CBC Enhanced Shells: Bigger Munitions for Create Big Cannons
If you treat heavy engineering and artillery as the heart of your Minecraft world, Create Big Cannons already gives you memorable block-based ballistics. The CBC Enhanced Shells addon deepens that loop with progressive tiers, clearer visual identity, upgraded powder charges, and one very loud surprise: the Shell Holder, a projectile that behaves like a flying magazine. Whether you siege a mountain base or stage a scripted showcase on a multiplayer server, this mod is built for players who want stats, crafting depth, and spectacle without abandoning CBC’s core mechanics.
What the Addon Adds at a Glance
CBC Enhanced Shells expands CBC’s arsenal with five upgrade tiers (Mk.I through Mk.V) applied across nine base shell types. That is 45 upgraded shells layered on familiar munitions families, plus five enhanced Powder Charges tuned for rising muzzle velocity. Recent versions also broaden the spectacle with additions such as the Nuclear Shell (listed from v1.0.2) and the H Shell, giving longtime cannon builders fresh payload choices to experiment with beside their Mk-tier lines.
Shell Types and Stat Scaling
Every base CBC shell type receives the same five-tier treatment. You will see upgraded variants for:
- HE Shell
- AP Shell
- Solid Shot
- AP Shot
- Shrapnel Shell
- Smoke Shell
- Drop Mortar Shell
- Bag of Grapeshot
- Mortar Stone
The tier multipliers are straightforward on paper: Mk.I x3, Mk.II x5, Mk.III x10, Mk.IV x15, and Mk.V x20 for stats such as damage, penetration, toughness, and other relevant projectile values. Explosive power is deliberately capped at x3 so damage scaling does not turn every crater into server-wrecking excess. Practically, that keeps late-game bombardment punchy yet still playable on survival worlds where griefing margins matter.
Powder Charges: Velocity That Keeps Pace
Higher tiers deserve propellant that sings. Enhanced powder charges escalate muzzle speed in sensible steps versus the baseline CBC Powder Charge (40 m/s, strength 2.0):
- Mk.I: 50 m/s (strength 2.5)
- Mk.II: 60 m/s (strength 3.0)
- Mk.III: 70 m/s (strength 3.5)
- Mk.IV: 80 m/s (strength 4.0)
- Mk.V: 90 m/s (strength 4.5)
Matching shell tier with charge tier rewards planning: you squeeze more out of rangefinding, biome positioning, and your cannon builds without guessing whether a gimmick projectile will fizzle mid-flight. When you refresh a modpack lineup, juggling versions is smoother if you consolidate installs; this mod can be easily installed via the foxygame.net launcher, a convenient, flexible, and modern Minecraft launcher where you can download mods right from the menu, which keeps NeoForge-era stacks orderly when Create and CBC updates land close together.
Crafting Progression Built for Workshops
Crafting is deliberately linear—each tier upgrades from the last, honoring Create’s factory mindset. For shells, the route is:
- Mk.I: base CBC shell plus two Iron Ingots
- Mk.II: Mk.I plus two Cast Iron Ingots
- Mk.III: Mk.II plus two Diamonds
- Mk.IV: Mk.III plus two Netherite Scraps
- Mk.V: Mk.IV plus one Netherite Ingot
Powder charges climb by adding one Packed Gunpowder per tier above the previous charge. That cadence plays nicely with bulk production lines: stock ingots, netherite scraps, and packed propellant in labeled storage, then let your assembly loop feed the creative tab’s dedicated CBC Enhanced Shells section without hunting through unrelated pages.
Visual Tiers and the Shell Holder Trick
Each tier carries a distinct HSV hue rotation tint while preserving original texture shading—Mk.I orange through Mk.V gold, with red, violet, and cyan in between—so you can see rarity at a glance inside chests, hopper lines, or hotbars during PvP logistics.
The Shell Holder behaves like a container shell: place the block, right-click shells inside, attach fuzes and tracers as usual, then load it like any CBC projectile. When the fuze triggers, it fans out a cone burst of real CBC entities, each retaining its own damage profile and fuze behavior. Capacity scales with tier—4/8/12/16/20 shells from Mk.I to Mk.V. Sneak-right-click with an empty hand pops the last insert; shift-hover surfaces capacity and contents. Rules keep it fair: any CBC or addon projectile can load, but holders cannot nest, and an empty holder is a dud on detonation.
Versions, Compatibility, and Setup
Target setup is explicit: Minecraft 1.21.1, NeoForge 21.1+, and Create Big Cannons 5.11.2. Installation is classic modding—drop the mod JAR into your mods/ folder alongside Create Big Cannons and its dependencies, then confirm the creative tab populates. On servers, communicate the stat caps and holder rules so engineers agree on what “fair siege” means in your biomes and bases.
Final Salvo
CBC Enhanced Shells rewards players who already speak the language of blocks, contraptions, and carefully aimed volleys. Between tint-readable tiers, capped explosive scaling, faster powder charges, and the Shell Holder’s multi-projectile drama, it keeps Create Big Cannons feeling modern across updates while staying rooted in the mod’s mechanical identity—build, load, fire, and let the blocks tell the story.
--- **Update May 10, 2026:** Added 1 file for version 1.20.1 (Forge). --- **Update May 18, 2026:** Added 1 file for version 1.21.1 (NeoForge). --- **Update May 22, 2026:** Added 1 file for version 1.21.1 (NeoForge). --- **Update Jun 4, 2026:** Added 4 files for version 1.21.1 (NeoForge). --- **Update Jul 4, 2026:** Added 1 file for version 1.20.1 (NeoForge).