How to Host a Shattered Ring Server (Forge 1.20.1 Setup Guide)
Shattered Ring brings an Elden Ring-inspired Soulslike adventure to a Forge 1.20.1 server — devastating enemies, a wide-open world built for free exploration, and combat modeled after FromSoftware's own open-world entry. Getting it running smoothly takes more care than a vanilla server, mostly around RAM sizing and making sure the modpack import is clean before anyone logs in.
Shattered Ring is built on Forge 1.20.1 and recommends at least 7 GB of RAM as a starting point — that's the pack's own RAM floor, not a third-party guess. Undersizing it is the fastest way to turn boss fights into stutter-fests.
Skip hand-copying mods from a client install. Import the official Shattered Ring modpack directly through a proper modpack installer so the Forge version, mod list, and configs match what the pack actually ships — mismatched configs are a common crash source on combat-heavy Soulslike packs like this one.
Watch the server console through first boot. Shattered Ring's open-world generation and boss-encounter mods need to finish loading cleanly before you trust the server — look for the full "Done" message with no mod load errors, since a botched load can silently break encounters later.
Don't invite your group until that first clean boot is confirmed. Shattered Ring's challenge comes from its devastating enemies and open world, not server instability — let players explore its landscapes without also debugging a shaky server.
Take a backup before importing a world, updating Forge, or changing configs. Losing progress in Shattered Ring means losing ground explored and bosses already beaten in an open world built for exploration over linear progression — that's not something players want to redo.
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