CurseForge · Minecraft modpack
Expansion Zero
Explore the stars, build massive factories, visit strange planets, and uncover what’s waiting beyond Earth. Expansion Zero combines space exploration, technology, automation, combat, and adventure into one sci-fi Minecraft experience.
Quick answer
Which Expansion Zero release should I use?
Expansion Zero 1.0.1 R1 is a complete pack release for 1.21.1 with NeoForge 21.1.248. Install it as its own launcher instance. If the creator publishes a separate server file, make sure it names this exact pack release. For this loader, use Java 21. 133 mods in this pack file.
Pack setup
How should I set up Expansion Zero for players and a server?
Use Expansion Zero 1.0.1 R1 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 Expansion Zero?
Expansion Zero 1.0.1 R1. Change the pack release and its contents or setup may change too.
The selected pack release is Expansion Zero 1.0.1 R1. That file is for Minecraft 1.21.1 with NeoForge 21.1.248. This NeoForge setup needs Java 21. It contains 133 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 Expansion Zero?
Expansion Zero is a sci-fi Minecraft modpack built around exploration, technology, automation, and just seeing how far you can take things.
Start out on Earth with basic survival and slowly work your way up to advanced machinery, automated factories, powerful energy systems, and eventually space travel. Once you leave Earth, you'll have new planets to explore, resources to find, structures to discover, and plenty of things that probably want to kill you.
🚀 Go to Space
Getting into space isn't something you can do right away. You'll need to work your way through the tech tree, gather resources, build up your infrastructure, and eventually put together the technology needed to leave Earth.
Once you're up there, you can explore different planets and moons and start building bases away from home.
🪐 Explore New Worlds
There's more to space than just collecting resources.
Explore abandoned facilities, strange structures, alien ruins, mining sites, and other locations scattered throughout the worlds you visit.
Some places are worth exploring.
Some probably aren't.
⚙️ Build Some Ridiculous Machines
If exploring isn't your thing, you can spend hours building factories instead.
Create, Mekanism, and Applied Energistics 2 give you plenty of ways to automate resource production, generate power, process materials, and keep your increasingly complicated base organized.
Start with a small setup and eventually end up with a factory that looks like it belongs on another planet.
👽 Watch Your Back
The further you go, the more dangerous things get.
You'll encounter hostile creatures and other threats while exploring unfamiliar places, so better equipment and technology will become increasingly important.
Don't expect every planet to be a relaxing vacation.
🏗️ Build Wherever You Want
Your base doesn't have to stay on Earth.
Build a huge factory, a research facility, a mining colony, a space station, or a small outpost on another planet.
Use the building and decoration mods included in the pack to make your bases feel like actual places instead of a bunch of machines sitting in a box.
📖 Progress Through the Pack
Expansion Zero has a progression system to help guide you through the different stages of the pack.
You'll start with basic survival, move into automation and advanced technology, and eventually work your way toward space exploration and late-game technology.
You don't have to follow the quests perfectly, though. They're there to give you some direction and goals rather than tell you exactly how to play.
🔧 Main Mods
Some of the main mods included in Expansion Zero are:
- Stellaris — Space exploration and planets
- Mekanism — Advanced machines and technology
- Create — Automation and factories
- Applied Energistics 2 — Storage and logistics
- FTB Quests — Progression and quests
- Xaero's Minimap & World Map — Maps and navigation
- Sodium — Performance
There are also plenty of mods for exploration, combat, building, storage, world generation, creatures, and quality of life.
🌌 What Are You Going to Do?
Build the biggest factory possible.
Explore everything you can find.
Or completely ignore the intended progression and spend 20 hours decorating your space station.
It's up to you.
💻 Recommended RAM Allocation: 6144gb to 8192gb
Note: For those who mainly use Modrinth, this modpack will remain exclusive to CurseForge as of right now due to mod incompatibilities with their mod connections.
Project description from CurseForge.
Mods in Expansion Zero 1.0.1 R1
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