[SBW] Tactical Drone

[SBW] Tactical Drone

Expands [SBW] Drone with Anti-Drone Nets, signal jammer, siren, and improved drone mechanics.

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About this Mod

🚁 [SBW] Tactical Drone

Take your drone gameplay to the next level.
[SBW] Tactical Drone transforms the standard SBW drone into a powerful, realistic, and fully tactical system.

Requires: [SBW] Superb Warfare

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✨ Overview

This addon massively upgrades the default SBW drone with unlimited range, advanced systems, and tactical tools.

🚁 The drone has also been visually scaled up, making it feel bigger, more realistic, and more immersive.

Fly your drone like a real FPV unit, manage its energy, and dominate the battlefield.

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🔥 Main Features

🚀 Unlimited Flight Range
No more distance limits
Fly your drone as far as you want

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🔋 Battery System

Drone now uses energy while flying
Recharge using a battery in your main hand + right click
Energy level is shown in the HUB

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🎮 FPV Combat Drone

Fully usable as an FPV drone
Deal high damage when crashing into targets 💥

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📏 Bigger Drone Model

Drone is now significantly larger
Feels more realistic and easier to see during flight

BEFORE:

small drone

AFTER:

big drone

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🌧️ Dynamic Weather Effects

🌧️ Rain → Reduced visibility & signal
⛈️ Storm → Unstable flight + higher energy usage

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🧠 Smart Systems

📏 Distance meter in HUD
📦 Drone inventory (chest-like storage)
🔥 Crash explosion system
🌡️ Thermal Vision (highlight entities)

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🛡️ Defense & Utility Blocks

🚨 Drone Detection Siren

Detects nearby drones

Plays alarm sound 🔊

Outputs redstone signal

Supports drone blacklist

⚙️ How to Use (Ignore Your Own Drone)

Place the siren on the ground

Rename your drone using an anvil

Enter that same name into the Drone Detection Siren

➡️ The siren will now ignore your drone and only detect others

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📡 Drone Jammer

Handheld jammer & radar

Shows drones on screen

Can block or disrupt control

Toggle ON/OFF

⚙️ How to Use

Right click to activate the Drone Jammer

A radar appears on the right side of your screen

You will hear a beeping sound when drones are nearby

➡️ While active, the jammer will force all drones within a 32 block radius to crash ( Not explode )

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🕸️ Anti-Drone Net

Place around your base

If a drone hits it → connection is instantly lost

Players can walk through it

📦 Extraction Crate

Drone lands on it → items get extracted automatically

Stores items like a container

⚙️ How to Use

Put items into your drone (right click)

Fly your drone to the Extraction Crate

Land on top of the crate

➡️ The crate will automatically pull all items out of the drone inventory and store them inside

🎯 Delivery time!

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⚙️ Configuration

🛠️ This mod is fully configurable to fit your playstyle or modpack.

📁 Config file location: config/sbwdroneconfig-common.toml

✔ Adjust energy usage
✔ Tweak drone behavior
✔ Balance jammer range & effects
✔ Customize gameplay systems

⚙️ Advanced Systems

🧍 Player Anchor
Keeps your player synced with the drone → no chunk/load issues

🗺️ Map Compatibility
Hides your player marker on map mods (like Xaero) during drone usage

🔊 Improved Sounds & Textures
Enhanced immersion and feedback

🧾 Extra Tooltips & Recipes
All new items include crafting recipes and descriptions

📦 What This Mod Adds
✔ Bigger drone render & model
✔ Extended / unlimited range
✔ Player-anchor system
✔ Thermal Vision
✔ Battery system with HUD
✔ Distance meter
✔ Drone inventory
✔ Weather effects
✔ Crash explosion system
✔ Drone Detection Siren
✔ Drone Jammer with radar
✔ Anti-Drone Net
✔ Extraction Crate
✔ Map compatibility (Xaero)
✔ Sound & texture improvements

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This mod have been created with IntelliJ

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Disclaimer about product: NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT

Available Versions

[SBW] Tactical Drone 1.0.83release
MC 1.20.1forge
May 8, 2026
[SBW] Tactical Drone 1.0.83release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
May 8, 2026
[SBW] Tactical Drone 1.0.82release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
May 2, 2026
[SBW] Tactical Drone 1.0.82release
MC 1.20.1forge
May 2, 2026
[SBW] Tactical Drone 1.0.81release
MC 1.20.1forge
April 28, 2026

How to Install [SBW] Tactical Drone on Your Server

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Order Server

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

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Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).

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Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "[SBW] Tactical Drone". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forgeneoforge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.1, 1.20.1

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

[SBW] Tactical Drone 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 (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is [SBW] Tactical Drone compatible with forge and neoforge?

[SBW] Tactical Drone officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with [SBW] Tactical Drone – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if [SBW] Tactical Drone 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
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only
Server-side
Required

Supported Versions

1.21.11.20.1