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How to Manually Update a Modpack on a Minecraft Server

Update a modpack by hand when it wasn't installed with the Package Manager.

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If your modpack was installed with Package Manager, update it there: see How to Install and Update a Modpack. Use this guide for a pack you uploaded yourself.

Get the new server files

Download the new version's server pack from the modpack's page on CurseForge or Modrinth (look for "Server Pack" or "Server Files").

Update the server

  1. In Console, click Stop.
  2. Go to Backups and create a backup.
  3. In Files, delete the old mods folder (and config, defaultconfigs and kubejs if the new pack includes them).
  4. Upload the new server pack's files. To save time, upload the pack as a .zip, then use Extract here on it in Files.
  5. Make sure the mod loader version matches what the new pack needs. If it changed, install that loader version from Package Manager.
  6. Click Start.

Warning

Keep your world folder, server.properties, ops.json and whitelist.json. Don't overwrite them with the pack's copies.

If it won't start

Read the error in Console. A mod mismatch or a missing dependency means a file was left behind or is missing; compare your mods folder with the new pack's.

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