Can I remove mods I do not think we need?

No. The author states plainly that this pack does not support removing mods, and it is easy to break the economy or progression by pulling something that looks cosmetic. If the server fails to start, read the console error and address that specific problem instead. This is the most common way people break a Farming Valley server, and it is usually irreversible without a fresh install.

How much RAM does a Farming Valley server need?

6 GB for a group of around six, which is generous for a pack of roughly 92 entries. The gameplay helps: players stay around their farms and town instead of exploring, so new terrain generation drops off quickly. Watch entity counts instead, because a mature town with several players' worth of crops, animals and NPCs concentrates a lot into a small area.

Why is it on such an old Minecraft version?

Farming Valley was built on 1.10.2 and stayed there. The mods that make its farming economy work are from that era and were never carried forward. In practice that means Java 8, a frozen mod ecosystem and no path to a newer version. It also means the pack is stable and finished, which for a long-running town server is not a bad trade.

How does progression actually work?

Through money rather than crafting. Many parts in this pack cannot be crafted at all, so you buy them with what you earn selling crops and goods to NPCs. Your first task is summoning the Goddess, who explains the rest. That makes the selling loop the real progression system, and it is why a group that divides the farming, animal and selling jobs advances much faster.

Do seasons affect everyone at once?

Yes, the four-season calendar is shared world state, so the whole server plants and harvests together. Each season has its own crops to buy and grow. That gives a group a natural rhythm and makes coordination worthwhile: planting the same crop five times is far less effective than agreeing who covers which part of the town's economy.

Can I add mods to it?

It is possible in principle, since it is Forge, but 1.10.2 is a frozen ecosystem and finding a compatible build is the hard part. More importantly, this pack is carefully wired around its own economy, and the author's warning about removing mods reflects how interconnected it is. Back up first, expect problems, and give every player the identical files.

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Farming Valley Server Hosting

by Kehaan

ForgeMinecraft 1.10.2Java 8

How install works

One-click install from the Modpacks tab once your server is ready

Recommended RAM: 6 GB
Latest build: v1.3.6Sep 2026
Mod loader: Forge1.10.2
Downloads: 3.1MCurseForge

Farming Valley is Kehaan's attempt to put Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley inside Minecraft, and it is far more literal about it than you might expect. The usual Minecraft grind is replaced with a farming and town-building economy, and progress comes from selling what you grow rather than from mining what you find.

It opens with a genuinely odd and charming step: your first goal is to summon a Goddess, who then explains how the pack works. From there you slowly build up a small town, expand your farms, and sell crops to local NPCs for money. Four seasons each have their own crops to buy, plant and harvest, so the calendar dictates what you should be doing rather than your gear tier.

The twist that changes everything is that many parts simply cannot be crafted. You buy them with money you earned, which makes the economy the real progression system and keeps selling at the center of play. An achievement book provides longer-term goals once your town is running. It suits groups who want a cooperative, low-violence server where everyone has a job.

Hosting Farming Valley

Do not remove mods from this pack

Kehaan states this directly, and it is the single most important operational fact: the pack does not support removing mods. That matters more than usual on a server, because the instinct with an old pack is to strip out anything that looks client-side. Resist it here. If the server will not start, read the console and fix the actual error rather than deleting jars, because the pack's economy and progression are wired through mods that look optional and are not.

Minecraft 1.10.2, which is unusually old

This is the oldest Minecraft version we list. It runs on Java 8, which the installer selects for you, and it will not run on anything newer. A few practical consequences follow. The mod ecosystem for 1.10.2 is frozen, so adding anything means hunting for a build from that era. Tooling that assumes a modern version will not apply. And the pack is best treated as finished software: install it, play it, and do not expect to modernize it.

6 GB, and a gentle load profile

We set 6 GB for a group of around six. At around 92 entries this is one of the smallest packs we list, and the gameplay is kind to a server: players stay near their farms and town rather than exploring endlessly, so relatively little new terrain is generated after the first week.

What does accumulate is entities. Farms mean crops, animals and NPCs, and a well-developed town run by several players holds a lot of them in a small area. If the server slows down, count the animals before anything else.

Seasons make the server communal

The four-season cycle is shared world state, so everyone plants and harvests on the same calendar. That naturally pushes a group into coordinating: somebody handles animals, somebody handles crops, somebody runs the selling. It is worth dividing those roles deliberately, because a town built by a group that specializes grows far faster than one where everyone farms the same crop.

Mods

Never remove any

The author states the pack does not support removing mods, so do not strip jars to fix a boot error.

Version

Minecraft 1.10.2 on Java 8

The oldest pack we list. The mod ecosystem for it is frozen, so treat the pack as finished software.

Load

Animals, not terrain

Players stay near their town, so entity counts from farms and livestock matter more than chunk generation.

How to install Farming Valley on your server

1
Order the server
The button on this page preselects the RAM this pack needs. It is online about a minute after checkout.
2
Open the Modpacks tab and search Farming Valley
In the panel's Modpacks tab, search for Farming Valley and pick Farming Valley by Kehaan, then choose build 1.3.6.
3
Press install and wait
The panel downloads the server pack, installs the loader and the right Java version, then restarts.
4
Join with the same build
Everyone installs the same pack build in their launcher, then connects to the address on the Overview tab.

Available builds

Build	Minecraft	Loader	Released	Installable
v1.3.6	1.10.2	Forge	Sep 7, 2026	Installable
v1.3.5	1.10.2	Forge	Jul 10, 2026	Installable
v1.3.4	1.10.2	Forge	Apr 6, 2026	Installable
v1.3.3	1.10.2	Forge	Mar 27, 2026	Installable
v1.3.2	1.10.2	Forge	Mar 2, 2026	Installable