Medieval Defense Turrets

Medieval Defense Turrets

This mod adds medieval-inspired turrets to defend your base

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Screenshots

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Orbital Cannon
Hwacha Turret
Medieval Defense Turrets Screenshot 6

About this Mod

This mod adds turrets that you can craft and put arround your base to defend it from those pesky monsters or alternatively other players. be careful and protect your turrets though as mobs may also be able to use them against you!

Requires Geckolib!

Note: if you experience crashes when updating, make sure to check the changelogs for any config changes, if those exist delete your config file and let the game create a new one. For some reason that can sometimes cause crashes

Also check this mod out on Curseforge

FEATURES

Note: All the turrets in the mod are generally shot by right clicking when you are riding them. ammo is loaded by right clicking on the turret with the ammo on hand (shift can be held as to not repetedly ride them)

Bow turret

"Why carry a bow when you can strap it from a pole and shoot it from a chair?" - Me, literally right now

The bow turret is the most basic of all the turrets added by these mods and as such the easiest and most simple to craft, its ammo type is arrows.

Catapult

"Why shoot arrow when big rock go boom?" - Sun tzu, art of war

The catapult is the second most basic turret in the mod, and as expected shoots rocks that produce a large area of effect explosion upon landing, its ammo type is cobblestone.

Hwacha

The hwacha turret fires a large volley of arrows that deal low damage but set targets on fire, its especially designed as a crowd control turret capable of dealing decent damage over time on a large crowd of enemies, it uses arrows as ammo however due to its volley-fire nature each arrow counts as 10 shots for the hwacha for balancing reasons as to not make it too expensive to shoot. 

Cannon

The cannon operates rather differently than most of the other turrets. The block to its side is known as the amethyst target,

When powered by redstone, the amethyst target will send a vibration towards all nearby cannons and prompt them to automatically look and fire, the cannons ammo is cannonballs and will not fire if they dont have any ammo.

The proyectile has high dropoff when fired by the cannon, and the cannons do not automatically account for it. A player can adjust the cannons firing angle by right clicking / shift right clicking the target (amethyst target block) which the cannon will be firing towards (do note, the amethyst target will always force the closest cannon to fire.) with an amethyst shard on hand. 

Orbital Cannon

"The medieval people loved their obital cannons" Source: Trust me.

The orbital cannon is the most powerful and most different turret in all of the mod as it can shoot with infinite range at anywhere in the world when given the appropiate coordinates, when right clicking the orbitall cannon, a GUI will open.

On the appropiate slots, put a paper renamed with the coordinates you want the cannon to shoot at. and on the red slot the payload to fire (TNT). Pressing the shoot button will make the cannon fire towards the designed coordinates, when firing account for the fact that the tnt will be fired from above and fall down on the target.

Wrench

Although not a turret, the wrench can be used to both repair damaged turrets (right click) or disassemble them (left click). A turret that is destroyed via any means that isnt the wrench will be destroyed permanently,

New Features

Nether altar

The nether altar is a hellish turret capable of summoning ghast fireballs stationary above it for the player to punch and aim as they will, the altar will not create a new fireball if there is one already remaining above it. Its ammo is fire charges

Special Thanks

Special thanks to the team over at MCreator for allowing me to create all of my mods.

Dependancies

Requires Geckolib

If you want to support me, you may donate to my Buy me a coffee page, any kind of support is welcome but not necesary.

Available Versions

Medieval Defense Turrets 1.1.4release
MC 1.20.1forge
June 28, 2025
Medieval Defense Turrets 1.1.3release
MC 1.20.1forge
September 12, 2024
Medieval Defense Turrets 1.1.2release
MC 1.20.1forge
August 27, 2024
Medieval Defense Turrets 1.1.0release
MC 1.20.1forge
August 8, 2024
Medieval Defense Turrets 1.0.9release
MC 1.20.1forge
July 24, 2024

How to Install Medieval Defense Turrets 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 "Medieval Defense Turrets". 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

Medieval Defense Turrets 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 Medieval Defense Turrets compatible with forge?

Medieval Defense Turrets officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Medieval Defense Turrets – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Medieval Defense Turrets 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
MIT License
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.20.1