About Modular Drones
From ModrinthBuild a custom drone to follow you around and help you out.
Build your own personal drone out of regular Minecraft blocks, then shrink it down and carry it as a small item. Equip it, and your drone hovers alongside you — fighting off enemies, mining next to you, collecting dropped loot, lighting up dark caves, and more.
The blocks you use determine what your drone can do. Rotors keep it in the air. A dispenser gives it ranged attacks. A beacon unleashes a powerful beam. A magnetic lodestone makes it a tireless loot collector. Stack abilities to build a companion that fits the way you play.
Your drone can always be re-materialized for editing later if you want to change things up and perfect your design.
Full documentation and getting-started guide →
This is a fork of rearth's Buddy Drones, which was created for the CurseForge "The Future" modjam. This project has since taken on its own direction with new features, balance changes, and improvements. See the documentation site for the full changelog.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 6 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Modular Drones on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 26.2-neoforge-1.3.2, released 2026-06-25
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| NeoForge | 1.21.11 to 26.2 (5 versions) | 26.2 |
| Fabric | 26.1 to 26.2 (4 versions) | 26.2 |
From 5 recorded builds of Modular Drones.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26.2-neoforge-1.3.2 | 2026-06-25 | 26.2 | NeoForge |
| 26.2-fabric-1.3.2 | 2026-06-25 | 26.2 | Fabric |
| 26.1.2-neoforge-1.3.2 | 2026-06-25 | 26.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions) | NeoForge |
| 26.1.2-fabric-1.3.2 | 2026-06-25 | 26.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.21.11-neoforge-1.3.2 | 2026-06-25 | 1.21.11 | NeoForge |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project lhGA9TYQ (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Optional: modrinth project vvuO3ImH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Optional: modrinth project J8MMsNrL (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Incompatible with: modrinth project 5NYdYLm1 (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Modular Drones on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogVehicles & ships
Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Modular Drones as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.2 and 5 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorKesslerCascade, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseCC-BY-4.0Free
