How to Set Up and Fire Ground Rocket Launchpads

If you want to deploy artillery strikes without building a full cannon barrel assembly, you can construct standalone ground rocket batteries using Launchpads.

Assembling a Rocket Battery

1. Clear a firing area with an unobstructed view of the sky and place a Launchpad block on the ground.

2. Gather your propellant. Each Launchpad supports stacking up to 3 powder charges directly on top of the pad. You can use standard charges or any of the five upgraded powder charge tiers (Mk.I through Mk.V) depending on the range and velocity you want to achieve.

3. Place your chosen artillery shell on the very top of the stacked powder charges to complete the self-propelled rocket assembly.

Launching the Rocket

To fire the assembled rocket, apply a standard vanilla redstone signal to the Launchpad. You can wire multiple Launchpads together using redstone dust, repeaters, and a lever or button at a safe distance to fire synchronized salvos. If you prefer firing rockets through a cannon setup instead of ground pads, the mod also provides rapid-loading multi-round cannon breeches designed for self-propelled artillery rockets.