Manually Install Mods from a Converted .mrpack ZIP

If you do not use any third-party launcher, you can still play the modpack by manually copying mod JAR files into the standard .minecraft/mods folder.

Steps

  1. Install the mod loader

    Run the Fabric / Forge / NeoForge installer for the target Minecraft version.

  2. Locate .minecraft

    • Windows: %APPDATA%/.minecraft
    • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
    • Linux: ~/.minecraft
  3. Extract the ZIP

    Open the converted ZIP and drag the mods/ folder into .minecraft. Merge with any existing mods folder.

  4. Copy configs and resource packs

    Also drop config/, resourcepacks/, and shaderpacks/ (if present) into .minecraft.

  5. Launch the modded profile

    From the vanilla launcher, choose the Fabric/Forge profile and play.

Why this works

This is the original, pre-launcher way to play modded Minecraft. The converter produces a ZIP whose internal layout matches .minecraft exactly, so the copy is one-to-one.