Hell Forged

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Inferno, Guns from Hell
A Forge weapons mod for Minecraft 1.21.11 that adds 22 hitscan firearms and a universal bullet item. Every recipe uses vanilla materials only — no custom ores, no custom dimensions, no boss fights. The mod adds items to the existing game without changing any vanilla mechanics, world generation, or entities.

Features
22 guns spread across three crafting tiers plus one endgame weapon
Universal bullet ammo — every gun consumes one bullet per shot from any slot in your inventory
10 modular abilities — fire, explosive, wither, poison, slow, mark, knockback, piercing, soul drain, void teleport
Hitscan firing — instant raycast, no projectile entity, no client-server desync
Per-gun tuning — each weapon has its own damage, spread, range, fire delay, durability, and ability list
Survival progression — recipes scale from iron + gunpowder up to netherite + nether star + dragon head
Creative mode bypasses ammo requirements automatically
No new blocks, mobs, dimensions, or biomes added
Ammo
Recipe Output
1 Gunpowder + 1 Iron Nugget (shapeless) 8 Bullets
Bullets stack to 64. Universal across every gun. Out-of-ammo plays an empty-click sound and prevents firing.

Gun list
Tier 1 — iron / gunpowder / flint / obsidian
Gun Damage Abilities
Sulfur Pistol 3.0 Mark
Flint Carbine 5.0 Fire
Nether Musket 8.0 Fire, Knockback
Obsidian Hand Cannon 11.0 Explosive, Knockback
Tier 2 — diamond / blaze rod / magma block / fire charge
Gun Damage Abilities
Hellstone Revolver 5.5 Fire
Magma Shotgun 2.5 × 6 pellets Fire, Knockback
Ember Rifle 6.0 Fire
Cinder SMG 2.4 Fire
Brimstone Cannon 12.0 Explosive, Fire
Ash Sniper 14.0 Mark
Molten Burst 3.0 × 3 burst Fire
Pyroclast Launcher 9.0 Explosive, Fire, Knockback
Tier 3 — netherite + Wither/Nether loot
Gun Damage Abilities
Inferno's Wrath 17.0 Fire, Explosive, Mark
Soul Eater Rifle 12.0 Soul Drain, Wither
Hellforged Magnum 19.0 Fire, Knockback, Piercing
Demon's Breath Shotgun 3.5 × 10 pellets Fire, Wither, Knockback
Infernal Gatling 2.5 × 2 Fire
Reaper's Hand 10.0 Wither, Slow, Mark
Hellfire Cannon 15.0 Explosive, Fire, Knockback, Piercing
Void Striker 12.0 Void, Mark, Poison
Endgame
Gun Damage Abilities
Hellcat 20.0 × 2 Fire, Explosive, Wither, Soul Drain, Piercing, Knockback
The Hellcat recipe requires 6 Netherite Ingots, 1 Nether Star, 1 Dragon Head, and 1 Stick.

Ability reference
Ability Effect
Fire Sets target on fire for 5 seconds
Explosive 2-block radius explosion on hit, no terrain damage
Wither Applies Wither II for 5 seconds
Poison Applies Poison II for 5 seconds
Slow Applies Slowness III for 4 seconds
Mark Applies Glowing for 10 seconds — visible through walls
Knockback Pushes target along the shot direction with per-gun strength
Piercing Single shot can damage the first 2 targets in line
Soul Drain Shooter heals 1 HP per hit
Void Teleports the target 12 blocks straight up
Crafting recipes
The mod ships with a full recipe book — open the recipe book or use JEI/REI to view every recipe in-game. All ingredients are vanilla Minecraft items.

Requirements
Minecraft 1.21.11 (internal version 26.1.2)
Minecraft Forge 64.0.4 or higher
Java 25 (Mojang bundles this with the vanilla launcher; custom launchers need a JDK 25 install)
Installation
Install Forge 64.0.4+ for Minecraft 1.21.11.
Drop infernoguns-1.0.0.jar into your mods/ folder.
Launch the game.
Server install is identical — same jar, same mods/ folder. Required on both sides.

Compatibility
Works with vanilla Minecraft and any resource pack.
No mixins, no coremods, no access transformers — pure Forge events and registries.
No conflicts expected with mods that don't modify the item registry or player damage sources.
Known limitations
Bullets are a single universal type — there are no specialty rounds (incendiary, explosive, etc.). All gun abilities live on the gun, not the bullet.
Guns are item-based, not entity-based — bullets are hitscan and do not create projectile entities, so they cannot be deflected, caught, or dispensed.
No reloading mechanic. Durability and ammo are tracked separately.
License
All rights reserved by the author. You may use this mod in modpacks and on servers. Redistribution of the jar outside Modrinth/CurseForge requires permission.

Credits
Code, models, and integration written by the author with assistance from Anthropic's Claude AI.
Item textures hand-drawn by the author.
Built against Forge 26.1.2-64.0.4.