Fabric API is the core library for the most common hooks and inter-compatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
- Fabric’s APIs are lightweight and modular, making porting faster and game instances leaner.
- Fabric development targets snapshots as well as release versions, allowing earlier mod updates and more informed community planning.
- The Fabric toolchain is available for everyone to use - even if you only want to use some of it!
Installation
Fabric comes in two parts:
- Fabric Loader: Minecraft version independent, provides the essentials of mod loading and rudimentary modding
- Fabric API: Minecraft version specific, a mod like any other, provides all sorts of APIs for interoperability and convenience (this CurseForge project)
Instructions:
- Install Fabric Loader from the Fabric website - there is an installer for the vanilla launcher and dedicated servers, other launchers including the Curse App may do this automatically
- Optionally try to run the game to verify the installation and create the mods folder. There should be Fabric related log entries and the main menu will mention Fabric at the bottom next to the Minecraft version.
- Download Fabric API for the desired Minecraft version from this page and put the jar file in the mods folder like any ordinary mod
More information and full installation instructions can be found on the Fabric website and support is available through the Fabric discord server.
This is SEPARATE from the Fabric loader! You need both for most mods! Keep in mind the project requires the Fabric mod loader!
Hi,
When I put Fabric Api version for 1.16.5 it still says I need a fabric api version compatible with 1.16.5. Any ideas on how to fix this?
In reply to Crystal6942:
Well, I'd think either double check the version, or maybe it is talking about the version in the sense of updates to the mod. I'm not entirely sure.
In reply to the_hollering_one:
I've checked the versions many times and it still hasn't worked, I'm using the newest version of the mod for 1.16.5
I've used fabric-api-0.62.0+1.19.2 and it simply would not allow my game to even launch. In case it is relevant, here is a list of the other mods I used, many of which stated they needed fabric (of which I have, so I am assuming it wants api, considering it said it was required on each of their pages):
bewitchment-1.19-5
fabric-installer-0.11.1
fabric-language-kotlin-1.8.4+kotlin.1.7.20
geckolib-fabric-1.19-3.1.20
haema-1.10.3+1.19
JJTunder_1.19_v2_fabric
litematica-fabric-mc1.19.2-0.12.4
lithium-fabric-mc1.19.2-0.8.3
malilib-fabric-1.19.2-0.13.0
medieval-origins-1.19.x-4.1.3
Oh_The_Biomes_You'll_Go-fabric -1.19.2-2.0.0.11...
Origins-1.19.2-1.7.0
Patchouli-1.19.2-76-FABRIC
Pehkui-3.4.2+1.14.4-1.19.2
sodium-fabric-mc1.19.2-0.4.4+build.18
TerraBlender-fabric-1.19.2-2.0.1.127
trinkets-3.4.0
I thank you for any time you dedicate to answering my question.
(I know it's Fabric API. because when I remove it, the game launches, I just can't play because it is a supposed need).
so when i tried joining my friends server with this mod, it said "Unkown recipe serializer arcon:channeling" and my friend told me she had that message before as well but after some time it worked for her. so i deleted my version and used hers (although it's the same) and then my minecraft wouldnt even start and said that archon isnt even fabric. please help
In reply to yasminberryz:
Not sure how to solve that. I'd recommend posting it to the Fabric Discord and go to the support channel. Get a log file if you can too so that someone can look through it and see why it's causing it (go to your .minecraft and look for logs from there).
https://discord.com/invite/v6v4pMv
Otherwise you could try a different Fabric API version older or newer by 1 or 2. Check the mods you have available in the mods folder.
Or checking the Fabric installer/loader build you have and go back a version or forward a version.
No idea what archon is unfortunately.
will there be a forge port?
In reply to vicunknown:
I literally made a comment right below yours did you miss it?
Not wasting my time explaining. Troll or not. Do some research if you really don't know what Fabric API is, what it's purpose is and why it has nothing to do with Forge since 1.14 and why it's also got nothing to do with Forge when it comes to Legacy Fabric either with 1.8.9/1.12.2 support and mods.
is there a forge version?
In reply to astronautv01:
No there is not. Forge has everything it needs bundled in. Fabric API is a Fabric thing because of the way it is designed.
Serious or troll I've lost count/sometimes finding it hard to tell.
wheres the 1.19.2 one?
the fabric API wont work...
any solutions?
In reply to folribe:
which build of the API? Try reporting your crash report to the Fabric Discord.
Are you using the API as an Installer? The API is for other purposes, put it in the mods folder along with the other Fabric mods.
You'll want to go to the Fabric website in the description above if your looking for the installer to apply Fabric support to the game.
Try this direct link https://fabricmc.net/use/installer/
The only difference between Forge and Fabric installation is just the API in the mods folder so it should be fine.
is there 1.8.9 forge API???
In reply to mrquackyey:
You can find the 1.8.9 Fabric API under Legacy Fabric related stuff. https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/legacy-fabric-api
Legacy Fabric mods are available here: https://modwiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Legacy_Fabric_Mod_HUB
If you do mean Forge there is no Forge API it's not a thing. Fabric is different. Why would Forge need an API it has everything bundled into everyone knows that.
woah
I play on 1.19.2. Installed resource pack Nature+X where lava rendering was changed, but due to fabric-rendering-fluids-v1-0.60.0 lava is displayed according to testurka, and not as intended by the author. By removing this mod, the lava problem was gone, but the journeymap mod stopped rendering fluids. How can I fix it so that both work?
In reply to waitner:
talk to the developers of the respective mods
:D
why not make 1.12.2 support (or you cant do that?)