

Then inside that folder, you should see a folder named 'mods'.(If you don't see one, make sure you've installed Minecraft Forge alreadyand started Minecraft again once.)That's where you'll put any mods you want to install. or ifyou like working at the commandline, 'cd ~/.minecraft'. On Linux: in a terminal window, type 'xdg-open ~/.minecraft'.On Mac: click on the desktop, press Command+Shift+G, type ~/Library and press enter then open 'Application Support' and finally 'minecraft'.On Windows: do Start / Run / %appdata%, or type %appdata% into the location field of the Windows Explorer then open Minecraft.Finding the Minecraft mods folderBefore you can install a mod, you need to find your minecraft folder. Then, to install a mod, you download it to theMinecraft mods folder (see below), and then start Minecraft, choosing the Forgeprofile installed mods are always active. ModsMinecraft is relatively easy to hack on, sothere are lots of fan-written code changes (called'Mods').

It's both a blessing(because things do fix themselves) and a curse (becausedoing a clean install involves many little half-steps justto get things to autoupdate).

Forge won't install unlessyou've run the matching version of Minecraft once the mods folder doesn't appear until you've launched Minecraftafter installing Forge the latest version of Minecraft won'tappear in the Forge profile editor until you've swung a chickenover your head for a while, etc. And a word about autoupdating softwareThere are a lot of places in mod installation where youhave to run something you just installed and then quitbefor you can do the next step. (For instance, seems good.But 9minecraft and minecraftdl are a bit scary, so I avoid those.)Many mods have download links via AdFly that's fine, butbeware! AdFly shows you nasty ads that attempt to trick you into clicking on them by looking like download buttons.ALWAYS wait a few seconds, then click on the great big yellow SKIP AD button.And even then, DO NOT CLICK on the obvious download buttons you'll have tofind the real one (it usually has a size like 39.65KB right after it).

Be very careful to stick to well-known forums, and don't follow linksto strange ones. Searching for Minecraft mods quickly leads you into a twilight of shady webpages.
