Ranged Weapon API

Calls something that is on Kiln's roadmap. Parts of it may already run.

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): FabricMod did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/world/effect/MobEffect; FabricClientMod did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/network/codec/ByteBufCodecs.

What it needs from Kiln

Mixin
net.minecraft.client.renderer.item.properties.numeric.RangeSelectItemModelProperties
net.minecraft.client.renderer.item.properties.numeric.RangeSelectItemModelProperty
net.minecraft.client.renderer.item.properties.numeric.UseDuration
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType
net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType.Builder
net.minecraft.network.codec.ByteBufCodecs
net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec
net.minecraft.util.ExtraCodecs
net.minecraft.util.ExtraCodecs.LateBoundIdMapper
net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffect
net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffectCategory
net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffectInstance
net.minecraft.world.entity.ItemOwner
net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.attributes.AttributeModifier
net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.attributes.AttributeModifier.Operation
net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.attributes.RangedAttribute
net.minecraft.world.item.BowItem
net.minecraft.world.item.CrossbowItem
net.minecraft.world.item.alchemy.Potion
FabricLoader.isModLoaded()
BuiltInRegistries.ATTRIBUTE
BuiltInRegistries.DATA_COMPONENT_TYPE
BuiltInRegistries.MOB_EFFECT
BuiltInRegistries.POTION
LivingEntity.getUseItem()
ItemStack.get()

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

🏹 Create fully functional bows and crossbows, with ease

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file ranged_weapon_api-fabric-4.0.0+26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.

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