# How to install a modpack on your server

> Install any CurseForge or Modrinth pack from the panel, or set up a pack by hand, and keep the clients matching.

Source: https://fadehost.com/docs/custom-modpack/

A modpack is a mod loader, a list of mods and their configs. On FadeHost a pack installs in one click; a pack that is not on the platforms takes a few manual steps.

## From the panel

1. **Resources**, **Modpacks**. Search CurseForge and Modrinth.
2. Press **Install**. The server pack is fetched, the loader and Java are set, and the client-only mods that crash dedicated servers are left out.
3. Start. The first boot registers every mod and can take several minutes. Wait for the `Done` line.

A server can also be created straight from a pack: at creation, choose **A modpack** as the source. Every pack we list has a page with its RAM table and hosting notes: [modpacks](/modpacks/).

## Update the pack

The **Installed** view in **Resources** shows the pack's version and when a new one exists. Take a backup, then update; the world stays, mods are replaced with the new release.

## A pack that is not listed

1. Open **Server Software** in the header and set the pack's loader and Minecraft version. Save.
2. Get the pack's **server pack** from its author (not the client zip, which has no mod jars). Upload it in **Files** and **Unzip**, or upload over SFTP.
3. The unzipped `mods`, `config` and any `kubejs` or `defaultconfigs` folders go in the server folder. Remove shaders and other client-only mods from `mods` if the author shipped them.
4. Start and watch the console.

## Players

Everyone needs the same pack, same version, in their launcher (CurseForge, Modrinth or Prism). A client on a newer version is refused or misses content. Pin the version for the group and update together.

## Good to know

- Packs are heavy. 6 GB is a floor for most; the pack page says what the pack really uses. See [Allocate RAM](/docs/allocate-ram/).
- Pregenerate the area your group will explore (Chunky is in most packs, or install it) before launch night. Fresh chunk generation is the biggest lag source in modded Minecraft.
- A pack's blocks vanish from the world if the pack is removed or a mod is dropped; back up before changing anything.