How do I install Phantom Loader?

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 Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Phantom Loader work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20.2. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Phantom Loader

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by HexagonNico · on Modrinth

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader Fabric3 builds
Mod loader Forge3 builds

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.20.3–1.20.4Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1–1.20.2
Minecraft 1.19.4

Minecraft 1.20.3–1.20.4Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1–1.20.2
Minecraft 1.19.4

⬇ Download for 1.20.3–1.20.4 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20.1–1.20.2 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.19.4 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20.3–1.20.4 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1–1.20.2 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.19.4 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Phantom Loader is a library that automates part of the process of creating Minecraft mods for multiple mod loaders by generating loader-specific code at build time.

About

Normally, when creating a mod for both Fabric and Forge, mod developers have to create separate modules for both mod loaders and add loader-specific code that has mostly the same function. Phantom Loader allows you to automatically generate Forge and Fabric initializer classes on build time by keeping all code, or most of the code, in the common module.

The Phantom Library also takes care of abstracting each mod loader's basic functionalities to allow the developer to only depend on the abstraction from the common module.

For developers

Documentation for setting up and using Phantom Loader can be found on the Wiki.

An example mod using Phantom Loader can be found here.

Credits

Author: HexagonNico

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.20.2
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as library-forge-20.1.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 139 KB
Download link checked 7 Oct 2026 — working

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

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