grenades and the Nuclear Bomb roll before detonating. Their explosions may alter terrain.

Progression And Strategy

Start with the Assault Rifle and its ammunition for general combat. Mine Lead Ore or craft Lead Nuggets to supply the Assault Rifle, Shotgun, and Minigun; Copper Nuggets are used for Sniper Rifle ammunition. Try the Shotgun at closer range and the Sniper Rifle when you need more reach.

Place turrets where they have a clear view of approaching mobs, and set their targeting mode before relying on them. Save the Nuclear Bomb for a location where its enormous blast will not damage anything you need.