Farming Valley Minecraft server setup

Farming Valley is a Forge modpack for Minecraft 1.10.2, made by Kehaan. Its CurseForge page says it is built around the kind of game Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon are: you build and run a farm and a small town, sell crops to local NPCs for money, and spend that money to progress. The page describes four seasons, each with its own crops, and an achievement book for long-term goals. You install the server from the Modpacks tab, using the pack's own server files.

Checked against Farming Valley 1.3.6 (the CurseForge file dated 7 September 2026) on Forge 12.18.3.2511 and Minecraft 1.10.2, October 2026.

What the pack needs

• Minecraft 1.10.2 with Forge 12.18.3.2511. The server files include forge-1.10.2-12.18.3.2511-universal.jar and minecraft_server.1.10.2.jar, and the panel launches that Forge jar on Java 8, which it picks itself.
• Memory. CurseForge gives no figure. LaunchServer.sh asks for -Xmx2G, but the panel writes its own launch script and sizes the heap from your plan, so that value never applies. If you are choosing a plan, how much RAM a Minecraft server needs helps.
• Disk space. About 153 MB to download and about 172 MB unpacked, with both on your plan's disk during the unpack.
• Version for players. The server installs 1.3.6, so players run 1.3.6 from the CurseForge app.

Install the server files

Choose the CurseForge chip in Modpacks and search for Farming Valley, then press Install on Farming Valley. Other packs with similar names, such as Farming Valley - Lite, appear in the same results, so check the name. The window names Forge and Minecraft 1.10.2. For the version list, the backup, the EULA tick and the rest of the window, see Install a CurseForge modpack.

First start

The pack's own eula.txt says eula=false, so the panel asks you to accept the Minecraft EULA first if you did not tick it in the window. The server files carry no server.properties, so the install writes a short one and Minecraft fills in the full file on that first start.

Do not remove mods

The CurseForge page carries this warning in capitals: the modpack does not support removing mods. Leave the mods folder as the install made it. If a mod causes trouble, find out which one from the crash report instead of deleting it. Find and read a crash report shows how.

Tune it for a server

• Lower the view distance if the server struggles. Open Config Editor, go to Performance, change View distance (chunks), press Save changes and restart.
• Watch the cards. The RAM card on the Console tab and the TPS reading in the left rail show whether the plan is keeping up. Why is my server lagging has more.

Common problems

• A player is refused on join. Their client needs to be Farming Valley 1.3.6 with Forge on Minecraft 1.10.2.
• The server crashes at boot. Read the crash report as above before changing anything, and keep every mod in place while you do.