Minecraft Guides — TCLauncher
Short, honest Minecraft guides: how to install mods, play with a friend, put your own skin on an offline name and choose between Forge, Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt. Everything is shown in TCLauncher — a free launcher with no ads — but most of the tips are useful without it too.
How to Choose a Safe Minecraft Launcher
What to check before you install a Minecraft launcher: ads, what it sends, file checksums and an honest privacy policy — and how TCLauncher measures up.
Read →How to Install Mods in Minecraft
Step by step: an instance with Forge, Fabric, NeoForge or Quilt, finding mods in the Modrinth catalogue, dependencies, updates and manual install.
Read →How to Play Minecraft with Friends
Three ways to play Minecraft with friends: TCLauncher rooms with no router setup, your own server, and playing over LAN.
Read →How to Get a Minecraft Skin Without Premium
How to put your own skin on an offline name: the Skins tab in TCLauncher, the MCL Skin mod, 64×64 and HD formats, slim and classic arms.
Read →Forge vs Fabric vs NeoForge vs Quilt: Which to Choose
How the Forge, Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt mod loaders differ, which Minecraft versions they support, and how to pick the right one for you.
Read →How to boost FPS in Minecraft
What really adds frames in Minecraft: game memory, performance mods, graphics and shader settings. Step by step in TCLauncher.
Read →How to install shaders in Minecraft
Step by step: which loaders support shaders, where to get a shader pack and how to turn it on with TCLauncher.
Read →How to create your own Minecraft server
Your own Minecraft server on your own PC: choosing a core, memory, inviting friends over the internet and playing together without a server.
Read →How to install a modpack in Minecraft
A modpack in a minute: from the Modrinth catalog or a .mrpack file. A separate build, mods and configs — all installed for you.
Read →How to install Forge for Minecraft
Forge with no installer and no manual copying: pick a game version and the launcher installs Forge itself. Step by step.
Read →How to install Fabric for Minecraft
Fabric and Fabric API in a few clicks: a separate build for any game version, mods from the catalog with all dependencies.
Read →OptiFine or Sodium: which is better for FPS
How Sodium with Iris differs from OptiFine, which gives more frames, and how to get shaders and zoom without OptiFine.
Read →How to allocate more RAM to Minecraft
How much memory to give Minecraft, where to change it and why more isn't always better.
Read →What to do if Minecraft crashes
Why Minecraft crashes on launch or in game, how to read a crash report and how to find the mod to blame.
Read →Which Java does Minecraft need
Java 8, 17 or 21: which version for which Minecraft, why the game complains about Java and how to never think about it.
Read →How to install a texture pack in Minecraft
Resource packs and texture packs: where to get them, where to put them and how to enable them. Plus why a pack may not show up.
Read →How to install a datapack in Minecraft
Datapacks add recipes, mechanics and structures without mods. Where to put them in a singleplayer world and on a server.
Read →How to back up Minecraft worlds and never lose them
Backups of worlds and servers: by hand, before every server start, and to Google Drive so a world survives reinstalling Windows.
Read →How to join a Minecraft server
How to add a server by IP, which version and mods you need, why “Failed to verify username” and how to play with an offline nickname.
Read →How to install plugins on a Minecraft server
Paper or Purpur, where to put plugins, how to update them and what to do if a plugin doesn't load.
Read →How to give op and turn on the whitelist
The op and whitelist commands for your own Minecraft server: how to give admin rights and let only friends in.
Read →How to move to a new Minecraft version with mods
How to move a build or a server to a new game version: which mods are already out, what happens to the world and how not to break saves.
Read →How to play Minecraft on Linux and macOS
How to run modded Minecraft on Linux and macOS: installing TCLauncher, Java, .deb and .rpm packages and Apple Silicon.
Read →Minecraft on a low-end PC or laptop
How to play Minecraft on an old computer or laptop: optimisation mods, settings and what to turn off in the system.
Read →How to change your Minecraft nickname
How to change the nickname of an offline and a licensed account, and what happens to your skin and items on servers.
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