Starforge Battleship

Quickstart

1. Craft the Starforge Capital Battleship placer item using the recipe below.
2. Select the placer item in your hotbar and use it on the ground to summon the battleship.
3. Walk up to the ship and interact with it to climb aboard — it has 8 crew seats.
4. Sit in the front seat to become the captain and pilot the ship; any seat lets you tap/right-click (or press Jump while mounted) to fire the plasma broadside weapon.
5. Fly around and battle other crews or targets. If you die while aboard, you'll respawn on the ship's upper deck instead of at your world spawn.

Overview

Starforge Battleship turns a single crafted item into a colossal flying capital ship that a whole group of players can crew together. One player captains the ship while up to seven others man support seats, and every seated crew member can fire the ship's heavy plasma weapon at enemies below or in the sky. It's built for cooperative starship battles — bring friends, split up the seats, and unleash broadsides together.

What It Adds

• Starforge Capital Battleship placer item — a single-use item that spawns the battleship where you use it.
• Starforge Capital Battleship entity — a massive, flying, crewed vehicle with 8 rideable seats and its own health pool.
• Plasma Broadside weapon — a heavy projectile attack usable by any crew member aboard the ship.
• Crew muster system — tracks who has served aboard a given ship and returns them to it on respawn.

Crafting And Obtaining

The Starforge Capital Battleship placer item is crafted at a crafting table:

Once crafted, the placer item is consumed to summon the actual battleship entity in the world.

How To Use

• Placing the ship: Use the placer item on solid ground or open sky to spawn the battleship. It appears at massive scale, floats in the air (it has no gravity), and can fly.
• Boarding: Approach the ship and interact with it to sit in one of its 8 seats. Crouching while interacting skips the boarding prompt if you don't want to mount.
• Piloting: The player in the frontmost seat controls the ship's flight. Movement uses standard flight-style controls — moving forward/back/strafing steers the vessel, and it can fly over water, land, and hazardous terrain.
• Firing weapons: Any seated crew member can tap or right-click (or press Jump while mounted) to fire the Plasma Broadside — a fast projectile that explodes on impact, breaking blocks and producing a large blast effect. There's a short cooldown between shots per player.
• Crew membership: Simply riding in any seat registers you as crew of that specific ship. This membership persists even after you leave the seat or die.
• Respawning as crew: If you die after having served on a ship, your next respawn will place you on the illuminated muster deck atop that ship (if it's still around) instead of your world spawn point.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Health: The battleship has its own health pool (120 HP) and can be damaged and eventually destroyed.
• Flight: No gravity, moderate flight speed, and the ability to path and fly freely over land, water, and obstacles.
• Multi-seat crew: 8 total seats — 1 controlling (captain) seat plus 7 support seats — meaning up to 8 players can crew a single ship at once.
• Shared weapon system: All riders, not just the captain, can fire the ship's plasma weapon, letting a full crew unleash multiple broadsides simultaneously.
• Explosive impacts: Plasma shots detonate on contact, dealing area damage and breaking terrain — useful for clearing structures or damaging other targets.
• Pushable hull: The ship can be pushed by entities and pistons, so be mindful of its position near other builds.

Progression And Strategy

Gather a group of friends before summoning the battleship — the true value of this mod comes from filling all 8 seats and coordinating broadside fire. Assign one player as captain to fly and position the ship for the best firing angles, while the rest of the crew focuses on engaging targets with the plasma weapon. Because crew status is remembered per-player, a crew can keep re-mustering aboard the same ship across deaths, making it practical for extended campaigns or battles without losing your place aboard the vessel.