lowerparchment/minecraft_server repository overview

⁠Forge Base Server - Minecraft 1.18.2 (Forge 40.3.0)

⁠Why This Exists

Time for a story:

When I tried to self-host a modpack for me and my girlfriend (CurseForge: Life in the Village 4 to be exact), I ran into every blocker imaginable:

• The modpack didn’t provide official server files via CurseForge.
• The modpack worked client-side but failed server-side due to unresolved mod dependencies.
• The Forge launcher was incompatible with the way the pack was built.
• Some mods were client-only or completely broken in multiplayer, but there was no doc, no toggle, no warning.
• The modpack author ignored weeks of complaints, deferring to a Discord mod team while still collecting server hosting revenue through affiliate codes. Meaning they did have the correct server files — just hosted on a 3rd-party provider they were pushing people toward, instead of providing it on their about section. Claiming that the pack "wasnt out of alpha yet".

That’s not open-source. That’s bait-and-switch and I won't stand for it.

I built this image out of pure spite — and a desire to make sure nobody else has to go through as much bullshit as I did — to an extent anyway.

So this project is for everyone — a fully open, remixable, drop-in Minecraft server image that you control. No lock-in. No shell games. Just you and your mods.

⁠What's Inside This Image

• Dependencies necessary to run the image (will vary by tag)
• Volume-mountable folder (/app) for your configs, mods, worlds
• Auto EULA acceptance
• Configurable RAM (defaults to 4GB)
• No mods included — clean slate for drag-and-drop installation

⁠How to Hook This In

1. Install Docker:

   • Windows/macOS: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/⁠
   • Enable WSL 2 and integration if you're on Windows

2. Pull the Image:

   docker pull lowerparchment/minecraft_server:yourSpecificTaggedImageYouNeedHere
   

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3. Create a folder for your server:

   mkdir C:\GameServers\Forge1182
   

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4. Run the container:

   docker run -d -p 25565:25565 ^
     -v C:\GameServers\Forge1182:/app ^
     --name mymoddedserver ^
     lowerparchment/minecraft_server:yourSpecificTaggedImageYouNeedHere
   

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Your server folder is now ready to edit via Windows GUI at:

C:\GameServers\Forge1182

⁠Customization Steps

⁠1. Add Mods

• Open your modpack's client folder:
  %APPDATA%\.minecraft\instances\<YourModpackName>\mods Or you can find them by navigating to the client installed forge and opening file location from their menus.
• Copy all .jar files into:
  C:\GameServers\Forge1182\mods

⁠2. Add Configs

• Same thing: copy the entire config/ folder from your modpack client
• Paste it into C:\GameServers\Forge1182\config

⁠3. (Optional) Beef Up RAM

• Open start.sh inside the container, or rebuild the image with updated values:

  java -Xmx8G -Xms4G -jar forge-*.jar nogui
  

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⁠4. Tweak Server Properties

Edit server.properties inside the mounted folder. Want PvP off? Enable command blocks? Crank the view distance? It’s all in there.

⁠Want to Extract the Files Instead of Running Docker?

If you just want to extract the raw server folder to configure without running Docker:

docker create --name forge-dump lowerparchment/minecraft_server:yourSpecificTaggedImageYouNeedHere
docker cp forge-dump:/app ./ForgeServerDump
docker rm forge-dump

You’ll now have a folder called ForgeServerDump with everything inside it.

⁠Need Help?

Always try ChatGPT first if you kind of know what you're doing. It's a great way to point you in the right direction with syntax issues.

Otherwise: Reach out on Discord: lowerparchment

I'm here to help, not gatekeep. If a mod isn’t loading, you’re hitting version hell, dependency issues, or Docker won’t start — hit me up. I'll help the best that I can within reason. NOTE: I may not have a solution for you and I'm mainly leaving this as a way to get docker-image-specific help, not necessarily fixing your modpack.

Built with blinding rage, Red Bull (Summer Edition: White Peach obviously), and a burning hatred for unresponsive modpack devs.

Last updated: June 20, 2025