How to Progress Through the Four Weapon Eras

This mod replaces the basic gun parts pack from Flan's Mod Reloaded with a survival-focused mechanical crafting tree. Instead of building modern firearms immediately, you advance through four technological eras as your resource gathering and factory automation expand.

Paper and Brass Cartridge Eras

1. Harvest sugar cane to make paper and mine underground sulfur ore so you can mix gunpowder.

2. Build a simple gunsmithing table to craft your earliest black powder muskets and Paper Cartridge rifles, including the Pattern 1853 Enfield and the Chassepot.

3. Set up Create brass production in your workshop to move into the Brass Cartridge era.

4. Press brass into sheets and draw bullet casings to unlock classic lever-action rifles, revolvers, and repeating shotguns.

Semi-Automatic, Heavy, and Experimental Eras

1. Automate precision mechanisms on your assembly lines and upgrade to an advanced gunsmithing table to enter the Semi-Automatic & Heavy era, which unlocks powerful pistols and anti-tank rifles.

2. Mine Nether materials for netherite and refine crude oil into modern polymers to reach the final Automatic & Experimental tier.

3. Combine netherite barrels, polymers, and rare blueprints at special workbenches to build fast-firing early Cold War automatic weapons.