Improvised Guns Add-On v2.0.1 - Achievement Update

Have you ever wanted to add guns that fit more with Minecraft's world? And be fully obtainable and functional in survival mode? This Add-On might be what you're looking for! This simple Add-On adds five new guns to the game, fully functional and obtainable in survival, compatible with other Add-Ons!

The Guns

Hand Cannon

The most basic one of them all, ideal for encounters with common enemies.

• Damage: 9
• Range: Medium
• Reload Time: 1.0
• Durability: 200 uses
• Can NOT pierce through enemies

Musket

Efficient and with a good range, ideal for dealing with more powerful mobs at a distance!

• Damage: 24
• Range: High
• Reload Time: 2.75
• Durability: 150 uses
• Can pierce through enemies

Blunderbuss

A powerful and quick gun, in exchange for a decreased range, better for close encounters.

• Damage: [26 - 5]
• Range: Low
• Reload Time: 1.9
• Durability: 180 uses
• Damage decreases with distance
• Can pierce through enemies with decreased damage

Double Barrel Shotgun

Very powerful, very low range, only for players who like to risk it all with a point-blank shot to defeat a powerful enemy.

• Damage: [38 - 2]
• Range: VERY Low
• Reload Time: 2.5
• Durability: 150 uses
• Damage decreases heavily with distance
• Can pierce through enemies

Hand Mortar

An explosive little gun, better for dealing with crowds of enemies or for environmental destruction!

• Damage: 12
• Range: Medium
• Reload Time: 2.65
• Durability: 100 uses
• Is explosive
• Bullets are affected by gravity
• Leaves fire behind
• Deals reduced damage to mobs near the explosion

Auto Gun

Not so high damage, in exchange for a fast fire rate.

• Damage: 7
• Range: Any
• Reload Time: 0.1s
• Durability: 150 uses
• Can pierce through enemies

Mauler

A revolver like gun, slower than the Flintlock but more powerful

• Damage: 16
• Range: Any
• Reload Time: 1.0s
• Durability: 150 uses
• Can pierce through enemies

Hunting Musket

Perfect for attacking enemies from a safe distance with a higher fire power, in exchange for a slower fire rate. To use the spyglass attached to the musket, simply crouch while having the Hunting Musket in your hand!

• Damage: 32
• Range: High
• Reload Time: 3.8s
• Durability: 150 uses
• Can pierce through enemies

Repeating Crossbow

Capable of shooting arrows at a quick speed, with fully working crossbow enchantments, and even fully functional tipped arrows (prioritizing the off-hand).

• Damage: 7
• Range: Any
• Reload Time: 0.1s
• Durability: 400 uses
• Can NOT pierce through enemies (unenchanted at least)

NOTE: All guns can be repaired in an anvil using Iron Ingots, except for the Hand Mortar, which uses gold ingots.

How To Use Them ❓

All weapons have the same basic functionality, all you need to use them is to have their respective type of ammo in your inventory and the guns will do the rest.

Once you have the necessary ammo type for your gun, all you need to do is use your gun, and it will shoot the projectile. It is also worth noting that all guns have a set durability and can be repaired in an anvil using iron ingots.

To reload the gun you don't have to do anything, when the gun is shot it will immediately reload itself.

Crafting The Guns 🧰

To be able to craft all of the items in this add-on, you will need to use a new table added with it, the Firearm Forger:

Once you've made the Firearm Forger, all you need to do is place it down, interact with it, and it will show you a menu similar to that of the villagers:

This menu is where you can craft all items of this Add-On mentioned before, both the guns and the ammo needed for them, including shortened stats for every gun. Making use of the table to craft any item will also grant the player a small amount of XP per item made.

THE SHADOW GUNS 🔮

If you think the power of these firearms alone isn't enough, if you feel like you need more power for your needs, this Add-On also has a solution for you...

Introducing the Shadow Guns, variants of all the normal guns shown before, that behave the same and use the same ammo types, but they have a key difference: Shadow Guns can be enchanted just like a Bow, you are to enchant these with any Bow enchantment, except for infinity, by default (more details about this are lower in the post).

To obtain the Shadow Guns, all you need to do is go to a Crafting Table, and combine a normal gun with one Nether Star, and just like that, you will get the Shadow variant of the gun, Shadow Guns additionally include a higher durability, although the amount of the weapon that can be repaired with iron on an anvil is decreased.

Holding Animations ✨

As a small bonus, this update now brings holding animations to the guns, meaning the player will now properly hold the gun in the air while using it. This is done in a way that does not override any vanilla animations, so it should be compatible with most other addons.

NOTE: Although these do not override any vanilla resources, they still can get a bit funky when used along with some resource packs such as Actions & Stuff, so in case you wanna disable these animations, you can do so from the settings on the resource pack.

Achievements 🏆

As of Minecraft version 1.21.70, this Add-On can be used in a world without achievements being disabled, thanks to a change made in this version. However, this feature MIGHT get removed in future versions, although it is still uncertain.

Disable or Enable Infinity 🏹

Shadow Guns could previously be enchanted with infinity, however now I think that is not very balanced, so now by default they can't have the infinity enchantment. However, if you wish to enable the guns to be enchanted with infinity again, this can be easily changed when applying the add-on into your world by selecting the appropriate subpack:

Resource Pack Settings ☀️

The resource pack for this Add-On now features the following configurations:

• Fancy Particles: The shot projectiles will feature an abundance of particles.
• Reduced Particles: The amount of particles emitted is reduced to improve performance in lower end devices.
• Fancy & NO Holding Animations: Same as fancy particles, but with holding animations disabled.
• Reduced & NO Holding Animations: Same as reduced particles, but with holding animations disabled.

Notes 📝

• This Add-On was made for 1.21.70+.
• This Add-On DOES NOT need any experimental toggles to work.
• There are currently no plans for further updates other than bug fixes.

Credits 📖

• Link to Lumen RTX (used in featured image): Prizma RTX 1.2.1 - RTX TexturePack | Minecraft PE Texture Packs (mcpedl.com)
• Link to BetterRTX (used in featured image): (106) BetterRTX release trailer! Super charge your Minecraft Bedrock ray tracing experience! - YouTube
• Link to Forsaken Odyssey, used in some screenshots for literally no reason, I just had it enabled in my testing world: Forsaken Odyssey (v1.17.10)

Updated on May 03

• Added compatibility with achievements.
• Added new holding animations for all guns.