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Refugia
A survival–exploration modpack with colonies, technology and multiple dimensions. Build your own story in a living world.
Quick answer
Which Refugia release should I use?
Refugia-3.0.0.zip is a complete pack release for 1.20.1 with Forge 47.4.13. Install it as its own launcher instance. If the creator publishes a separate server file, make sure it names this exact pack release. 102 mods in this pack file.
Pack setup
How should I set up Refugia for players and a server?
Use Refugia-3.0.0.zip as the pack version. Install the pack as its own launcher instance. The creator’s listing does not name a separate server file, so check the release notes before setting up a dedicated server. Do not upload the ordinary client folder blindly.
A pack is a matched client and server setup, not one mod with an install-side label. Keep its release, loader, manifest and overrides together.
These numbers come from the pack file you chose. “Not labelled” means we don’t know which side it belongs on—not that it is safe everywhere. The file count is not a RAM estimate.
What are the server requirements for Refugia?
Refugia-3.0.0.zip. Change the pack release and its contents or setup may change too.
The selected pack release is Refugia-3.0.0.zip. That file is for Minecraft 1.20.1 with Forge 47.4.13. It contains 102 mod projects. The creator’s listing does not name a separate server file. Check their notes before using one, and do not upload an ordinary client folder or rebuild the pack mod by mod. A file count cannot tell us the right RAM, CPU or storage; size the server for the players and world you actually run.
About this project
What kind of pack is Refugia?
🌿 Refugia – The Modpack of Adventure, Community, and Endless Exploration
Refugia is a Minecraft 1.20.x modpack designed to create a living, dangerous, immersive world filled with exploration and strong community gameplay. Built to offer a balanced experience between adventure, building, survival, immersive technology, and colony management, Refugia provides a universe where every player can forge their own story.
🏞️ A Transformed World
Nature and biomes take on an entirely new dimension thanks to Biomes O’ Plenty, ChoiceTheorem’s Overhauled Village, and TerraBlender. The landscapes are varied, vibrant, and full of life.
Below the surface, prepare to explore mysterious and unsettling underground worlds with Alex’s Caves, filled with strange creatures and forgotten secrets.
🐾 A Rich and Realistic Wildlife
With Alex’s Mobs, Alex’s Delight, and deeply immersive ambiance thanks to Ambient Sounds, the world becomes more alive than ever. Animals behave realistically, caves rumble, and every biome feels unique.
⚒️ Create & Advanced Systems
The modpack greatly enhances technical creativity through:
Create for mechanical machines and ingenious contraptions
Multi Piston, Domum Ornamentum, and Structurize for unique building possibilities
Visual Workbench for more immersive crafting
🏛️ Refugia: A Human Adventure
At the core of the gameplay lies MineColonies. Build your town, manage your citizens, expand your settlement, explore, and defend your territory. With Town Talk and Structurize, your village feels alive, evolves over time, and tells its own story.
🧭 Exploration & Dimensions
Refugia offers multiple distinct worlds to explore:
The Twilight Forest, a fairy-tale dimension filled with bosses and dungeons
The vast cave networks of Alex’s Caves
Additional environments generated by various world-enhancing mods
Combined with Immersive Portals, you can travel between dimensions seamlessly, without loading screens.
🎒 Advanced Adventure & Survival
The modpack improves the survival experience without making it frustrating:
Sophisticated Backpacks and Traveler’s Backpack for better inventory management
Gravestone to safely recover your items after death
SecurityCraft to protect your bases
TreeChop for realistic tree-cutting
Cave Dweller, adding constant tension in the depths… 🕳️👀
🔫 Weapons & Combat
Refugia brings a dynamic and visually rich combat system:
TACZ + TACZ C (modern firearms)
Just Enough Guns
Elytra Slot & Curios for expanded equipment slots
Smooth animations via Not Enough Animations and GeckoLib
Combat becomes more varied, more fluid, and more spectacular.
🗺️ Comfort & Quality of Life
Refugia integrates numerous quality-of-life improvements:
Waystones for fast travel
Inventory Sorter
Carry On to move blocks easily
Sound Physics Remastered for realistic 3D audio
Refurbished Furniture to decorate your homes
Tom’s Storage for advanced storage systems
Voice Chat & Walkie Talkie for in-game communication
🚆 Transport & Civilization
For community or urban projects:
Minecraft Transit Railway (MTR) allows you to build subways, trains, and realistic transport infrastructure.
Perfect for connecting player colonies across the world of Refugia.
🎮 Optimized Performance
To ensure smooth gameplay:
Embeddium, Sodium Dynamic Lights, Smooth Chunk, CreativeCore, and other optimization tools are included to keep the modpack running efficiently—even on mid-range PCs.
🌐 Refugia – A World to Build Together
Refugia is more than a modpack: it’s an experience. A fascinating yet dangerous universe filled with encounters, towns to build, strange creatures, innovative technologies, and limitless exploration.
Every player can choose to:
Establish a colony
Become an explorer
Build a futuristic city
Create advanced technical systems
Journey through mystical dimensions
Or simply survive…
Welcome to Refugia. Your refuge, your adventure.
Project description from CurseForge.
Mods in Refugia-3.0.0.zip
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