Advanced Tower Defense Mod

Advanced Tower Defense Mod

A small mod that adds turrets and mechanisms that will greatly help in the defense of your fortress!

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Screenshots

Serpentine
Cannon and Drop-Mortar
Ballista
Swivel Cannons
Puckle Gun
Catapult

About this Mod

(Updates may be delayed here since I have issues with accessing modrinth from my country)

Welcome to Advanced Tower Defense! Here you will find many interesting and funny things that will help you with the defense of your fortress. So far, the modification only has the Middle Ages, but in the future there will be other branches of technology development!

-- Short guide on turrets --

How do I place a turret? - Take needed base (named in the description of the turret) and shift-click on the base. It should be deployed

How do I make my turret fire (AI base)? - Turret only attacking when they have enemy in radius and have winding mechanism in their base. Every turret has different radius.

How do I make my turret fire (Manual base)? - Turret deployed on a manual controlled base are controlled by player keybord arrows and fires on binded button in settings.

Wanna see more guides? Here's my YT channel
[Tap here]

-- FAQ --

q: Can I port your mod to other versions?

a: I want to stay at the 1.20, just porting mod is very hard (no, but thanks for asking)


q: Can I upload your mod somwhere else?

a: No, thanks


q: Will you add [something] in the mod?

a: For now I have some of my own ideas, I'll tell when I would need ideas, okay?


q: I found a bug! Where I can report it?

a: for now I don't have issue tracker, but I made a google form instead [Tap here]


q: Current ballance of weapons is unfair! What can I do?

a: If you have a wish to report balance changes, you can fill a form here :D [Tap here]


q: Can I make a mod overwiev?

a: Sure, but please, add a link to the source (this page)


q: What's the point of this mod?

a: Having fun, I hope my creation will bring some joy for the people who downloaded it

-- Known issues --

"Turrets Keep firing at entities blocked by solid blocks, behind walls resulting in lots of ammo wasted." - Working on it, will be fixed in new update (new update is huge, so it would take some time ^^)

-- Currently working on: --

Doin' some optimization and bug fixes, so that would take a bit, but I can say that update is a 70% done! yay!
I hope people reading that, lol

-- From the author --

I created this mod for quite long and hard.. There were many failures and mistakes, but I was able to make something quite interesting. I hope this mod will find its audience and surprise Minecraft players with its new things. In addition, this is my first work, which I decided to bring to the finished state. I hope you like it, I will be grateful for warm words of support! :D

-- Authors and contributors --

Freonsnowy (Me): code and texturing

OsmoKitty: texturing

Sayo Glimmer: texturing

Voxelstice: code

Available Versions

Advanced Tower Defense Mod 3.0beta
MC 1.20.1forge
April 16, 2026
Advanced Tower Defense Mod 2.0alpha
MC 1.20.1forge
March 28, 2026
Advanced Tower Defense Mod 1.0.2 Demo (Heavy Metal Update)alpha
MC 1.20.1forge
August 19, 2025
Advanced Tower Defense Mod 1.01 (Demo, quickfix)alpha
MC 1.20.1forge
August 11, 2025
Advanced Tower Defense Mod (EARLY DEMO) alpha
MC 1.20.1forge
August 11, 2025

How to Install Advanced Tower Defense Mod on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Advanced Tower Defense Mod". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.1

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Advanced Tower Defense Mod server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Advanced Tower Defense Mod compatible with forge?

Advanced Tower Defense Mod officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Advanced Tower Defense Mod – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Advanced Tower Defense Mod consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
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Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.20.1