How to Host and Play All In One for Minecraft

Overview

Vanilla Minecraft can be relaxing, but some players want a world that pushes back a little harder. The All In One modpack does that by placing everyone on a tiny floating start area where progress comes from one changing center block. Break it, gather what appears, complete quests, and try not to lose anything important to the void. The void is not known for returning favors.

All In One is a Forge 1.16.5 modpack by NaturaSpell, published on CurseForge in 2021. It has become popular because it mixes Skyblock-style survival with rotating resource phases, quests, modded tools, automation, villagers, ores, farming, and late-game machinery. Instead of wandering a normal world for materials, players must use each phase wisely before the available blocks change.

Running the pack on a server is ideal if you want friends to share quests, divide jobs, and panic collectively when hostile mobs appear from the center block. The sections below explain how to install the client, set up the server through HolyHosting, and begin progressing through the first chapters.

Install All In One on Your Computer

Before joining a server, each player needs the same modpack installed locally. The easiest method is the CurseForge app.

1. Open the CurseForge download page and choose the installer for your operating system.

1. Save the installer, open it, and finish the app setup.
2. Launch CurseForge, then select Browse Modpacks from the Minecraft section.

1. Search for All In One.
2. Select the modpack and press Install.

1. After the installation finishes, open My Modpacks and click Play.

Make sure every player launches Minecraft through this CurseForge profile. Joining with a normal vanilla launcher will not work because the client will be missing the required mods.

Install All In One on a HolyHosting Server

The server also needs to run the same modpack version. In the HolyHosting control panel, this is handled from the game file or version selector.

1. Open your Minecraft server panel.
2. Find the Game File or server software section.
3. Open the dropdown menu for the currently selected version.

1. Search for All In One, then select it from the results.

1. Confirm the version change when prompted.
2. Choose to create a new world. A normal existing world will not have the correct modpack structure.
3. Restart the server so the pack can install and generate its files.

Once startup finishes, join the server using the All In One profile from CurseForge. If the server is still loading, wait a few more minutes before connecting. Modpacks are not famous for sprinting through their first launch.

First Steps After Joining

When you enter the world, there will not be much land. That is intentional. The central block is the main source of early resources, and breaking it will produce blocks, items, mobs, or phase-specific materials.

Before progressing far, create or join an FTB Quests party so quest credit works properly for everyone. Use one of these commands in chat:

• `/ftbquests party create [name]`
• `/ftbquests party join [name]`

After the party is ready, begin breaking the center block, expand the island carefully, and check the quest book often. Quest rewards are not optional flavor here. They are part of the main progression path.

Books, Quests, and Early Guidance

New players spawn with several books. Most of them explain modded systems, materials, and crafting mechanics that become useful later. Keep them in a chest if your inventory is already crowded.

The most important item is the Quest Book. It opens the All In One quest menu, where chapters, tasks, required items, and rewards are listed. You can also open the quest interface through inventory controls if available.

Start with the Getting Started quests. Completing them unlocks the first major chapter and gives you a clear path instead of turning the island into a pile of random blocks and questions. Highlighted quests usually indicate tasks that are completed or currently in progress.

Flatland and Basic Materials

The first chapter, Flatland, is tied to the initial center block phase. During this stage you can obtain materials such as dirt, grass, leaves, clay, sand, chests, and other basic supplies. Passive mobs like chickens, cows, pigs, and sheep may also appear.

Focus on collecting the items requested by the quests. The chapter is simple, but it matters because later progress depends on early rewards and crafted blocks. Expand the island with dirt as soon as possible, then work toward grass blocks when the rewards allow it.

After you have grass, shift and right-click it with an empty hand to collect pebbles. Four pebbles can be crafted into cobblestone, giving you access to better tools and early utility blocks.

Plant saplings on grass to start producing trees. Wood gives you chests, crafting tables, sticks, and basic tools, which are all needed constantly in the opening phase.

Resource Phases and Timing

The center block does not stay in one phase forever. It changes over time, usually after around 10 minutes, although some phases can last longer. Each phase brings different resources and may connect to a different quest chapter.

Pay attention when the phase changes. Missing a useful phase can slow your progress, especially when food, crops, ores, or other limited materials are available. If you do not finish every quest before the next phase begins, that is normal. Many unfinished tasks can be completed later once the needed resources return or become craftable.

Use the quest menu to decide what matters most during each phase. One player might focus on food and farming, while another collects wood, ores, or mob drops. On multiplayer servers, this division of labor makes the pack much smoother.

The Underground Phase

The Underground phase is one of the most important early milestones because it introduces ores and cave-style blocks. Diamonds, uranium, and other valuable minerals can appear from the center block, but you need the right tools to collect many of them.

Craft at least a cobblestone pickaxe before this phase if possible. Some harder blocks take longer to mine, and hostile mobs may spawn as the phase progresses. If you break an ore with a weak tool, it may still count for quest progress, but you can lose the drop itself.

Use this phase to stockpile minerals for future equipment, machines, and crafting chains. Bring food, keep weapons nearby, and avoid standing directly where mobs can shove you off the platform.

Practical Survival Tips

All In One produces a lot of items quickly, so storage becomes a real problem. Build several chests early, then create a tree farm so you can keep making more. Any sapling type can work, but a reliable wood source is essential.

Use the recipe viewer on the right side of the inventory to check unfamiliar items. The pack includes many modded recipes, and guessing is rarely faster than clicking through the recipe list.

As more chapters unlock, the Overworld phase can provide villagers. Assigning jobs to villagers lets you trade items such as coal for emeralds, then work toward better trades like enchanted books. Mob farms are also useful because bone meal helps crop growth, which keeps the island fed and moving.

Modded tool systems are worth exploring once you have the materials. Blocks such as the Part Builder, Stencil Table, and Patterns can lead to stronger tools than basic vanilla equipment.

Late-Game Goals

Near the end of the quest chapters, you should have access to stronger tools, magical gear, automation, machines, farms, and more advanced crafting options. Finishing the quests is a major goal, but it does not have to be the end of the world.

A completed All In One island can become a large base, city, castle, factory, or whatever your group wants to build. The restricted start makes large builds more satisfying because every block had to be earned from a very stubborn little platform.

Common Problems and Fixes

If the modpack does not load on the server, confirm that All In One is selected in the server panel and that a new world was generated after the version change. Old vanilla worlds usually do not work correctly with this pack. If the server profile has leftover files from another setup, create a fresh profile or remove the old files before reinstalling.

If the client fails to launch, delete the local All In One instance from CurseForge and install it again. Allocating more memory to Minecraft can also help with larger modpacks.

If players cannot join, check three things first:

• The server and client are using the same All In One version.
• Players are launching through the CurseForge modpack profile.
• The IP address, port, or subdomain is typed correctly.

If players are kicked after falling into the void, the server may be blocking flight while they are falling. Enable flight in the server settings and restart, or use `/kill [player]` with operator permissions to respawn the stuck player.

If the server crashes, restore a recent backup if needed. When you can join before the next crash, remove ticking entities or problem blocks quickly. For repeated crashes, review modded server optimization settings and logs before making bigger changes.

Useful References

• All In One on CurseForge
• How to install modpacks with CurseForge
• How to optimize a modded Minecraft server
• How to become a Minecraft server operator