Simple Gunpowder

Mod

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

Type

Mod

Modrinth Downloads

3,102

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 }