By Powder and Steel
ModBiome-specific mobs armed with guns you can use; addon for Guns Without Roses.
- Security
- Passed
- Privacy
- None found
- Runs on
- Client and server
- Loaders
- Forge, NeoForge
- Minecraft versions
- Minecraft 1.20.1
Why gradeA
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 4 months−3 points
- Releases in only 5 of the last 24 months−2 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
4 points lost23 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.4 months ago (17 Jun 2026) 10 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.20.1 on NeoForge and Forge. 15% of the 993 popular NeoForge mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.20.1. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.Releases in 5 of the last 24 months 4 / 6Stability
Full points12 / 12Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.Not measured yet.Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.No quick fix in 2 years 7 / 7Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
Full points10 / 10Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · Lykrast/ByPowderAndSteel 7 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.GitHub issues · Lykrast/ByPowderAndSteel 3 / 3Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.95,207 3 / 4Track record
1 point lost7 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.13 months, 5 releases 7 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in the latest file for recent Minecraft versions. See Security
54.9 of the 61 points that apply = 90 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
By Powder and Steel is an addon for Guns Without Roses that adds biome-specific hostile mobs and expands the gun-crafting progression, including changes to the recipes for diamond guns. Its roster includes forest Gunomes, Shrubhulks and Shrubsnappers; desert and savannah Cowbones; tundra and taiga Zombie Seals; ocean Sunken Pirates; mountain Patrollers; plains Zombunnies; jungle and Lush Cave Abeillons; and heavily armored Sentries found at the Deepslate layer. Nether and End encounters include Crimson Gunnubi in Crimson Forests, Ensouled Skulls and Pale Gunnubi in Soul Sand Valleys, and shield-bearing Skybenders in the Outer End, whose gravitic blades can levitate players. Mobs provide materials for a range of guns and ammunition: Caliberries make high-knockback bullets, Cowbones Horns support early shotguns and fast-firing guns, Milspec Ice enables slow, precise snipers, and Sunken Doubloons yield slow but powerful guns. Other drops add distinct gear and effects, including Marksblades for fighting alongside guns, heavy Densgsten bullets, burst rifles and firing-speed armor from Abeillonswax, and powerful but self-damaging guns made with Heptacles. Sentry drops are used for unique weapons and are required for diamond guns, while Skybender Graviolium Cells let players craft gravitic blades, similar bullets, and blocks that propel anything landing on them. The addon also includes four armor sets, more than 50 decorative blocks made from mob drops, and other uses for materials such as edible Caliberries and grillable Milspec Ice. It adds more than 15 mobs, 16 guns and six types of bullets, and most mob spawns can extend to modded biomes when those biomes use the relevant biome tags.
Written from Modrinth , CurseForge and the GitHub README . How we write it
In-game changes
Does not change the game's code directly.
Adds:
- 128 blocksAbeillonswax Block, Abeillonswax Bricks, Abeillonswax Bricks Slab, Abeillonswax Bricks Stairs, Abeillonswax Bricks Wall, Polished Abeillonswax, Polished Abeillonswax Slab, Polished Abeillonswax Stairs and 120 more. Blocks with their own name, checked against the block files.
- 119 itemsAbeillon Boots, Abeillon Vest, Great Purple Emperor Abeillon Spawn Egg, Abeillon Cap, Abeillon Leather Patch, Abeillon Pants, Monarch Abeillon Spawn Egg, Abeillon Burst Revolver and 111 more. Items with their own name, not counting blocks, checked against the item files.
- 21 mobsGreat Purple Emperor Abeillon, Monarch Abeillon, Small White Abeillon, Blaster Sentry, Cowbones Buckaroo, Cowbones Pistolero, Ensouled Skull, Crimson Gunnubus and 13 more. Creatures with their own name and a spawn egg or drops of their own.
- 411 recipes
- 18 advancements
- 21 loot tables
- 45 sounds
Counted from the files of the mod. Content made only in its code is not counted.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
Details
- Creator
- Lykrast
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 95K
- Created
- 18 Sep 2025
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Source code , Issues
Security
No harmful code found
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
What it can do on your computer
- Creates settings files
- The mod keeps its settings in the config folder of your game, where you can change or delete them.
Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.
How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.1 latest file, for a recent version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
Why we show this: a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of its one file, for recent Minecraft versions. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares crash reports, usage data and advertisements. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a project collects data on its users or shows advertisements.Nothing declared about crash reports, usage data or advertisements.
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files, images and sounds and found none.
We have not read its code history yet.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content or AI features declared.
- Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its README.Not read yet
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found10 changelogs read
- Its filesCredits and texts in the files you download that name an AI tool.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found305 images read
- Sounds in its filesThe tags of the sound files in the files you download, where some AI music tools write their name.Nothing found40 of 78 sounds read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file155 code files read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
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Latest files
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