Set up a Life in the Village 3 server

Life in the village 3 is a Forge modpack by dreams01, built around the MineColonies town-building mod. The author calls it a "Vanilla+" pack: it keeps close to vanilla play and adds colonies, quests, new villagers and structures, and Create machines. It is the sequel to Life in the village 2 for newer Minecraft versions. You install the server from the Modpacks tab, using the pack's own server files from CurseForge.

Checked against Life in the village 3 version 2.10 (the CurseForge file dated 2 December 2024) and its server pack, on Forge 43.3.2 and Minecraft 1.19.2, October 2026.

What the pack needs

• Minecraft 1.19.2 with Forge. The pack's manifest.json names Forge 43.3.2. The panel switches Java for you, which is Java 17 for this version. The project also holds older 1.18.2 builds, so check that the install popup names Minecraft 1.19.2.
• Memory. The CurseForge page gives no figure. The server pack's own user_jvm_args.txt sets a 6 GB heap, but the panel does not read that file. It sizes the heap from your plan's RAM at every start. Read how much RAM a Minecraft server needs and check the Minecraft plans before you install.
• Disk space. The server pack is a download of about 565 MB and unpacks to about 662 MB. Both sit on your plan's disk while it unpacks, so allow about 1.2 GB free. The download is deleted afterwards, and your world grows on top. The Disk Analyser tab shows what is using space.
• The same pack version for players. This guide installs 2.10. Players should run that version from the CurseForge app.

Install the server files

1. Open your server and choose Modpacks under Content in the left rail.
2. Press the CurseForge source button, then search for Life in the village 3.
3. Press Install on Life in the village 3. Searches for the series list the other packs, such as Life in the village 4 and Life in the village 2, so check the number.
4. The popup says it reinstalls your server with the pack and names Forge and Minecraft 1.19.2. If it offers a Pack version list, leave it on Newest that fits your server.
5. Leave Take a backup first ticked. The popup says your current world is replaced by the pack's. If it offers Keep my world, settings and player lists, leave it unticked (it starts unticked) unless you want the old world kept.
6. Tick Start the server when it's ready if you want the server to start itself. The I agree to the Minecraft EULA box appears only after you tick that, and only if the EULA is not accepted yet. Tick it too.
7. Hold Install and reinstall until it fills, then wait for the install to finish.

The server pack's files sit inside one folder in the download, and the install moves them to the server's root.

First start

Press Start on the Console tab. If the EULA has not been accepted yet, the panel asks you to accept it first. The server is up when the console prints a line containing For help, type. Your address is in the left rail under Server address. Connect to your server for the first time covers adding it in Minecraft.

Settings the pack sets

The pack ships its own server.properties, and the install keeps it. Open the Config Editor to change these:

• max-players=5 is Player slots under Players. Raise it for a bigger group, then restart.
• view-distance=7 and simulation-distance=10 are View distance (chunks) and Simulation distance (chunks) under Performance. Lower them if the server struggles.
• motd is Server list message under World, and it starts as "Life in the Village 3 Server".

The pack uses the Open Parties and Claims mod for chunk claims. Its defaults in the pack are 50 claimed chunks per player (maxPlayerClaims) and 10 force-loaded chunks (maxPlayerClaimForceloads). The pack author's wiki says the live file for an existing world is serverconfig/openpartiesandclaims-server.toml inside the world folder, edited while the server is stopped. In this pack the world folder is world.

Common problems

• The install stops while unpacking. The install message says your plan's disk may be too small for the pack. Free space in File Manager.
• A player cannot join. Check they run Life in the village 3 version 2.10 on Minecraft 1.19.2 with Forge.
• The server lags. Watch the RAM card on the Console tab and the TPS reading in the left rail. Why is my server lagging has more.
• The server crashes at boot. Find and read a crash report shows how to name the mod at fault.