This guide will help you with how you can install Fabric on your Minecraft Server.
What is Fabric?
Fabric is a newer loader that should be more lightweight and faster when it comes to loading mods. It has a smaller library of mods compared to Forge, and not every Forge mod has a Fabric version. It gets updated regularly, which means stability.
Fabric is a lightweight, experimental modding toolchain for Minecraft.
_Source: Fabric Official Page _
Setting Up Fabric Via the Multicraft Panel
You can perform a clean installation of Fabric by following the next steps:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and close your server.
- Find the
Server Type
option and change it toFabric
selecting the desired version.
Click Yes
on the pop-up window to continue the process.
- Select
Yes
to perform a clean install, which will delete all of your server files, and then selectOk
in the following pop-up window.
- Start your server.
You can now start your server with the Fabric version you selected.
️ Setting Up a Custom Fabric Version Manually ️
If you want to run a custom/specific version of Fabric, you can install it manually.
Downloading Fabric Server Files
To get the files for the custom Fabric version you want to use, you will need to:
- Go to the official Fabric website here and download the installer in an empty folder.
- Open the newly downloaded file by double-clicking it.
- Select the
Server
option, select the version you want to use, and click on download.
- Click on
Download server jar
in the pop-up that appears, then click onDone
.
Now you have the required files for setting up your server with the custom version of Fabric you want to use.
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Installing Fabric in your Server
Now that you have the Fabric files, you just need to upload them to your server by following the next steps:
- Open your Multicraft panel here and stop your server.
- Rename the
fabric-server-launch.jar
to one of the following, depending on which version of Fabric you want to use:
custom-java17.jar
– for any Fabric version higher than 1.18custom-java16.jar
– for any Fabric version between 1.17 and 1.18custom-java11.jar
– for any Fabric version lower than 1.17
- Use FileZilla to delete your server files, then create a new folder called
jar
.
- Use FileZilla to upload the
libraries
folder and the Fabric server jar you renamed when preparing the files to thejar
folder.
- Use FileZilla to upload the
server.jar
to your root directory of the server.
- In your Multicraft control panel, change the server type to
custom-java11.jar
,custom-java16.jar
, orcustom-java17.jar
depending on how you named the Fabric jar file in step 2, then click Save at the bottom of the page.
- Start your server.
Now you just set up your server with the custom Fabric version.