1. Create an Installation
- If you wanna play Minecraft: Java Edition with mods… → It’s safer to keep it separate from your regular Minecraft ⚠️ → Make a special folder just for MiniaTuria Legacy, and put all your mods, resource packs, and world data in there → And so you can always start Minecraft with that setup, let’s make an Installation! I’ll walk you through it.
First, manually create an empty folder anywhere you like, with any name (C: drive is a good choice).
→ I usually make mine on the desktop (makes it easier to find screenshots and save data later).
→ Use only letters and numbers for the name. In this guide, we’ll call it “MiniaTuriaLegacy”.
- Next, install the official Minecraft Launcher!
⚠️ Unlike Bedrock Edition, which can run as a standalone app, Java Edition can only be launched from this official launcher.→ If you’ve already played Java Edition before or already have the launcher, skip this and jump to step 4
Go to this page on the official Minecraft website and click “Download for Windows”
→ That’ll download “MinecraftInstaller.exe”. Open it up to start.
→ When this window pops up, just follow the instructions to install
→ Once the launcher (creeper face icon) is installed, open it up!
→ Launch the official Minecraft Launcher
→ Select “MINECRAFT: Java Edition”
→ Click “Installations”
→ Click “New Installation”
(If it’s your first time, the list will be empty.)
→ The “Create new installation” screen will open
→ In “Name”, type anything you like. Here, we’ll use “MiniaTuria_Legacy”.
→ Then, under “Version”, pick “release 1.20.1”.
→ “Game Directory”
If you leave it blank, it’ll use , which means “your regular Minecraft folder”. → We don’t want that! Put in the folder you made back in step 2. You can hit “Browse” and navigate in Explorer to your “MiniaTuriaLegacy” folder, 
or just open the folder itself, click the address bar to copy the path, then paste it right in here.
→ “Resolution” (the Minecraft window size) is also good to set here.
→ You can type in numbers even if they’re not in the dropdown.
1280 x 720 is my personal recommendation, but it’s up to you!
⚠️ The bigger the window, the heavier Minecraft runs. If fullscreen feels laggy, try lowering the resolution. It also helps reduce motion sickness.-
For MiniaTuria Legacy, I recommend giving Minecraft at least 4 GB of memory.
→ Click “More Options”
→ In “JVM Arguments”, there’s already some text. At the start, you’ll see “-Xmx2G”. Change that 2 to a 4, and Minecraft will be able to use up to 4 GB!
⚠️ If your PC has less than 8 GB of RAM, don’t change this! Just leave it as-is. 
→ Okay, Installation setup is done, so click “Install”.
Since “Launch after installation” is checked, the launcher will close and Minecraft will start up automatically.
⚠️ To install Fabric later, you first need to launch Minecraft 1.20.1 vanilla (no mods) at least once.
→ Click “Continue”.
→ Finally, click “Quit Game” to close Minecraft for now.
→ Click the “Download for Windows” button
→ A file like “fabric-installer-x.x.x.exe” will be downloaded
→ Double-click to run it!
→ Once it opens, in the “Client” tab select Minecraft version 1.20.1
→ Leave “Loader Version” and “Install Location” as they are
→ Uncheck “Create Profile”
→ Click “Install”
→ Click “OK” to close, then close the Fabric setup window as well
→ Open the Minecraft Launcher, go to the “MINECRAFT: JAVA EDITION” tab on the left, and click “Installations”
→ Find the launch config “MiniaTuria_Legacy” you made earlier, click the “⋯”, then click “Edit”
→ In “Edit Installation” → “Version”
Change “release 1.20.1”
to “release fabric-loader-x.x.x-1.20.1”
You should find it near the top of the list.
→ Click “Save”
→ Then click “Play” on the MiniaTuria_Legacy config
→ A safety warning will pop up. This is about protecting kids during online multiplayer communication. If you understand it, check “Don’t show this warning again” and click “Play”
→ The launcher will close and Minecraft will start!
→ If you see “Fabric (Modded)” at the bottom left of the window, success!
→ Click “Quit Game” to close Minecraft for now (important!)
→ Download the top version marked with “R” (Release = stable)
→ You’ll get a file like fabric-api-x.x.x+1.20.1.jar
→ Open the MiniaTuria_Legacy folder you already created
→ You should see several folders inside what was empty before!
→ Open the “mods” folder inside
→ Put the Fabric API file you just downloaded into the “mods” folder
→ And just like that, your Fabric setup is ready to go!
Here you can get Java 17 without creating an account
→ Click “OpenJDK 17” at the top right
→ Click the Windows x64 msi for OpenJDK 17 (microsoft-jdk-17.0.16-windows-x64.msi) to download
Not the .zip version
→ Double-click the downloaded msi to start the installer
→ Click “Next”
→ Check “I accept the license agreement” and click “Next”
→ You can just click “Next” without worrying about limiting Java use to your user account
→ Click “Next” again
→ Click “Install” and allow the app to make changes if prompted to start installation
→ Click “Finish” when done
→ 
→ Download the top version marked “R” (Release = stable)
→ You’ll get a file like sodium-fabric-x.x.x+mc1.20.1.jar
→ Put this file into the “mods” folder inside your “MiniaTuriaLegacy” folder as well.
→ Download the top version marked “R” (Release = stable)
→ Put this file into the “mods” folder inside your “MiniaTuriaLegacy” folder as well.
→ Download the top version marked “R” (Release = stable)
→ Put this file into the “mods” folder inside your “MiniaTuriaLegacy” folder as well.
→ Click on the “latest Mod jar file”
→ Read the terms, scroll to the end, and click “Accept terms and download”
→ You’ll be taken to the MediaFire page—click the “Download” button. Ads may pop up, just wait a bit and the download will start.
→ A file named MiniaTuria_Legacy_Fabric1.20.1_[x.x].jar will be downloaded. Put it in your “mods” folder.
→ On the 
→ You’ll get a file like [RP] MiniaTuria Legacy 1.20.1 [x.x].zip
[RP] stands for Resource Pack
→ Go back one level above the “mods” folder inside your “MiniaTuria Legacy” folder, and open the “resourcepacks” folder
→ Put the zip file you just downloaded here
→ That’s it! You now have all the minimum required files.
→ Next, let’s add a sample world to check that the Mods and textures are working correctly.
→ On the 
→ Follow the same steps as before to download MiniaTuria Legacy Sample [x.x].zip
This zip contains the world data folder.
You can’t use it as-is, so let’s extract it!
→ Double-click the downloaded zip file to open it
→ Next, open the “MiniaTuriaLegacy” folder
→ Drag and drop the folder inside the zip into the “saves” folder within “MiniaTuriaLegacy”
→ Open the “saves” folder. If the world data folder is copied there, extraction was successful! You can now close and delete the zip file.
→ Once it’s loaded, click “Options…”
→ 
→ Click “Resource Packs…” in “Options”
→ From the list on the left, find the dedicated MiniaTuria Legacy pack, click it, and move it to the right
→ Click “Done,” then click “Done” again to exit the settings
→ From the title screen, click “Singleplayer”
→ You’ll see the sample world you added! Click to enter.
→ Lots of block samples lined up!
→ You can see the textures naturally connecting beyond single blocks. This proves that Continuity is working correctly with Sodium + Indium!
With this, the Mod installation is complete. Congratulations and well done!!