How to Set Up a Vault Hunters Minecraft Server

What Vault Hunters Adds

Minecraft exploration is already a large part of the game, but after enough strongholds, mineshafts, and End cities, the usual adventure loop can start feeling familiar. Vault Hunters changes that by turning progression into a dungeon-focused challenge built around randomized vaults, dangerous rooms, special loot, abilities, bosses, and artifacts.

The long-term objective is to collect 25 unique artifacts from vault runs, then use them to unlock the final vault. Since vaults are procedurally generated, each run can have different rooms, modifiers, loot, and problems waiting inside. Usually the problems have teeth.

Vault Hunters is owned by skall85_Dev, maintained by purpleiseverything, and authored by HellFirePvP, ScaldaYT, and iskall85. The 1.16.x versions have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, making it one of the better-known Minecraft adventure modpacks.

Install Vault Hunters on the Server

• Open the HolyHosting server panel and stop the server.
• Find the Game File or modpack selection area.

• Search for Vault Hunters and choose the version you want to run.
• When prompted, generate a new world. This is recommended because large modpacks often expect their own world generation.
• Start the server again so the new pack can load.

The first startup may take longer than usual. Modded servers have more files to prepare, so give the console time before assuming something broke.

Install Vault Hunters on Your Computer

Players need the same modpack on their own computer before joining the server. The easiest route is the CurseForge app.

• Install CurseForge for your operating system.

• Open the app and go to Browse Modpacks.
• Search for Vault Hunters, then select Vault Hunters - Official Modpack.

• Click Install and wait for the download to finish.
• Go back to My Modpacks and launch the pack.

After Minecraft opens, connect to the server using its IP address or hostname. If the pack versions do not match, the connection will usually fail before you reach the world.

Reaching Your First Vault

The Vault is not available the moment you spawn. Vault Hunters expects you to progress through normal Minecraft first, including defeating the Ender Dragon and reaching End cities. That gives you access to materials needed for your first vault setup.

Craft a Vault Altar

Before making a Vault Crystal, craft a Vault Altar with:

• 1 Diamond Block
• 4 Obsidian Blocks
• 4 Purpur Blocks

You also need to mine Vault Rock Ore, which is found deep underground and is rarer than diamond ore. Bring patience, a good pickaxe, and probably more torches than you think is sensible.

Make a Vault Crystal

Place the Vault Altar, then right-click it with a Vault Rock. The altar will display a personalized recipe for a Vault Crystal. These requirements can vary, so read the displayed items carefully instead of assuming another player's recipe will match yours.

Collect the requested items and throw them onto the altar. Each required item will be marked complete as it is accepted. When every requirement is finished, place a button next to the altar and press it to create the Vault Crystal.

Build the Vault Portal

Use blackstone to build a portal frame in the same general shape as a Nether portal. When the frame is ready, use the Vault Crystal on it to activate the portal.

Do not enter casually. Bring armor, weapons, healing items, food, blocks, and anything else you rely on under pressure. Vaults are timed, hostile, and not especially interested in fairness.

What Happens Inside The Vault

When you enter a vault, a 25-minute timer appears. The vault also rolls modifiers, which are shown in chat.

Modifiers can change mob behavior, difficulty, loot, and other conditions. You have until the timer ends to complete the objective or leave through the entrance. Running out of time is a bad plan, so keep track of where you came from.

Vault Rooms

Vault rooms can look completely different from one another. Some contain large decorative areas, while others lead into deeper, darker spaces filled with enemies.

Natural health regeneration does not work inside The Vault. If you take damage, you need healing items or other recovery options. Dying also causes you to lose items found during that vault run, so greed should be measured carefully.

Loot and Risk

Rooms can contain chests with different rarity levels. These may include food, ingots, modded materials, and other useful rewards.

Some altar chests let you trade health for better loot. This can be worth it, but only if you have a way to recover afterward. Potions and golden apples are useful because normal regeneration will not bail you out.

Obelisks and the Boss Fight

Many vault runs require you to find obelisks throughout the dungeon before the timer ends. Obelisks are marked with a particle beacon, making them easier to spot once you enter the correct room.

After every required obelisk is activated, the boss spawns at the final one. Defeat the boss to complete the vault and return to the Overworld with the loot you earned, plus a boss crate containing additional rewards.

Common Problems

I get an error when joining the server. This usually means the client does not have the correct modpack installed. Make sure you launched the official Vault Hunters modpack and that its version matches the server.

The server is stuck while loading. This can happen when mods are removed from an existing world. In the server console, you may be able to continue by entering `/fml confirm`, which loads the world with the missing mods removed.

Modded items appear in creative but do not spawn normally. The server may not actually be running the modpack correctly. Confirm that the server is set to Vault Hunters in the panel, then restart it so the modpack loads from a clean startup.

Useful Link

Vault Hunters on CurseForge