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# How to install forge and load mods on your minecraft server

||| WARNING: Please ensure you are running a fresh install of minecraft before installing forge onto your server.

This guide will instruct you on how to install forge and use mods on your server.
Please also ensure you have installed forge installer from modmanager on your gamepanel.

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To install mods on your server please do the following after installing and loading forge onto your server

* Stop the server
* Navigate to filemanager  > mods
* Click upload file
* Upload your jar files into this location
* Start your server and let it fully start to where you can connect
* Done

||| IMPORTANT: Please ensure that your client mods are the exact same as the server mods or you will not be able to connect, Please also ensure the mods you install are for the same version of forge you have installed on the server. Please also note that if the server is running 1.17+ you need to use java16 anything under 1.17 must use java8 in order to work
If you have any questions or you need some help please don't hesitate to contact our support team by opening a [support ticket](https://www.gtxgaming.co.uk/clientarea/submitticket.php).