How do I install Better Colonies [FORGE]?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Better Colonies [FORGE] work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.16.5. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Better Colonies [FORGE]

Java modpack listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by illusionplayz13151 · on CurseForge

⬇ Download on CurseForge

The author built this one for Minecraft 1.16.5 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

Open in MC Java Mods Get it on Google Play →

Ever wanted Minecolonies 2 or What Minecolonies should have been!

This is an unofficial modpack release (better Minecraft and Minecolonies pls don't sue me!)

NO OPTIFINE NEEDED: Access Shaders in Video Settings > Shader Packs > Add your Shader

FEATURES
✔️ Caves & Cliffs 1.17 UPDATE! [Now able to go below y 0 into the Deep Dark Dimension]
✔️ Oh the Biomes You'll Go, Better Nether & BetterEnd Mods!
✔️ 5 NEW Dimension to Explore
✔️ QUESTS to help you progress into the different Dimensions!
✔️ Tons of New and Unique Bosses, Dungeons & Mobs

✔️ Tons of New Crops, Food & Decorative Blocks!
✔️ Xaero's World Map [Press 'M' to Open] & Xaero's Minimap [Press 'N' to Toggle]
✔️ Dragon Egg can now be hatched! [Different types of dragons too]
✔️ Tons of QOL mods [Quality of Life]
✔️ 210+ Mods to bring life to your world [Much more content to explore!]
✔️ A Brand New Experience of Vanilla Minecraft

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
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 CurseForge — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Downloads as Better Colonies [FORGE]-v1.0.zip
Download size: 11.1 MB
Download link checked 15 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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