How do I install Realistic gunpowder mining?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Realistic gunpowder mining work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Realistic gunpowder mining

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by Rudio · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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This mod makes gunpowder mining more realistic, gunpowder no longer falls out of creepers. Now gunpowder has crafting, a new ore has been added: Sulfur, and a new item is Potassium nitrate.

You can get potassium nitrate by grinding creeper flesh (this is a new creeper drop) in a crusher (The crusher will help you with this modification by crushing items), and then pass the contaminated potassium nitrate through a sieve.

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Sulfur ore is found only in the meadow biome from 75 to 155 meters high But you can buy sulfur from a wandering trader.

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Added a TNT activator that changes TNT crafting, it can be crafted using items from the mod and redstone.

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Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 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 CurseForge — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as real_gunpowder-1.1.1-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 173 KB
Download link checked 18 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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