We know that adding mods to your Minecraft server can make your game much more interactive and fun. With the number of mods that are out there, you and your players on a server can enjoy a practically endless amount of new content to try out. GGServers can host any multiplayer compatible mod.
This article will help you to properly install mods on your server.
⚠ Important Notes ⚠
If you install mods on your server, any player that wants to join your server will have to install the mods on to his client as well. This is how mods work. We have a guide here for setting up mods on your client.
If you wish to install mods on your server, it needs to be running on Forge or Fabric. To do that, we’ll need to do a clean installation on your server.
Also, please note that we provide on our Multicraft panel versions of Forge between 1.7.10 and the latest, and the same for Fabric! This saves you from doing a custom Forge or Fabric installation!
️ Fabric or Forge ️
When it comes to running a modded Minecraft server, the most popular loaders (server types) are Forge and Fabric. We provide both of them with multiple versions!
Forge is one of the first mod loaders that allowed the players to use mods and add them to their servers. Also, it is usually the preferred one by mod creators as it has been in use for a long time and is stable. There’s a huge library of mods for Forge for all versions of the game.
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 updates stability.
As for choosing between them, just pick the one that meets your needs more. They are both great mod loaders and you can find mods or modpacks for both of them.
Forge
If you want to run a Forge modded server, you will have to first set up Forge on your server, then install the mods.
How to Set Up Forge
You can perform a clean installation of Forge by following the next steps:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and stop your server.
- Find the
Server Type
option and change it toForge
selecting the desired version.
Click Yes
on the pop-up window to continue the process.
- Click on
Yes
to do a clean install that will delete all your server files, then click onOk
on the following pop-up window.
- Start Your Server
You can now start your server with the Forge version you selected.
Once the server is running on Forge, we can start the installation process.
How to Install Mods
You can install mods by uploading them using Filezilla to your server’s mods
directory.
To install your mods please do the following:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and stop your server.
- Click on
Files
and then onFTP Files Access
.
- Use your FTP details and your Multicraft password to connect via Filezilla to your server.
- You’ll notice that a
mods
folder was generated. Upload using Filezilla the mods to the servermods
folder.
- Start your server after you uploaded your mods.
Now you just installed your mods into your Forge server.
Fabric
If you want to run a Fabric modded server, you will have to first set up Fabric on your server, then install the mods.
How to Set Up Fabric
You can perform a clean installation of Fabric by following the next steps:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and stop 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.
- Click on
Yes
to do a clean install that will delete all your server files, then click onOk
on the following pop-up window.
- Start Your Server
You can now start your server with the Fabric version you selected.
Once the server is running on Fabric, we can start the installation process.
How to Install Mods
You can install mods by uploading them using Filezilla to your server’s mods
directory.
To install your mods please do the following:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and stop your server.
- Click on
Files
and then onFTP File Access
.
- Use your FTP details and your Multicraft password to connect via Filezilla to your server.
- You’ll notice that a
mods
folder was generated. Upload using Filezilla the mods to the servermods
folder.
- Restart your server after you uploaded your mods.
Now you just installed your mods into your Fabric server.