Hope and Despair Server Hosting

We recommend 6 GB for the 134 mods on Forge 1.20.1 with a group of around six. Because the pack is combat focused, crowds of hostile mobs push usage up far more than builds do. If your group is bigger or players split up across the map, move up a tier and watch spark during the heaviest fights.

Around six is the sweet spot. That is enough people to share base defence and supply runs while every loaded area stays responsive. You can host more with extra RAM, but each player who wanders off alone adds chunks where hostiles spawn and tick, so a larger group should stay close or add memory.

Take a backup in the panel first, then install the newer build from the Modpacks tab. The 19.4 line updates often, so check whether a mod was removed between builds, because its blocks and items vanish from the world. Update every player's client to the same build at the same time, or they will hit a mod mismatch when joining.

Yes. Drop Forge mods built for 1.20.1 into the server's mods folder and give every player the same files. Client-only mods such as minimaps or visual tweaks stay off the server. Removing a mod is riskier than adding one, since anything it placed disappears, so back up first and avoid removing mods halfway through a run.

Hope and Despair is a remaster of that gameplay, moved to Forge 1.20.1 and built out to 134 mods. The original ran on an older Minecraft version. Pick this one if you want the same challenge format on a newer Forge release, with regular builds from its author instead of a pack frozen in place.

Yes. When no single player's PC hosts the world, nobody can pause or reload it, which keeps the challenge fair for the whole group. The world stays reachable whenever a teammate wants to play, and panel backups between sessions let you check what happened after a wipeout or crash before you decide how to continue.