// modpack server guide
Create: Arcane Engineering server hosting & setup guide
A Create: Arcane Engineering server needs Java 17 and about 6.5–7.5 GB of RAM for up to 3 players.
A Create-centred pack on Forge 1.18.2 that blends tech and magic, with mods like PneumaticCraft and Thermal alongside Create, and quests to guide you.
Pack details checked by hand against Create: Arcane Engineering on CurseForge on October 4, 2026.
Create: Arcane Engineering is a Forge modpack for Minecraft 1.18.2 with 197 mods. We'd pick our Premium plan (8 GB) for it.
- The pack's last update was version 1.9.3 in November 2023, so there's no newer version to wait for.
Quick facts
| Loader | Forge |
|---|---|
| Minecraft versions | 1.18.2 |
| Java needed | Java 17 for Minecraft 1.18.2 Java version chart. |
| Mods | 197 modsThe number of mods CurseForge lists for the pack, client-side ones included. |
| RAM | About 6.5–7.5 GB for 1–3 playersBy player count. |
| Downloads | 723,303 on CurseForgeAs of October 4, 2026. |
| Latest version | November 8, 2023 (version 1.9.3)The newest version when we checked on October 4, 2026. |
| Official server files | Download pagePublished on the CurseForge Files page (CAEServer1.9.zip when we checked). |
| Authors' RAM advice | The authors recommend 8 GB, with 4 GB as the minimum.Source |
| Where to get it | Create: Arcane Engineering on CurseForge |
| Tags | exploration, quests, magic, tech |
Create: Arcane Engineering server files
Create: Arcane Engineering's authors publish official server files. Published on the CurseForge Files page (CAEServer1.9.zip when we checked). Get the official server files.
Use the server files for the exact version your players install: a server and client on different pack versions won't connect.
How much RAM does a Create: Arcane Engineering server need?
| Players online | RAM | DSN plan |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 players | About 6.5–7.5 GB | Premium (8 GB) |
| 4–8 players | About 7–9 GB | Heavy (12 GB)Premium (8 GB) can do if players stay close. |
| 9–15 players | About 8.5–11 GB | Heavy (12 GB) |
Estimated from 197 mods with our RAM calculator, set against the authors' own advice, not measured: low end if players stay together, high end if they spread out. What the authors say: The authors recommend 8 GB, with 4 GB as the minimum.
Set Java's heap (-Xmx) 10–15% under the RAM you have, about -Xmx7000M on 8 GB. Forge 1.18.2 reads it from user_jvm_args.txt: uncomment the -Xmx line. RAM guide.
Create: Arcane Engineering server requirements
| Java | Java 17 |
|---|---|
| Loader | Forge for Minecraft 1.18.2 |
| CPU | Fast single-core speed (one main thread). With 197 mods, the first start takes minutes. |
| RAM | About 6.5–11 GB for 1–15 players (table above) |
| Disk | The server files, a growing world and backups |
| Network | TCP port 25565 open to players |
Recommended plan
Our pick for Create: Arcane Engineering
Premium
8 GB RAM · planned launch price $30/month
The authors recommend 8 GB (4 GB at the very least), so Premium matches their advice for a small group.
Ordering is closed until we relaunch. We aren't taking orders or payments while we move to new hardware. Join the launch list and we'll email you when Premium servers open.
Running it for a bigger group or a public server? Go up to Heavy (12 GB, $42/month). Not sure? Email hello@dsnservers.com.
Planned launch price in USD, billed monthly once ordering opens, with a 7-day refund window.
How to make a Create: Arcane Engineering server on your own PC
What's specific to Create: Arcane Engineering, step by step. The full walkthrough for any pack: how to make a modded Minecraft server.
- Install Java 17.
Check with
java -version. Java version chart. - Get the server files.
Download the official server files for the version your players use and unzip them into an empty folder. Follow the readme that comes with them.
- Start it and accept the EULA.
Run the start script in the server files, or the
run.sh/run.batthe Forge 1.18.2 installer writes, then seteula=trueineula.txtif you accept Mojang's EULA (EULA step). With 197 mods, the first start takes minutes. - Set the RAM with
-Xmx, sized from the table above. - Let friends connect: forward TCP 25565, or use a tunnel or host behind CGNAT (can't connect?).
Or run Create: Arcane Engineering on DSN
Once we relaunch (join the launch list), on DSN you'd install Create: Arcane Engineering from the panel's CurseForge modpack installer, pick Java 17 on the Startup tab and accept the EULA in the console. No port forwarding.
How to play Create: Arcane Engineering with friends
Each player installs Create: Arcane Engineering with the CurseForge app or Prism Launcher, the same version as the server, and adds the server's address under Multiplayer.
Different versions of Create: Arcane Engineering on the server and a client show up as Mismatched mod channel list or mod rejections. Why friends can't join, timeouts included.
Lag and performance on Create: Arcane Engineering
Can't keep up! Is the server overloaded? means ticks take longer than 50 ms; more RAM won't fix that once Create: Arcane Engineering has enough (tick lag guide). For Create: Arcane Engineering:
- Measure first: spark's
/spark tpsand profiler work on 1.18.2 and name the mod or machine using the tick time. - Distances:
view-distance=8and a lowersimulation-distanceinserver.properties. - Pre-generate: Chunky for 1.18.2,
/chunky radius 3000then/chunky start, before people explore. - Create contraptions and train networks tick in every loaded chunk; check them first when TPS drops.
Common Create: Arcane Engineering crashes
What a Forge 1.18.2 server running Create: Arcane Engineering hits most. For any other error, paste the log into the free crash log analyzer.
- Wrong Java version. Create: Arcane Engineering on Minecraft 1.18.2 needs Java 17. Started on Java 8, it stops with
UnsupportedClassVersionError: ... class file version 61.0, this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0. Java version fix. - Out of memory. Create: Arcane Engineering (197 mods) needs about 6.5–7.5 GB for 1–3 players;
java.lang.OutOfMemoryErrormeans it ran out. Out-of-memory fix. - Client-only mod on the server. This one shows up when the mods folder is copied from a player's game instead of installed as a server. Check a mods list with the client-or-server-side checker. Client-only mod fix.
- After adding or updating a mod. Mods you add to Create: Arcane Engineering by hand usually crash it with a missing dependency or a mixin conflict.
- Ticking entity or block entity. The crash report names it and gives its coordinates. Ticking entity fix.
Updates and support
Before moving Create: Arcane Engineering past version 1.9.3, back up the world: see updating a modpack server without losing your world.
Bugs in Create: Arcane Engineering itself go to its authors through its CurseForge page. Server problems on DSN: hello@dsnservers.com or Discord.
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Run Create: Arcane Engineering on DSN when we relaunch.
Our pick, Premium: 8 GB, planned at $30/month.
DSN Servers isn't affiliated with Create: Arcane Engineering or CurseForge. We wrote the summary and checked the pack's facts by hand on October 4, 2026. Sources: curseforge.com, curseforge.com (2), api.cfwidget.com.