How to use Minecraft Forge
Minecraft Forge guide: How to use it and manage all your blocky mods.
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Minecraft Forge is one of the best ways to manage mods in the king of block stacking building games. If you’re the average Minecraft player, you probably collect mods so fast you end up with a heap of them in the closet, tweaking everything from visuals the way you craft, and of course helping organize your inventory.
It can be easy to bury yourself withMinecraft mods, so tools like Forge are vital for keeping things in check. And for those who enjoy the vanilla experience, but don’t really know where to start with modding, Forge offers a helpful way in, and a handy tool to keep track of it.
WithMinecraft 1.20approaching quickly, there’s new blocks from bamboo to bookshelves to look forward to, plus the brand newcamelandsniffermobs. But why sit on your hands while you wait? Mods can be just the spice you need for the meantime. In this guide, I’ll explain how to install Minecraft Forge, how to use it, and offer a few great mod recommendations that’ll make you never go back to vanilla.
Minecraft Forge: What does it do?
Modding can be quite a difficult process in some games, but Minecraft Forge makes it all relatively simple. Once you have installed the Forge client, you’ll be able to select it as a profile on your Minecraft launcher which then adds a button that lets you view a list of your mods.
From here you can select the mods you want to use and launch the game as usual. Or if you’ve just downloaded a new mod, you can open the mods folder by clicking on the button at the bottom of the list. This allows you to copy a newly downloaded mod to the mods folder without having to search for the location manually.
How to install Minecraft Forge
Mods to try with Minecraft Forge
If you’re looking for a few mods to try out with Minecraft Forge that’ll help streamline the game experience, these are a good place to start:
That’s all there is to it. Now it’s just a simple matter of finding the Minecraft mods you like and installing them.
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