Dustbound Outlaws | Frontier Gunslingers

Bring dangerous frontier encounters, outlaw camp hunts, mounted ambushes, and six-shot gunfights to Minecraft Bedrock survival.

Dustbound Outlaws adds roaming gunslingers to the Overworld. Ordinary Outlaws appear alone or in pairs, while the rarer Deadeye has more health, longer reach, and a faster firing rhythm. Some enemies arrive on horseback and keep shooting while their mount moves.

Defeat a Deadeye to recover its badge, then turn that trophy into a reusable Wanted Poster. Follow the marked trail to a hidden outlaw camp, confront a named Deadeye and difficulty-scaled guards, and raid their supplies. Camps are placed safely in existing worlds and remain as small frontier landmarks after the hunt.

Outlaws can drop cartridges and frontier equipment, or you can craft your own revolver and outfit. Both players and outlaws fire six rounds before reloading, creating a clear opening to attack or find cover.

Features

• Naturally spawning Outlaws with three visual variants
• Rare elite Deadeyes with 40 health, longer engagement range, and faster reloads
• Mounted encounters with armed riders that can fight while moving
• Released Frontier Horses become passive, usable saddled mounts after their rider is defeated
• Reusable Wanted Poster that turns Deadeye Badges into repeatable hunts
• Persistent trail guidance through the Locator Bar, with distance and direction text
• Two compact outlaw camp layouts that can appear safely in existing worlds
• Named 48-health bounty targets with difficulty-scaled guards
• Mounted camp opposition on Normal and Hard difficulty
• Camp supply chests containing ammunition, food, valuables, and rare frontier gear
• Craftable Frontier Revolver that deals 6 damage per shot
• Six-shot cylinder with a visible ammunition bar and full-cylinder reloads
• Craftable Cartridges, produced in batches of six
• Frontier Hat, Duster Coat, Frontier Trousers, and Riding Boots
• Full Frontier Outfit grants Quick Draw, reducing revolver reload time
• Full outfit also gives a small Speed boost to the player's current mount
• Survival-friendly recipes, enemy drops, custom models, animations, particles, and sounds
• English and Russian localization
• Vibrant Visuals compatible and does not require experimental world settings

How to use

Import the .mcaddon, enable the Dustbound Outlaws behavior pack on your world, and make sure its linked resource pack is active. Play on Easy difficulty or higher for ordinary Outlaws; Deadeyes begin appearing on Normal difficulty.

Outlaws are most common in deserts, savannas, and badlands, but uncommon encounters can occur across most Overworld surface biomes. They do not naturally spawn in oceans, caves, mushroom islands, the Nether, or the End.

Hold the Frontier Revolver and press the use button to fire. Release the button before firing the next shot. After six shots, use the empty revolver again to reload it. A reload consumes exactly six Cartridges, so carry at least one full cylinder of ammunition.

Wear all four Frontier Outfit pieces at the same time to activate Quick Draw. The bonus remains active while riding and also slightly increases the speed of your mount.

After defeating a Deadeye, combine its Deadeye Badge with Paper and a Compass to craft a Wanted Poster. Use the poster in the Overworld on Easy difficulty or higher to mark an outlaw trail. Follow the Locator Bar or the distance and direction shown above the hotbar. As you approach, the add-on searches the loaded area for open, reasonably level natural terrain and builds the camp only when a safe site is found.

Each player can track one bounty at a time. The poster is not consumed, so keep it for future hunts. After the named target is defeated, that player must wait one Minecraft day before starting another bounty. Abandoned trails expire after three Minecraft days.

Crafting

• Frontier Revolver: 3 Iron Ingots, 1 Copper Ingot, 1 Redstone Dust, and 1 Stick
• 6 Cartridges: 1 Copper Ingot, 1 Iron Nugget, and 1 Gunpowder
• Frontier Hat: 5 Leather and 1 Brown Dye
• Duster Coat: 7 Leather and 1 Brown Dye
• Frontier Trousers: 7 Leather and 1 Brown Dye
• Riding Boots: 4 Leather and 2 Iron Nuggets
• Wanted Poster: 1 Paper, 1 Compass, and 1 Deadeye Badge

All recipes are made at a crafting table and unlock through normal Survival progression.

Rewards

• Ordinary Outlaws always drop 1–4 Cartridges and can rarely drop their revolver or one outfit piece.
• Deadeyes always drop 6–12 Cartridges and a glowing Deadeye Badge, with improved chances for equipment.
• The Deadeye Badge is used to craft the reusable Wanted Poster.
• Outlaw camp chests contain a randomized mix of cartridges, food, modest valuables, and occasional frontier equipment.
• Enemies defeated by a player also award experience.

Notes

The revolver's durability bar represents rounds remaining in the cylinder. The weapon does not lose structural durability and cannot break from firing.

The Frontier Outfit can be enchanted and repaired with Leather. Its total protection sits between leather and iron armor, with utility bonuses focused on reloading and mounted travel instead of extra damage.

Bounties are available only in the Overworld and require Easy difficulty or higher. Active hunts survive world and script reloads. If no suitable camp site can be found nearby, move to a more open and level surface before using the poster again.

Dustbound Outlaws was created for CurseForge ModJam 2026: Echoes of the Past. Its fictional enemies and visual language are inspired by broad nineteenth-century frontier imagery rather than a real historical faction or conflict.

Requirements

• Minecraft Bedrock 26.30 or newer
• No additional add-ons or library packs required
• No experiments required