How To Download & Install Essential Mod in Minecraft 1.20.1

So you want to get the essential mod in Minecraft well in this video we’re going to show you exactly how to do exactly that NOW essential is a really really cool mod that basically allows you to play single player worlds and invite your friends as you can see here you

Just kind of invite them like you normally would in a single player world now there are limitations to this you can’t use mods you can’t use plugins and things like that and it is hosted on your own computer meaning you need a decent computer in order to invite

Especially more than one friend into your world so keep that in mind but still it’s really really cool let’s go ahead and get essential installed the first thing you want to do is go to the second link down below that will take you here once you’re here you want to go

Ahead and click on download and then it will take you to the essential download page scroll down here and find the fabric version for 1.20.1 click on that and then essential will begin downloading while this is downloading how to message from our company simple game hosting now as I mentioned

Essential doesn’t allow for mods or plugins or anything like that well what if you want mods mod packs plugins well that’s where simple game hosting comes in at the first link in the description down below the breakdown.xyz SGH at simple game hosting you can easily add mods plugins mod packs or any other

Customizations you want to your server your server can be public or private and if you do just want a vanilla server with your friends that is super easy to set up as well and your single player world you can add that to your server at simple game hosting meaning you can

Enjoy that with your friends as well even with mods and things like that and if you do have any issues along the way we have live chat support and a high quality help center to help you out so go check out simple game hosting at the first link in the description down below

The breakdown.xyz SGH dessert your very own Minecraft server the simple way nevertheless as you can see we have now downloaded essential you may need to keep or save this file depending on your browser the one more thing we need to download of course is the fabric mod loader itself we downloaded the fabric

Version of the essential mod so we need to get the fabric mod loader in order to install it you can find this link in the description down below and this is our in-depth text guide on getting fabric once you’re here though go ahead and click on the download fabric button to

Be taken to Fabric’s official download page on this page click the download Universal sharp link here to this little link under the button and the universal jar will download you may need to keep or save the file depending on your browser the reason we’re using this

Universal jar by the way is because it means that in the future you’ll be able to install other Minecraft mods without any issues if we use the universal jar nevertheless let’s go ahead and minimize our browser and move essential and fabric to our desktop these are going to

Be found in our downloads folder we can just move them to the desktop like I said I’m actually going to be starting off with fabric here to do that you want to right click on fabric click on open with click Java and click ok but Nick I

Didn’t have Java well if you didn’t have Java when you clicked on open with what you need to do is download and install Java 17. Java 17 is in the description down below and this goes over everything you need to know about getting it troubleshooting frequently asked questions it’s all covered here and

Obviously this is for Minecraft mods essential is a Minecraft mod you may also need to run the jar fix and we have a complete guide on this this is going to take out of the jar files and computer and Link them back to Java so first get Java then run the jar fix

Nevertheless we can now minimize our browser and open up the fabric installer again right click on it click open with click Java and click ok now once this is open you want to make sure that 1.20.1 is selected and then click install the only reason this may not work is if

Minecraft or the Minecraft launcher open if that’s the case close out of both of those or if you’ve never played Minecraft 1.20.1 before go play it just open it to the main menu close out of it and then you’re good to go nevertheless click OK and it will close out of that

And we can close out of the fabric installer and delete it now let’s go ahead and get essential installed to do this we want to open up the Minecraft launcher and then once we’re in the Minecraft launcher we want to find the fabric profile but don’t play Minecraft

With it yet all you want to do is locate it how do you locate it well go up to installations at the top then you want to make sure that modded is checked once you’ve done that you will have this fabric profile here if you don’t no

Worries let’s go ahead and create a new installation I’m gonna name this simple game hosting because again that’s the easiest way to play Minecraft with your friends and then go ahead and click on the version drop down box here and select release fabric loader 1.20.1

Right there it is then we can change our resolution I’m just doing that so you can see once we get in game later then once you’ve found your installation whether it’s the one that you created or whether it was the one that’s already there click on the folder that appears

Now in here you should have a mods folder but Nick I don’t have a mods folder well that’s okay go ahead and right click create a new folder and title it mods mods mods all lowercase exactly like that and then open it up now drag and drop essential from your

Desktop into your mods folder there it is and now we can go ahead and play Minecraft using either the fabric profile that we had or the one that we created doesn’t matter which and essential will be installed once we reach the Minecraft name menu I will see

You there immediately we can see that essential is installed not only do we have a well essential on the top right we’ve got host World social pictures all the stuff that essential ads you can add accounts and switch them here all of that stuff social is where you’re going

To be able to once you’ve accepted the terms to add your friend so as you can see I have another account daily videos they’ve been added as a friend and if you were to join into a single player world you could invite them but keep in

Mind that you do do not have the ability to easily run mods plugins or anything like that it can be difficult with Essentials but if you go ahead and escape and then click invite you will be able to invite your friends set your settings all of that stuff and then done

Now your friend can go in and accept that invite as long as they have Minecraft open with the essential mod and join your single player world last but not least it is worth mentioning that again you’re going to need a decent computer especially as you add more and

More friends but at the end of the day you’re now playing Minecraft with your friends using the essential mod there’s also some other cool stuff you can easily manage different screenshots and stuff like that all of your Minecraft screenshots will show up right in here and you’ve also got different cosmetics

And things that you can get for Essentials you can view all the different settings right here by clicking settings on the right hand side but anyway if you did enjoy this video give it a thumbs up enjoy the essential mod check out simple game hosting if you

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