Nuclear TNT

Quickstart

1. Gather 8 TNT and 1 Emerald.
2. Craft Nuclear TNT at a crafting table using the recipe below.
3. Place the green block somewhere you want utterly destroyed — far from anything you want to keep.
4. Ignite it with Flint and Steel or a Fire Charge (right-click the block). A 3-second fuse begins.
5. Run. Fast.

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Overview

Nuclear TNT adds a single, catastrophically powerful explosive block to your world. It looks like a green TNT block marked with a nuclear hazard symbol and emits a faint glow. When detonated, it unleashes a scripted mega-blast far beyond anything vanilla Minecraft offers — obliterating terrain, mobs, and players across a massive area.

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What It Adds

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How To Use

Placing

Nuclear TNT is placed like any other block. It sits in the Construction category of your inventory. Mine it quickly (about half a second) if you change your mind — it drops itself.

Igniting

You can trigger the fuse using any of these methods:

• Flint and Steel — right-click the block
• Fire Charge — right-click the block
• Redstone signal
• Fire or burning projectiles

Once lit, the block disappears and a 3-second fuse countdown begins, accompanied by flame particles and a chat message warning all nearby players.

Detonation

After the fuse expires, the blast fires in multiple layered stages:

• Core explosion radius: ~80–90 blocks in all directions
• Satellite blasts: additional explosions offset up to 55 blocks from the core for extended coverage
• Crater depth: up to 140 blocks deep
• Fire spread: the explosion causes fires across the affected area
• Knockback: extreme knockback on all nearby entities
• Sound: stacked, booming explosion audio audible from very far away
• Particles: large explosion emitters burst across the full blast zone

No primed TNT entities are spawned or launched — the entire event is one orchestrated scripted blast.

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Crafting And Obtaining

Surround a single Emerald with 8 TNT at a crafting table:

Nuclear TNT does not drop from the world naturally. It must be crafted. If you break a placed Nuclear TNT block before igniting it, it drops itself as an item.

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Abilities And Mechanics

• Explosion resistance: 0 — Nuclear TNT can be destroyed by other explosions before it detonates.
• Highly flammable — fire spreads to and ignites it instantly.
• No loot drops from destroyed terrain (blocks are simply removed).
• Underwater detonation — the explosion works fully underwater.
• Light emission — the placed block emits a small amount of light, making it visible in dark areas.
• Map color — appears as a bright green (#00AA00) marker on maps.

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Progression And Strategy

• Do not place this near your base. The 90-block effective radius and 140-block crater depth will erase everything in a wide area, including structures you built far from the epicenter.
• Use it for large-scale terrain clearing, mining out enormous pits, or demolishing unwanted structures on a grand scale.
• Because it has zero explosion resistance, protect it from accidental ignition — keep it away from lava, fire, and other explosions while in block form.
• The 3-second fuse gives you a small window to flee, but the knockback radius is enormous — put significant distance between yourself and the block before it detonates.
• Pair with creative flight or Elytra if you want to safely observe the blast from a safe altitude.

⚠️ Warning: Nuclear TNT is intended for intentional, large-scale destruction only. One misplaced block can permanently devastate a significant portion of your world.