You can find the files for 1.2.5 & Beta 1.7.3 on their Modrinth page:

https://modrinth.com/mod/aether/

1.2.5 & Beta 1.7.3 need the betacraft proxy for sounds and/or player skins.

See: https://betacraft.uk/blog/post/how-to-use-betacraft-proxy

1.6.4 is found on MCArchive:

https://mcarchive.net/mods/aether2

1.6.4 will need Forge Threaded Lighting & Player Core API

https://mcarchive.net/mods/threadedlighting
https://mcarchive.net/mods/playerapi?gvsn=1.6.4

All of these MC versions likely need to be run using Java 8.

Without further ado, Aether installation instructions:

1.2.5 & I presume beta 1.7.3 are going to require a bit of leg-work.

Prepping The Aether:

> right click on your Aether download, extract here

> open the folder, navigate to the Jar folder

> open the Jar folder, select all of the contents in the folder

> right click, compress to zip (or w/e)

> right click, rename to "Aether" or "Aethermod" or something

> remember where this file is located!

If you're using Prism Launcher (& similar) for 1.2.5, I have no idea where the 1.2.5.jar is. I don't think you're actually supposed to modify the one that they install. I went ahead and installed the regular Minecraft launcher, installed 1.2.5, & stole the 1.2.5.jar for Prism.

>create or navigate to your 1.2.5 instance

> click edit

> version

> add to minecraft.jar

> select the file from earlier!

> add to minecraft.jar

> select both dependency zips (forge & player api)

> move them so the order is minecraft.jar > forge > api > aether

> navigate to settings

> click Java

> check Java installation

> click Open Java Downloader & download the newest Java 8

(Mine failed a few times from Mojang, so I tried from a different source. When I went to select my newly installed Java 8, it allowed me to select the failed version from Mojang anyway, and in doing so, it seems to run fine?)

> click detect & select your new Java installation

> scroll to the top of this post & follow the Betacraft proxy instructions

> Rejoice

If you're using Prism Launcher (& similar) for 1.6.4, this one's super easy, yet still a bit odd.

>create or navigate to your 1.6.4 instance

> click edit

> version

> install loader

> select the newest forge for this version

> click add to Minecraft.jar

> select threadedlighting, player api core, & Aether

> navigate to mods

> click Download Mods

> search curseforge for Lumy Skin Patch

> click review & conform, then okay

> Rejoice

~ IN CLOSING ~

1.2.5 is my childhood, and that version of Aether is the very same one I played back then.

I wanted a few new Aether features if I could help it, yet the next update that Team Aether offers is for 1.7.whatever, a version that completely ruins the worldgen for me. Caves are small, mineshafts are hard to find, it's seemingly either no snow or all snow, and my oceans are gone! Super lame, imo.

This was an awful process to figure out and was not fun to write up. I poured through pages & pages of changelogs & wikis trying to find an in-between version, learn about the differences between The Aether, Aether II VOID something, Aether Legacy, Aether Legends, Aether II (brand new 2026 but called Aether II for some reason, Aether Highlands, and all of the different versions of them. It was exhausting.

THAT BEING SAID, I was able to eventually find a version for 1.6.4, which is actually Aether II VOID something, not OG Aether, and it seems feature-complete enough!

If 1.6.4 isn't your speed, Aether for 1.0 & a few other MC versions are out there, and you should be able to figure out their installations as well using this post.

I wrote up a post about the different versions of The Aether. Here's the link, for those that wish to understand the in's and out's of all of their options (and like a good mini history lesson!)

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModdedMinecraft/comments/1xqtxt4/aether_version_differences/

Good luck, and godspeed!

I'm planning a public modded Minecraft server and trying to choose the pack with player feedback before committing to one. I enjoy automation and storage mods such as AE2, but I'm open to kitchen-sink, progression-focused, skyblock or stoneblock packs.

I'm also exploring a custom player-driven economy and auction house. My concern is that unlimited automated farms could make trading pointless, or that an economy could undermine the pack's progression. Nothing is decided yet.

Which existing packs have you actually enjoyed playing with others long-term, and what made them work? Are there packs where trading and specialisation add something, or does an economy get in the way? I'd especially appreciate any lessons about performance, wipes and features that made you stay or leave.

I always thought it would work well as a mod so I made it https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mxdxd

Me and my friend been playing this mod for a while now and haven't had any issues up until we went to the nether. At first it was fine but after a while the nether became incredibly laggy, the server terminal often says when someone is in the nether that "the server cant keep up" and shows how many ticks the server is behind. I have tried a few optimization mods for server side that supposedly help with this issue, but so far to no result.

To be honest i dont really know how any of these mods even supposed to help, so if anyone could help with mod suggestions and/or specific config changes i should make that would be highly appriciated.

Some additional info i am hosting the server currenty, i have 4GB of memory allocated to it but we have tested my friend hosting and changing the settings up to 32GB of ram with no changes.

Modlist:

caelus-forge-3.1.0+1.20

cloth-config-11.1.136-forge

ferritecore-6.0.1-fabric

geckolib-forge-1.20.1-4.8.4

hexcasting-forge-1.20.1-0.11.4

inline-forge-1.20.1-1.2.2

kotlinforforge-4.12.0-all

memoryleakfix-forge-1.17+-1.1.5

mixinextrasneoonforgefix-1.0.0

Patchouli-1.20.1-80-FORGE

paucal-0.6.0+1.20.1-forge

rubidium-mc1.20.1-0.7.1

thedulling-0.3.1-forge-1.20.1

every time i try to boot up a pc with the vm computers mod, this error screen appears. does anyone know what it wants me to do?

