Default Servers provides a simple solution for modpack creators trying to ship out default server lists to players.
Instead of overwriting the servers.dat file, which often leads to player-added servers being deleted on updates,
Default Servers allows you to ship default data inside config/default-servers.json. This file is loaded at runtime
and will populate the servers.dat file if it does not exist.
Usage
The default config file is composed of a list of server entries, as seen below:
{
"servers": [
{
"name": "All of Fabric",
"ip": "127.0.0.1",
"forced": false
},
{
"name": "My Epic Server",
"ip": "127.0.0.1",
"resources": "enabled",
"forced": false
},
{
"name": "Gamer Time",
"ip": "127.0.0.1",
"forced": true
}
]
}
name and ip fields are required, while resources and forced are optional.
Resources can be one of the following values:
- "enabled" - server will automatically download resource packs
- "disabled" - server will not download resource packs
- "prompt" - server will prompt for resource packs [default]
If forced is set to true (default: false), the server will be added to the servers.dat list on boot regardless of whether the file already exists.
If a server entry with the same IP address already exists, the entry will not be added.
License
Default Servers is available under MIT.
1.19.2 port by AnotherPillow, previous releases by Draylar & kaifabian.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.19.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as default-servers-1.1.0-1.19.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 12 KB
- Download link checked 22 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.