Winter Zombies Server Hosting

We recommend 5 GB. The pack runs just 12 mods on Forge 1.12.2, so its base load is small, and the extra room goes to hordes of infected mobs and to players spreading out across the snow. If night raids start to lag, profile with spark before raising memory, because entity counts are usually the cause.

The pack plays best with a group of about six. It is built around scarce shelter and dangerous trips into the cold, so a tight squad that shares a base and covers each other works better than a crowd. Bigger groups are possible, but expect more mobs loaded at once and plan RAM upwards to match.

Back up the world first, then install the newest build from the Modpacks tab over the existing one. The pack has had only two releases, with 1.0.1 the current one, so each jump is small. After the first start, check the console for missing or mismatched mod warnings and make sure every player moves their client to the same build.

Yes, through the Files tab or SFTP, as long as each mod is built for Forge 1.12.2. Every player has to mirror the change on their client or the server refuses them on join. Removing one of the pack's own 12 mods is riskier, because the zombie and cold mechanics rely on them, so test on a copied world first.

Most zombie apocalypse packs make the infected the only threat and lean on long mod lists for guns, vehicles and base building. Winter Zombies keeps the list to 12 mods and adds a second danger, the cold itself, so survival depends on warmth and shelter as much as firepower. It is shorter and tighter, which also makes it lighter to host.

In the pack's story the Mustard Virus has adapted to freezing climates, so the infected keep hunting in snow biomes while you slowly suffer frostbite. You cannot simply wait them out in the cold. Plan routes between warm shelters, carry whatever keeps you warm and avoid long night crossings of open tundra, where both threats stack.