How to Host a Dragoncraft Server (NeoForge 1.21.1)
Dragoncraft turns Ice and Fire: Dragons and its companion mods into a full NeoForge 1.21.1 adventure pack, where dragons are tamed allies instead of apex predators. That's the key difference from RLCraft, which treats dragons as deadly survival hazards — Dragoncraft is built around finding, taming, and raising a dragon that grows into a flying mount alongside you. Here's how to get a server running cleanly before you invite anyone to start taming.
Start with 6 GB of RAM as your floor — that's the recommended allocation for Dragoncraft's mod list, covering Ice and Fire's dragon AI and lair generation plus the companion mods layered on top of NeoForge 1.21.1.
Import the modpack directly from its source instead of guessing at a client export — a clean install keeps NeoForge, Ice and Fire: Dragons, and the companion-dragon mods locked to the versions the pack actually ships with.
Watch the server logs through the first boot until the world finishes generating and dragon lair structures populate without errors — Ice and Fire's dragon spawning and AI routines are the most likely place for a loader mismatch to show up.
Only invite players once that first boot completes cleanly and you've confirmed dragon eggs and spawns are generating as expected — a server that crashes mid-tame is a quick way to lose trust (and a half-grown dragon).
Take a backup before importing an existing world, updating NeoForge, or changing dragon-related configs — a bad config reset can wipe tamed dragons that took hours to raise from hatchling to flying mount.
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