What is the difference between RAD and RAD2?

They are different packs on different Minecraft versions, not sequential releases of one. The original RAD is Minecraft 1.12.2 with the Betweenlands, Aether, The Beneath, Cavern II and Tropicraft among its dimensions. RAD2 is 1.16.5 with a different roster including Blue Skies, the Undergarden and Bumblezone. Both are maintained. Pick by Minecraft version and by which dimension list appeals.

How much RAM does a RAD server need?

8 GB for a group of around six. This is a large 1.12.2 pack and the memory goes into world generation across many dimensions rather than into machines. Because it runs on Java 8, going far beyond that generally makes collection pauses worse rather than better, so pregenerating the overworld is a more effective lever than buying more memory.

Why does the server pause when we enter a new dimension?

Because that dimension is being created at that moment. With eight of them in the pack, this happens several times over a server's life, and each is a one-off cost rather than something recurring. If it is disruptive mid-session, have someone open a new dimension at a quiet time so the generation happens before everybody is waiting on it.

Does the difficulty really keep increasing?

Yes. As your characters improve, mobs gain health and become stronger, so the world never settles into being safe. That is the pack's core design and it is why gear and skill upkeep stays relevant. For a server it means the demanding sessions come later in the world's life, when a group is clearing late dungeons with scaled-up enemies.

Can I add mods to a RAD server?

Within Forge 1.12.2, yes, though the ecosystem is frozen so you are picking from what exists rather than what is current. Every player needs the identical jars because Forge compares mod lists on connect. Be careful with anything that adds dimensions or changes loot, since this pack is already built around both and conflicts there are hard to unpick.

Minecraft modpack · CurseForge

Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons Server Hosting

by dreams01

ForgeMinecraft 1.12.2Java 8

How install works

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

Recommended RAM: 8 GB
Latest build: v1.56May 2026
Mod loader: Forge1.12.2
Downloads: 7.6MCurseForge

Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons is the pack that defined the dungeon-crawling niche, and the original 1.12.2 version is still being updated years later. Its pitch has not changed: no tech stuff, just adventuring, looting and fighting.

The dimension list is what people remember. Twilight Forest, The Betweenlands, the Aether, The Beneath, Cavern II, Atum 2 and Tropicraft are all in here, reached through dimensional doors that lead to mazes, dungeons and traps. Each one is a genuinely different world with its own bosses, from the Twilight Forest's Lich, Hydra and Naga to whatever is waiting in the Aether once you have built an airship to get there.

Progression is your character rather than your base. You improve skills and gear as you go, and the world answers by scaling: as you get stronger, mobs gain health and hit harder, so there is never a point where you have won and the danger stops. It suits groups who want to spend a server exploring together rather than automating anything, and who are comfortable on an older Minecraft version.

Hosting Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons

Eight dimensions is the defining server fact

Every major dimension in this pack is a separate world with its own generation rules, created the first time somebody steps through. That has two consequences worth planning around.

First, expect a cost each time your group opens a new one. It is a one-off per dimension rather than a recurring problem, but it lands as a noticeable pause, so it is better done at a quiet moment than mid-session.

Second, disk and memory grow with how many dimensions your group actually uses. A party that works through all eight has considerably more world stored than one that stays in the overworld and the Twilight Forest. That is fine, it is simply worth knowing before you wonder where the space went.

8 GB, and Java 8

We set 8 GB for a group of around six. This is a large 1.12.2 pack with heavy worldgen across many dimensions, which is where the memory goes rather than into machines. Minecraft 1.12.2 means Java 8, selected for you at install, and that runtime does not reward very large heaps: past a point the longer collection pauses cost more than the extra memory gains.

Pregenerate the overworld at least

The overworld is where your group will spend most of its time between expeditions, and it carries a lot of mod structures. The pack ships no pregeneration tool, so add Chunk Pregenerator to the server and cover a radius before you invite people. You cannot sensibly pregenerate eight dimensions, so accept a first-visit cost on each of those instead.

Scaling mobs change the shape of a session

Because mobs gain health as your group progresses, the server's heaviest moments arrive later rather than earlier. A late-game dungeon run with several players fighting scaled-up mobs is a much bigger job than the same fight in week one. If the server feels fine now, plan a little headroom for two months from now.

Dimensions

Eight separate worlds

Each generates the first time someone enters and then grows on disk, so open new ones at quiet moments.

Java 8

A 1.12.2 pack

Very large heaps do not help this runtime, so look at worldgen before adding memory.

Scaling

Mobs get stronger with you

The heaviest fights arrive late in a server's life, not early, so leave some headroom.

How to install Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons 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 Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons
In the panel's Modpacks tab, search for Roguelike Adventures and pick Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons by dreams01, then choose build R.A.D. 1.56.
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
v1.56	1.12.2	Forge	May 15, 2026	Installable
v1.55	1.12.2	Forge	Sep 12, 2024	Installable
v1.54	1.12.2	Forge	Sep 11, 2023	Installable
v1.53	1.12.2	Forge	Feb 17, 2023	Installable
v1.52	1.12.2	Forge	Oct 9, 2022	Installable