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It also has the advantage of being the more lightweight and user-friendly of the two choices in my opinion. On the other hand, Fabric has been catching up in recent years and now there are many (not as many, but still many) mods which can only be run on Fabric. This also makes it easier to create modpacks of mods which are all compatible with Forge. Both mod loaders to their job well, so really you should first pick the mods you really want to use, and if they say they're only compatible with one or the other mod loader, then your choice is already made.įorge has the advantage of being older and more popular, which means lots of mods can only be run on Forge, rather than Fabric. The choice of which mod loader is best for you depends on which mods you want to use.

Only certain mods, such as Optifine, can run without a mod loader. While launchers help you launch Minecraft with mods, a mod loader is essentially a tool that makes mods work in the first place. Whether you're using the standard Minecraft launcher or a third-party launcher, you'll need a mod loader like Forge or Fabric to run most Minecraft mods.

Run Minecraft, select the instance you want to run, and click Play.įorge vs Fabric: Which Minecraft mod loader should you use?.Install Forge or Fabric if needed, and let it create a new Minecraft instance for you.Move the downloaded Exectutable Jar File for each mod into your "mods" folder.If you don't yet have a mods folder in your ".minecraft" directory, create one.Open Windows Explorer and type "%appdata%\.minecraft" into the address bar.Here's how to install Minecraft mods without a mod launcher:

If you're just using the standard Minecraft Launcher, you can still easily play with mods. When you start modding, you have to make a choice: will you use a third-party Minecraft mod launcher, or would you prefer to do everything manually by just using the official Minecraft launcher? Many third-party Minecraft launchers nowadays are designed to help you download and install mods with ease, so if you're using a launcher such as MultiMC, you can download and install individual mods and modpacks from within the launcher itself. Watch on YouTube How to install Minecraft mods