Crafted Firepower

Quickstart

1. Gather vanilla materials and use a Crafting Table to make a Pistol and Bullets.
2. Place the gun in your hotbar and hold it.
3. Aim at an entity and press Use to fire.
4. When the magazine is empty, hold Sneak and press Use to reload. The gun consumes matching ammunition from your inventory.
5. Try the pistol on hostile mobs, then craft other weapons to compare their range, damage, firing speed, and magazine size.

Guns obtained from crafting or mob drops begin with a full magazine.

Overview

Crafted Firepower adds six vanilla-material firearms and three types of ammunition. Every gun is a single, non-stackable item with its own magazine and durability.

All weapons fire in the direction you are looking. Normal use fires the weapon; sneaking while using it reloads instead.

What It Adds

Weapons

The SMG fires rapidly, while the sniper rifle is built for long-range shots. The rocket launcher has the slowest reload and fires an explosive rocket.

Ammunition

How To Use

Firing

• Hold a gun in your selected hotbar slot.
• Aim at an entity within the weapon's range.
• Press Use to fire.
• Each shot removes one round from the magazine and reduces the gun's durability.
• Shots affect the first entity in your line of sight.

The action bar displays the gun's remaining rounds after firing.

Reloading

Reload a held gun by sneaking and pressing Use.

• Reloading fills the magazine using the matching ammunition in your inventory.
• If you have less ammunition than needed, the gun loads as many rounds as available.
• A full magazine does not consume ammunition.
• You cannot fire while the gun is reloading.
• If the magazine is empty and you press Use normally, the action bar instructs you to sneak and use the gun to reload.

Each weapon stores its own loaded round count, so changing hotbar slots does not automatically refill a partially loaded gun.

Rocket Launcher

The Rocket Launcher uses Rockets and holds one rocket at a time. Its shot creates an explosion at the impact point.

The explosion:

• Damages entities in the blast area.
• Does not break blocks.
• Does not cause fire.

Crafting And Obtaining

All firearms and ammunition are crafted at a Crafting Table using vanilla Minecraft items. No special ores or custom crafting materials are required.

Weapons

Pistol

Shotgun

SMG

Assault Rifle

Sniper Rifle

Rocket Launcher

Ammunition

Bullets

Shotgun Shells

Rockets

Mob Drops

Zombies and pillagers each have a small chance—about 3%—to drop one randomly selected gun when they die. This can provide firearms without crafting every weapon yourself.

Abilities And Mechanics

Weapon Durability

Every shot uses one point of gun durability. When a gun reaches zero durability, it breaks and is removed from your hand.

Repairing Guns

Repair a damaged gun in an Anvil using Iron Ingots. Repair your most-used weapons before their durability runs out, especially the sniper rifle and rocket launcher, which have lower durability than most other firearms.

Firing Delays

Weapons do not all fire at the same speed:

• The SMG has the shortest delay between shots.
• The pistol and assault rifle offer balanced firing speed.
• The shotgun fires more slowly but delivers heavy close-range damage.
• The sniper rifle has a long delay between shots.
• The Rocket Launcher has a very slow firing and reload cycle.

Progression And Strategy

1. Start with the Pistol. It has inexpensive materials and a useful 12-round magazine.
2. Stock Bullets early. The Pistol, SMG, Assault Rifle, and Sniper Rifle share the same ammunition.
3. Use the SMG for sustained fire. Its 30-round magazine is useful against groups at short and medium range.
4. Choose the Assault Rifle for general combat. It combines good damage, range, and magazine capacity.
5. Use the Shotgun up close. Its high damage is most effective against nearby targets.
6. Reserve the Sniper Rifle for distant targets. Its 80-block range and high damage reward careful aiming.
7. Save Rockets for groups or dangerous targets. The launcher is powerful against clustered enemies, but its one-round magazine and slow reload require preparation.
8. Carry spare ammunition and an Iron Ingot. Extra ammo prevents empty magazines, while an ingot lets you repair a damaged gun at an Anvil.