Create: Above and Beyond Server Hosting

What CAB Is

CAB is built on Forge 1.16.5 with 136 mods, and none of them is marked as client only, so the server loads the full list. Its progression runs through chapters of the quest book, each unlocked by building a new kind of machine, and the late chapters reach Advanced Rocketry. Thermal Expansion, Tinkers' Construct, Applied Energistics 2 and Project Red join that same chain of recipes.

CABIN, short for Create Above and Beyond In Newer, keeps that route and rebuilds it on Forge 1.20.1 with 174 mods, with Ad Astra taking over for the trip to space. The two are listed separately and keep separate worlds; a CAB world does not carry over to CABIN.

The 2 CAB Editions, Counted

How Much RAM a CAB Server Needs

Not much. With 136 mods on an older Minecraft version, our figure for a few friends is 5 GB, and CABIN needs about the same. The part that grows is Create itself: contraptions that move, trains, and belts full of items are all things the server calculates tick by tick, and a long production line of them is where a CAB world spends its time.

The table holds for both editions. A 1.16.5 server runs on Java 8 and CABIN on Java 17; the installer sets the right one, and the version page explains which Java each Minecraft version needs.

Why Groups Start With CAB

Create is easy to watch and hard to master, and CAB is designed to teach it one step at a time. Every chapter asks for something you have not built before, so a group on a server tends to split the work: one player sets up ore processing, another the brass line, a third the logistics. That makes it a pleasant first modded server for friends who have only played vanilla.

Because the quest book gates recipes, CAB also plays differently from a kitchen sink pack. There is less to do at once and less for the server to run at once, which is part of why a small plan goes further here than with a pack three times the size.

Setting Up CAB on Our Panel

1. Back up what is there now

   If the server already holds a world, make a backup on the Backups tab. The installer moves an old mods folder aside under a dated name instead of deleting it. A server on Paper or vanilla goes to Forge on the Settings tab first, because the Mods tab only shows on a server with a mod loader.

2. Search for CAB on the Mods tab

   Type the name and pick the Create: Above and Beyond entry from CurseForge. CABIN is listed next to it as a separate pack, so check the name before you click.

3. Choose version 1.3, or the one your group runs

   Take the exact version your players installed. Two releases can differ by a few mods, and a player whose list does not match the server's is turned away at the door.

4. Install it in one go

   The machine fetches the pack itself and switches the server to Forge 36.2.20 for Minecraft 1.16.5 on Java 8. The server pack the makers put out carries the configs, so the server starts with the same settings your players have.

5. Start it and wait for Done

   The first start loads 136 mods and builds the spawn area, which takes a few minutes. When the console prints Done, players join with the address from the panel.

Rather not do it yourself? With free setup we install CAB for you after you order.

Packs Close to CAB

Create Astral and Create: Arcane Engineering are two more packs built around Create, the first on Fabric and the second mixing it with Ars Nouveau magic on Forge. Our Create page covers running the mod on its own, and Craftoria is a Create pack with a great deal more beside it.

Questions About CAB Servers