Being a 3D Sandbox game, Minecraft is well-reputed for its versatility and the sense of freedom it provides. Players can go on any adventure they like and, naturally, with adventure comes the need for weapons. Whether it is to fight enemies or use them to mine important resources, weapons play an important role in Minecraft.

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As the modding scene of Minecraft is insanely huge, the fanbase of the game is always looking out for new ventures. Weapons help drastically in enhancing the Minecraft experience and there are tons of weapon mods for the game. With such a vast array of options, it can be overwhelming to choose. To provide a solution to this problem, here are some brilliant weapon mods to try in the game.

11 Mr Crayfish Gun Mod

Highly Customizable

Mr Crayfish Gun Mod

Guns are among the first things to come to mind when talking about weapons. While the vanilla Minecraft has no guns in the game, there are plenty of mods to add the modern firearm and one such popular mod is Mr Crayfish’s Gun Mod.

Adding nine weapons to the game, the mod’s unique feature is its ability to highly customize the weapons according to the player's needs. Various attachments and enchantments can be used to create a unique variant of the weapon. Whether it's adding a stock to control recoil, attaching a silencer to quiet gunshots, or using enchantments to burn enemies when hit by bullets, this mod offers extensive customization options.

Mods are supposed to make the game more exciting for the players and, while Mr Crayfish does not offer tons of things, the sheer ability to customize the limited range of weapons is astounding, making it a great mod to check out if one is looking for some guns to use in the world of Minecraft for some shooting practice.

10 Modular Powersuits

Tinkering With Technology

Modular Powersuits

Inspired by characters like Iron Man and Mega Man, Modular Powersuits is a mod that lets players equip armor like powersuits. These powersuits are the equivalent of weapons of destruction condensed into a single unit.

The core idea of the mod is to allow players to tinker with various high-tech parts to forge a powerful set of armor powered by weapons of destruction and other utilities. The mod can provide unique weapons for the players, like using a thunderstrike to zap out enemies or blades to cut through them. On the other hand, it also provides utilities like a jetpack with shock absorption armor to negate fall damage or a power fist to mine resources ultra fast.

The modular powersuits mod lets players decide what kind of armor they want to forge. With a good degree of customization and enhancement, players can utilize a variety of weapons that can be changed with a flick of the scroll wheel.

9 Otaku Craft

Anime Weapons Become Playable

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The world of anime features some unique weapons and these weapons are brought to life with the Otaku Craft mod. Taking inspiration from shows like Sword Art Online, Highschool DxD, and Heaven’s Lost Property, the mod adds diverse content to the game by adding ores, armor, weapons, and items.

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The armor in the mod often times acts as clothing items for characters from different anime and players can forge entire outfits and their respective weapons with the mod. From using a normal greatsword to using a demonic sword or Excalibur, an otaku’s imagination is brought to life in Otaku Craft.

8 Fusion Warfare

High Tech Weapons And Machinery

Fusion Warfare

Weapon mods usually add a limited number of weapons that are useful against enemies, but they are ineffective when the same enemies appear in huge numbers. Fusion Warfare is a weapon mod that adds guns, missiles, reactors, and some high-tech machinery to the game.

While weapons are the highlight of the mod, it has more to offer to the players. From creating an automatic mining unit to duplicating resources and infusing items together to form a stronger version of the item, Fusion Warfare has all the recipes to make the players almost invincible.

7 Guns Without Roses

Weapon Mod With A Vanilla Experience

Guns without roses

Guns without Roses is the most vanilla-friendly weapons mod on the list that aims to add five simple Terraria-like guns to the game. Each gun can use 4 different types of bullets that deal different amounts of damage and some of them have special effects like burn on hit or knockback.

The guns work in a simple fashion as they are not affected by gravity and they fire instantly without a long cooldown. The guns however deal significantly less damage to the enemies when compared with bows and players have to use better guns to compensate for it. The mod also has 4 enchantments that can be used to get various buffs like increased accuracy or rate of fire. Guns Without Roses plans to add more content and players looking for a simple mod to get familiar with weapons in Minecraft should give it a shot.

6 Craft Theft Auto

GTA In Minecraft

Craft Theft Auto

If one has to talk about open-world games, then the two titles that probably will come to one’s mind will be Grand Theft Auto and Minecraft. The popularity and the vast world of these games are enough to blow one’s mind and with Craft Theft Auto Modpack, Minecraft goes beyond imagination to provide creative freedom.

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From bringing customizable cars to a bunch of weapons, Craft Theft Auto has it all. Utilizing the Tech Guns mod, a wide range of weapons are always at the player’s disposal. Interactive NPCs are natural for GTA and one can either make friends with them or shoot them with the weapons in the arsenal to make enemies with the NPCs in Craft Theft Auto.

5 Spartan Weaponry

Weapons From The Spartan Empire

Spartan Weaponry

Inspired by the Balkon’s Weapon Mod, Spartan Weaponry brings an entire gallery of weapons from the age of Sparta. Adding new weapons to the game, players can use a variety of swords, spears, and ranged weapons.

Most of the weapons from this mod can be created easily from the five vanilla tool materials. Each weapon has its own unique characteristics and performs accordingly in different situations. The new enchantments can buff the weapons in certain ways, like increasing damage inflicted or reducing their charging time. Spartan weaponry adds diversity to the game and opens a variety of playstyles for players to try out.

4 MC Dungeons Weapons

A Huge List Of Playable Weapons

MC Dungeons Weapons

Minecraft Dungeons is a dungeon crawler game and it features a huge list of weapons from Great Hammers to Rapier and from crossbows to scythes. Players wishing to use these weapons from MC Dungeons can use the MC Dungeons Weapon mod to utilize them in Minecraft.

The mod brings over 150 weapons to the game and aims to bring armor and artifacts from MC Dungeons and more weapons. The mod is currently working on balancing the weapons to provide a great Minecraft experience and with more future updates incoming, MC Dungeons Weapon mod is a great pick for Minecraft players looking to do something interesting.

3 Age of Weapons

Weapons From Different Time Periods

Age of Weapons

Age of Weapons is a mod true to its name as it adds weapons from the Stone Age to the modern age weapons. The mod features 100 weapons and plans to add more exciting stuff with upcoming updates.

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From Sticks to Swords and from Spears to Shotguns, the mod covers weapons from different regions and time periods. Many of the weapons also have cool effects and features and pairing Age of Weapons with other modpacks can result in some interesting scenarios where players can do plenty of things with the weapons.

2 Fabled Weaponry

Weapons From The World Of Fantasy

Fabled Weaponry

Moving on from the real-life weapons and the sci-fi ones, Fabled Weaponry brings an entirely different class of weapons. The mod from the fantasy world introduces a bunch of new weapons, tomes, and shields with unique passives boasting an exciting play style.

The passive of each weapon is the biggest highlight of this mod, as the Waraxe deals increased damage at the cost of reduced HP or, when using a Scimitar, the attack speed increases when the durability of the weapon goes down.