How to Manually Install a Modpack on Your Server2

This article will show you how to install a modpack on your server.

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### Overview

To understand better let’s have a look at a modpack, Rougelike Adventures and Dungeons (RAD) for example:


A modpack usually comes with it’s own forge.jar as you can see on the image above on this particular modpack it’s named “forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2838-universal”.

✔️ We recommend to install files with [Filezilla](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-connect-with-filezilla-yl0q5r/).

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### ️ Forge Installation ️

To have less files when you start installing it’s better to perform a [clean install](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-install-any-server-type-from-our-list-or-do-a-clean-installation-133ufiy/) to forge. After that, the server should look something like this:


| It’s easier with Filezilla because on the left side you have the modpack, on right side, the server files. Then just drag and drop them.

1. **Stop the server** and delete everything inside the “jar” folder:


2. Place inside jar folder, the modpack files: forge.jar, libraries folder and minecraft_server.jar In this case forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2838-universal.jar, minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar and libraries folder.


3. Rename the forge.jar as you wish, after that rename the server type from your Multicraft Panel then click on save, for example:

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|| If you don’t see Forge and Minecraft server jars in the modpack, you’ll [need to use the Multicraft Panel to install Forge](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-install-any-server-type-from-our-list-or-do-a-clean-installation-133ufiy/) (select Forge from the list), or to install it manually. [See here](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/custom-forge-installation-1u6gex2/)

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### ️ Mods Installation ️

Mods usually comes with their config files, scripts, structures, to install, just drag and drop them on the server:

* Overwrite the server.properties if needed.


* Make sure to not drop them over a folder. It will place them in that folder.

Done, now start your server.

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