Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons
Some modpacks are built for peaceful farming. Others are built for exploration. And then there is Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons, a pack that hands you a rifle, a gas mask, and a flying battleship, then politely asks you to defend your city. Originally assembled for a private factions server, this pack has grown into one of the most complete war-themed experiences you can load into Minecraft. If you have ever wanted to watch a rocket arc across the sky and land in your enemy's town square, this is the pack for you.
What Makes This Modpack Different
Plenty of packs add guns. Fewer add airships. Almost none combine both with a full chemical warfare system and a functioning faction economy. Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons does all three, and it does them on a stable, well-tested foundation. The result is a multiplayer sandbox where territory disputes are settled with artillery rather than chat arguments.
Airships and Aerial Combat
Valkyrien Skies Core, Control, and World form the backbone of the pack's vehicle system. You can build a working airship block by block, mount weapons on it, and use it to bomb a rival base from above. MovingWorld and Uppers support the physics, while Rope Ladders let you climb aboard without falling into the void. Air superiority is a real strategic goal here, not just a novelty.
Guns, Gas, and Explosives
Techguns supplies the firearms, from pistols to heavy weapons, while Gaspunk introduces chemical agents that spread across the battlefield. Combine them with Spartan Weaponry for melee options and you get layered combat: ranged duels, gas clouds forcing players out of bunkers, and close-quarters fights when ammunition runs dry. The pack's own description sums it up well, encouraging players to "start gunning each other down."
Factions, NPCs, and City Building
The Faction Mod anchors the whole experience. Claim land, tax your members, and declare war on neighbors. Minecolonies and TekTopia let you build settlements full of villagers who work, trade, and unfortunately die when stray rockets hit the town square. Custom NPCs and Bountiful add quests and rewards, giving your faction something to fight over beyond pride.
Supported Versions and Loader
This pack runs on Minecraft 1.12.2 and uses the Forge mod loader. That combination matters, because several of its core mods, including Valkyrien Skies and Techguns, were built specifically for that era of modding. The author recommends allocating 3 to 4 GB of memory to the instance, which is sensible given the number of large content mods involved. Forge 1.12.2 remains one of the most stable environments for tech and warfare packs, so performance is generally solid once you give it enough RAM.
Quality of Life and Utility Mods
War packs often forget the basics. This one does not. A quick look at the mod list shows a strong utility layer underneath the combat:
- JEI for recipe lookup, plus Appleskin for hunger and saturation tracking
- Iron Chests, Storage Drawers, and Thermal Expansion for logistics and storage
- FTB Backups and Morpheus for server safety and sleep voting
- AI Improvements and Chameleon to keep large battles from tanking your tick rate
- YUNG's Better Caves and Better Mineshafts for more interesting terrain to fight over
- Bloodmoon, which turns certain nights into genuine survival threats
If you plan to run this on a public server, the foxygame.net launcher is worth a look, since it handles Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons through a one-click install and keeps every mod in the pack updated automatically, so nobody on your server ends up running mismatched versions.
How to Install Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons
Getting started is straightforward, whether you use a launcher or set things up manually. The general process looks like this:
- Install a launcher that supports modpacks, or set up Forge 1.12.2 manually
- Search for Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons in the pack browser
- Allocate at least 3 to 4 GB of RAM in the launcher's Java settings
- Launch the pack and let it finish downloading all dependencies
- Create or join a factions server, then claim your first chunk of land
If you are installing by hand, drop Forge 1.12.2 into your Minecraft directory, place the mods folder from the pack into your instance, and confirm that Valkyrien Skies and Techguns are both present before launching. Missing either one will break the core combat loop.
Who Should Download This Pack
If you run a factions server, this pack was practically designed for you. If you just want to play with three or four friends on a private world, it works there too, though the experience shines brightest with rivalries and territory on the line. The combination of airships, firearms, and gas weapons creates emergent stories that no scripted quest can match, and the utility mods keep everything running smoothly between battles.
Ready to build a city, arm your villagers, and watch it all go up in smoke? Download Faction Warfare, This Time with Chemical Weapons, gather your friends, and find out which faction is actually prepared for war.