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How to change your Minecraft version or server software (Paper, Fabric, Forge...)

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Your server's Minecraft version and server software are on the Mods tab. The panel installs any version with the right Java version, and your worlds and settings stay.

  1. Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your Minecraft server.
  2. Open the Mods tab. Under Server software you see what it runs now.
  3. Under Change software, choose:
    • Vanilla: Mojang's own server, with data packs.
    • Paper or Purpur: for Bukkit, Spigot and Paper plugins.
    • Fabric or Quilt: lightweight mod loaders.
    • Forge or NeoForge: for most modpacks (NeoForge for Minecraft 1.20.2 and newer).
  4. Pick the Minecraft version you want and click Install. Start the server when it's done.

The Mods tab of a Minecraft server: the server software and Change software

Going back to an older version: a world opened by a newer Minecraft version can't be opened by an older one. Make a backup on the Backups tab before you change version.

Java: the panel picks the Java version Minecraft needs. For an old modpack that needs Java 8, or a mod that needs a newer one, choose it under Java on the same tab and click Save.

Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.


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