Summary
Explosion Overhaul is a simple Server Side mod that enhances explosions, giving them more knockback, working behind walls if the wall is destroyed and a few other features.
This mod is fully server-side.
The mod
Explosion Overhaul makes explosions actually give knockback, unlike vanilla where you get more knockback by getting hit by a zombie.
Also if the explosion now damages entities behind walls if the wall is destroyed.
Explosions will also apply effects from the exploder (so a Creeper with slowness will also apply slowness to hit entities).
And last but not least: poof particles like old Minecraft!
There's also an experimental feature that makes blocks go flying instead of being broken.
Many config options are present, check the config file!
This mod was part of Insane's Survival Overhaul up to 1.20.1.
Showcase
https://youtube.com/shorts/5Wal1J_ZNwY
Links
Modpack Permissions
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 explosionoverhaul-1.0.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 639 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.