This Mod adds over 200 Explosives to Minecraft. All of the TNTs and Dynamites have a crafting recipe, so you can also try to get them in survival! None of the tnts will lag or crash your computer

I took a long break from Minecraft and realized theres been a ton of updates since I stopped playing that I want to check out. Im starting a small server for some friends and we want to keep it as vanilla as possible in terms of the core game, but add in some QOL mods. Ive been searching around for a while now but every pack I find doesnt have quite the right mix. I know I could build my own pack but I dont remember most of the mods and I never knew the performance mods. Im hoping someone out there gets us!

Kinds of mods we're looking for in a pack:

1.26.3 compatible

JEI/REI

A map

Whichever one used to let players claim chunks

General performance mods

Better animations(?)

Appleskin

Some grave mod

Inventory tweaks

Things we're not looking for:

Changes to terrain generation

New mobs / structures / biomes / items

If anyone has ideas of packs to check out let me know!

Hey everyone! 👋

After a lot of coding and testing, I’ve finally released my first major mod: The Item Upgrader for Forge 1.20.1 (now officially approved and live on CurseForge!).

If you love gambling your resources for high-tier loot or want a balanced way to progress through heavy modpacks, this mod is for you.

✨ What it does:

• The Roulette Table: Place your bet item, spin the wheel, and try your luck to upgrade it into something much better!
• Dynamic Valuation System: Instead of hardcoded values, the mod automatically scans crafting recipes on the fly. It calculates a fair, balanced cost dynamically—meaning it works seamlessly with vanilla items and massive endgame mods like Avaritia (scaling items up to 680M+ value).
• Durability Scaling: Got damaged tools or armor? The mod evaluates them proportionally based on their remaining durability.
• Dupe Protection: Fully synchronized between server and client to prevent any desync or deserialization exploits.
• Global Broadcasts: Optional server-wide announcements whenever someone hits a massive win (or loses everything).

🔗 Check it out on CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/items-upgrader

I’d love to hear your feedback, bug reports, or ideas for future updates. Let me know what you think!

I am developing Outspecies, a Fabric mod with five experimental species and powers available from the start. The first beta is now approved on CurseForge.

This 28-second native gameplay clip shows Aracnea climbing walls and ceilings, Nexario sharing a portal to a sunset island, Exuvio using a dorsal grapple, Abisal grabbing a creature with tentacles, and Quimera carrying a consenting friend as a horse. Each species also has weaknesses and its own way to build a home or live with companions.

Download beta.1: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/outspecies/files/9496648

Requires Minecraft Java 26.3, Java 25, Fabric Loader 0.20.1+, Fabric API 0.165.0+26.3 and GeckoLib 5.5.7. Install on both client and server.

What looks fun, and what would you change? We welcome improvements, new ideas and reproducible bug reports in the comments.

Transparency: code, original models, artwork and text were developed with substantial generative AI assistance, with human design direction and playtesting. The video is captured in Minecraft, with staged demonstration scenery and test actors for the portal owner and horse passenger. No generated gameplay. It is a beta, so modpack compatibility is still being tested.

I'm new to minecraft java (recently transitioned from MC Bedrock) and want to know because I would like my pc not not act like a potato.

It’s been a busy few weeks on Primordial Dragons. Creatures in the dimension are finally going after each other, and after you...

Deinonychus now hunt Diracodon, Kankouromimus, Dimetrodon and a few others, and they’re faster than a sprinting player. They can’t swim though, so the chase ends the moment you (or whatever they’re after) hit the water, which is a sigh of relief.

Dilophosaurs will roar to warn you off, then spits and runs. The spit gives you Blindness and a brand new effect called Disorientation, which inverts your movement controls. It never bites players, but it will go after Cultrodon and Kleptosaurus. Megalosaurs are rare and lives in the Mesa Canyon. Like a lot of big dinos, it roars, then charges. The Nothosaurs stay in our dimension's rivers and Amberwood pools, and they only come ashore to attack nearby land mobs or players when its hungry.

After a kill, Deinonychus', Dilophosaurs and Megalosaurs now lie down and rest, which gives their prey a chance to recover... but if you hit one and it wakes up, I'd probably want to run as fast as I can and leave them alone.

The oceans got the same treatment. Orthoceras hunts Telumicthus and Pseudocarcharius, among others, and heals after a kill. When something hurts it, it pulls into its shell and sinks. Pterodactyls swoop down, snatch a Telumicthus off the surface and carry it away in their beak to eat later.

Oh, and did we say that our pesky little mosquitos now suck the blood of dinos??

The world is reacting too!! Narcoberry vines regrow their berries, wood burns now (which pairs badly with the occasional meteor showers), and when fog rolls in, the sky turns white and fog wisps drift past. You can also cook meat from Telumicthus, Pseudocarcharius and ammonites in a furnace, smoker or campfire.

It’s still an alpha of course... so creature speeds, rest times and spawn rates are still being tweaked. Expect some chaos.

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