Summary
Arma Imperii aims to add historical weaponry, particularly firearms, to Minecraft.
Balancing Realism and Gameplay
Historically, early firearms took a very long time to load and reload. Arma Imperii aims to balance realism and gameplay by simulating the lengthy reloads while maintaining fun gameplay.
Weapons
Currently, only the Arquebus weapon, along with its ammunition, has been implemented. However, more weapons shall be added soon.
Arquebus
The Arquebus is craftable by the following recipe:
Its ammunition is craftable as follows:
Firearm Usage
To load a firearm, hold down the use button (right click) until you hear the loading sound cue. If you are in survival mode, the stack of ammunition for the respective weapon should have decreased as well. To fire it, just press right click again.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as arma-imperii-1.1.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 114 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.