Simple Gunpowder

Mod

Adds balanced gunpowder crafting recipes and villager trades for survival worlds.

Type

Mod

Modrinth Downloads

6,478

Modrinth ID

skbWfdbK

Last Updated

Aug 29, 2026

Description

Simple Gunpowder

Adds gunpowder recipes, villager trades, piglin bartering and End City loot, including bulk recipes for large amounts of gunpowder — ideal for fireworks and TNT, without relying on creeper farms or mob grinding.

8 Progression-Ready Overworld & Nether recipes.

📀 26.2+

💿 Available for All Versions

⚡ Features

🧪 Crafting Recipes

Eight configurable gunpowder recipes are included:

Overworld Recipes	Output
Small	4 Gunpowder
Medium	6 Gunpowder
Large	10 Gunpowder
Industrial	32 Gunpowder

Overworld Sulfur Recipes	Output
Refined Sulfur	14 Gunpowder
Potent Sulfur	48 Gunpowder

Nether Recipes	Output
Nether Small	8 Gunpowder
Nether Medium	12 Gunpowder

Each recipe can be individually enabled or disabled through the configuration file.

🧑‍🌾 Villager Trades

Novice Fletcher and Cleric villagers can offer the following trades:

Wants	Gives
2 Emeralds	10 Gunpowder
1 Sulfur + 1 Cinnabar	6 Gunpowder

🐷 Piglin Bartering

Piglins have a chance to barter gunpowder (8–16) when given a gold ingot.

🏛️ End City Chests

End city treasure chests have a chance to contain gunpowder (48–64).

⚙️ Configuration

After launching the game once, a configuration file will be generated:

config/simplegunpowder.json

Available options:

{
  "enableSmallCrafting": true,
  "enableMediumCrafting": true,
  "enableLargeCrafting": true,
  "enableIndustrialCrafting": true,
  "enableRefinedSulfurRecipe": true,
  "enablePotentSulfurRecipe": true,
  "enableNetherSmallRecipe": true,
  "enableNetherMediumRecipe": true
}