Blackpowder & Steel
Java modpack listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
The world was taken by the hordes of undead creatures, you managed to escape your village and stumbled onto the wild, but the zombies follow.
Blackpowder & Steel is a modpack set in the early 18 hundreds after a zombie outbreak, it turns Minecraft into a hardcore survival game, making you fight for every resource.
Major Gameplay changes
-Days last longer
-Food can rot, food, especially raw meat, doesn't last long
-Weight system, you can no longer haul 15 tons of stone
-Temperature system
-Thirst
-Diet system(WIP)
Changes
-Smithing is required to get metal tools
-Horses have been overhauled
-Coordinates have been disabled
-Villages, the ones that weren't destroyed, have stern guards that aren't afraid to kill you
-Regeneration has been disabled, making you need to use medical supplies to gain health back
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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.
- Downloads as BS-2.9.5.zip
- Download size: 17.8 MB
- Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.