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Create Live 5 server hosting & setup guide

A Create Live 5 server needs Java 17 and about 2.5–3.5 GB of RAM for up to 3 players.

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By DSN Servers · Updated October 2026 · Forge · Minecraft 1.20.1 · Java Edition

Create Live 5 is a Forge modpack for Minecraft 1.20.1 with 92 mods, 66 of which run on the server. We'd pick our Standard plan (4 GB) for it.

Quick facts

Loader	Forge
Minecraft versions	1.20.1
Java needed	Java 17 for Minecraft 1.20.1 Java version chart.
Mods	66 run on the server92 in the pack. The other 26 are client-only, and the server skips them.
RAM	About 2.5–3.5 GB for 1–3 playersBy player count.
Downloads	254,262 on Modrinth
Last updated	May 10, 2024 (version 1.3.2.1)
First published	February 29, 2024 on Modrinth
Server support	Required: the pack has mods that must run on the server.
Server pack	create-live-5_1.3.2.1-server.zipPublished by the pack's authors with the latest version on Modrinth.
Modrinth tags	challenging, technology

Create Live 5 server files

Yes. The authors publish a server pack with Create Live 5's latest version on Modrinth: create-live-5_1.3.2.1-server.zip (version 1.3.2.1). It's the server's side of the pack, ready to unzip.

How much RAM does a Create Live 5 server need?

Players online	RAM	DSN plan
1–3 players	About 2.5–3.5 GB	Standard (4 GB)
4–8 players	About 3–4.5 GB	Premium (8 GB)Standard (4 GB) can do if players stay close.
9–15 players	About 4–5.5 GB	Premium (8 GB)Standard (4 GB) can do if players stay close.

Estimated from 66 mods on the server with our RAM calculator, not measured: low end if players stay together, high end if they spread out.

Set Java's heap (-Xmx) 10–15% under the RAM you have, about -Xmx3500M on 4 GB. Forge 1.20.1 reads it from user_jvm_args.txt: uncomment the -Xmx line. RAM guide.

Create Live 5 server requirements

Java	Java 17
Loader	Forge for Minecraft 1.20.1
CPU	Fast single-core speed (one main thread).
RAM	About 2.5–5.5 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 Live 5

Standard

4 GB RAM · planned launch price $16/month

At about 66 Forge mods this is a light pack, so 4 GB of RAM covers it 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 Standard servers open.

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More than 3 players, or lots exploring at once? Go up to Premium (8 GB). 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 Live 5 server on your own PC

What's specific to Create Live 5, 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 create-live-5_1.3.2.1-server.zip from the pack's latest version on Modrinth and unzip it into an empty folder. Follow its readme if it has one.
Start it and accept the EULA.
Run the start script in the server files, or the run.sh / run.bat the Forge 1.20.1 installer writes, then set eula=true in eula.txt if you accept Mojang's EULA (EULA step).
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 Live 5 on DSN

Once we relaunch (join the launch list), on DSN you'd install Create Live 5 from the panel's Modrinth modpack installer (version 1.3.2.1), pick Java 17 on the Startup tab and accept the EULA in the console. No port forwarding.

How to play Create Live 5 with friends

Each player installs Create Live 5 version 1.3.2.1 with the Modrinth App or Prism Launcher, the same version as the server, and adds the server's address under Multiplayer.

Different versions of Create Live 5 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 Live 5

Can't keep up! Is the server overloaded? means ticks take longer than 50 ms; more RAM won't fix that once Create Live 5 has enough (tick lag guide). For Create Live 5:

Measure first: spark's /spark tps and profiler work on 1.20.1 and name the mod or machine using the tick time.
Distances: view-distance=8 and a lower simulation-distance in server.properties.
Pre-generate: Chunky for 1.20.1, /chunky radius 3000 then /chunky start, before people explore.
Create contraptions and train networks tick in every loaded chunk; check them first when TPS drops.

Common Create Live 5 crashes

What a Forge 1.20.1 server running Create Live 5 hits most. For any other error, paste the log into the free crash log analyzer.

Wrong Java version. Create Live 5 on Minecraft 1.20.1 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 Live 5 (66 mods on the server) needs about 2.5–3.5 GB for 1–3 players; java.lang.OutOfMemoryError means it ran out. Out-of-memory fix.
Client-only mod on the server. Create Live 5 includes 26 client-only mods, which a server install skips; copying a player's mods folder brings them back and stops the 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 Live 5 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 Live 5 past version 1.3.2.1, back up the world: see updating a modpack server without losing your world.

Bugs in Create Live 5 itself go to its authors: Discord. Server problems on DSN: hello@dsnservers.com or Discord.

More: all modpack guides and how to make a modded server.

Run Create Live 5 on DSN when we relaunch.

Our pick, Standard: 4 GB, planned at $16/month.

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DSN Servers isn't affiliated with Create Live 5 or Modrinth. The pack's name, icon, summary and stats come from Modrinth's public API (checked October 4, 2026).