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Do you want to discover Middle-earth's wonders, or join our team? The video below explains how!
Text instructions are further down the page.
You will need to have bought Minecraft Java for PC first.
1. Download and install the Modrinth App
2. Once the Modrinth app opens, click on the Steve face in the top left corner and click on the ‘log in’ button. Fill in your Microsoft account details and log in. Once that is done, you should see your character’s skin in the top left corner.
3. Next, click on the ‘Browse’ button on the left and search for ‘ArdaCraft’. Click 'Install' and wait for it to finish. You can now click on the ‘Library’ button on the left, and you’ll see that the ArdaCraft modpack is now installed.
4. We recommend increasing the RAM available to at least 8GB to ensure good performance. Go to Modrinth settings and set ‘Java memory’ to 8192 or more.
5. Everything should now be ready! Click ‘Play’ and wait for it to load. Once it has loaded, just click ‘Join Server’.
Once you join, you may want to enable shaders if you have a good PC. Just press the K button to enable them.
If you run into any issues, please join our Discord and post in the #support channel.
Distant Horizons data installation
Our modpack comes with Distant Horizons, which you can learn more about here. Whilst we cannot include the file in the modpack due to its large size, you can follow the steps below to install it.
1. Join our Discord server and enter the #info channel, where you can find the link to our Distant Horizons data.
2. Follow the link, click the three dots on the folder inside, and select ‘Download’. The file will take a long time to download as it is a very large file.
3. Once it has downloaded, click ‘Folder’ in Modrinth underneath the ArdaCraft modpack. Move the zipped file into this folder and right click and extract it. You should now see a folder labelled ‘Distant_Horizons_server_data’. The zip file can now be deleted.
Modrinth offers an easy way to install all the mods needed to enjoy playing on our server. The launcher automatically installs everything for you, so you just have to click and play!
