Squared²

Squared²

Reimagined Vanilla Minecraft focusing on exploration, brand new discoveries, and abandoned mobs and items. "What Minecraft should have been"

by ForeTwenty
481 Downloads
0 Followers
forgeMC 1.20.1adventurekitchen-sinkmultiplayer

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About this Modpack

Vanilla+ --> Vanilla²

Ever wonder why we boot up singleplayer worlds and inevitably delete or abandon them only a few days or even hours later? I don't have the old appeal of Minecraft anymore knowing most of the recipes, how to make autofarms and mob farms, knowing exact places loot will be in a structure, and more headaches that make the game repetitive. Squared² aims to fix the repetition!

An idea of Squared² 💡

Squared² is a medium-to-large sized adventure mod that enhances the game's mechanics, adds forgotten mobs, items, and recipes with structure mods such as Geophilic which amplifies the Vanilla biomes in a very unique way for exploration as well as keeping the Vanilla feel while still being a bit of a change. Squared² also has Friends&Foes and a few other mods that bring back old items and mobs that were in Minecraft, featured in mob votes, or talked about in the forums and were forgotten or abandoned so that everyone's dreams of what could have been can be free without heartbreak!

Current Features in v2.4.2

Galosphere

This mod offers 2 new cave biomes like the Lichen Cave and Crystal Canyons as well as the Sparkle and Spectre mobs. There's also tons of new items, trinkets, and tools as well as an armor trim addon!

Structures & Generation

Geophilic produces a beautiful Vanilla+ generation plus a ton of new structure mods including Vanilla style structures for more biomes, a Desert and Badlands overhaul, Archeology overhaul, Quark, and more!

Quark

Quark is a highly configurable mod with a ton of features like new trees, mobs, tools, machines, and so much more to offer!

Husbandry

Lots of animals to breed, crops to farm, and so many delicious food items to explore with achievements! Farmer's Delight + addons, Quark, and a few other mods add tons of new cooking items, mob drops, and more!

Quality of Life

With some optimization mods, Quark, Better Bundles, inventory sorting, and more, your adventures will go quicker and much easier so you're not feeling tedious

Essential Mod

The Essential mod allows you to do lots of things like: Adding friends, saving screenshots (as well as editing, favouriting, and sharing them), messaging friends and making group chats, embedding photos from links into messages, , inviting friends to servers, creating peer-to-peer singleplayer worlds for your friends to join who have the Essential mod! Use it to play this modpack with your friends!

Expansion Packs

This modpack genuinely feels like a newer Minecraft to me and adding onto it has been fairly easy in my experience. Right now, there are 3 expansion packs that you can download and try right now in this Collection. Alternatively, you can beta test untested future expansions in versions!

List of Expansions
  • Brilliant Minds WIP: The Technology Expansion with a heavy focus on Create and Ad Astra with MANY additions like structures, mod compatabilities with Create, and a ton of new planets to explore!
  • Dimension Expension: A dimensional breakthrough with overhauls to the Nether, Caves, End, and adds new dimensions like the Bumblezone, The Aether, and Dimsensional Dungeons!
  • Midnight DLC WIP: A scary-style modpack that offers a wide range of hardcore-esque features like horde-modes, eclipses, creatures in the dark, and maybe a biblically accurate Herobrine?
  • Cobblemon WIP: A cozy Cobblemon modpack with a TON of addons for a true Minecraft x Pokemon feel!

Please note that none of these expansions have been played by me extensively passed testing and are still in beta form, if it's in Release, it means I have played it and will continue to update it. However, some expansions may be removed later

(Last Updated: 02/5/25)

Take it from me!

I play this modpack pretty frequently and continue on 3 worlds, each of them very different from the last with different ideas. As someone who has made "longterm" singleplayer worlds at least 5 times a year for 10 years, this modpack gets addicting I actually give myself goals like adventuring again, learn new mods to advance in the mod itself, and do little things that normally don't do just because I'm actually having fun again. The mods I chose in this are perfect and I plan to do more with it!

Future Plans

Patchouli Book

Helps players who don't know what they're doing with certain mods with a guidebook

DLC Collection

Planning on uploading all of the DLC seperately when they're in full release and build a collection with them all. Currently working on this, although since none of them are updated nor verified, it'll be awhile. See the collection here for now!

Custom Things

Hoping to make a small resource pack for the modpack for the main menu and such.

Adding 1.21 Items

When there's a mod for 1.20.1 I find, I WILL update the modpack immediately. For now, you may be able to use the official 1.21 datapack for 1.20.4 although this is untested...

More Expansions (DLC)

I'm currently working on a second modpack with all of the same mods, only with more dimensions and a Nether/End overhaul as a 'Dimension Expension' and plan to do more things similar to this as seperate downloads for each version or seperate versions altogether in this project's list.

If you like this modpack make sure to follow for future updates! ❤️

The words Squared with an exponent of 2

Available Versions

Squared² Official - v2.5.1release
MC 1.20.1forge23 downloads
March 6, 2026
Squared²: Official - v2.5release
MC 1.20.1forge86 downloads
May 2, 2025
Squared²: Official - v2.4.2release
MC 1.20.1forge94 downloads
September 17, 2024
Squared²: Official - v2.4release
MC 1.20.1forge94 downloads
July 17, 2024
Squared²: Official - v2.3.1release
MC 1.20.1forge85 downloads
July 16, 2024

How to Set Up a Squared² Server

1

Order Server

Choose at least 6 GB RAM (8 GB recommended for Squared²). Based on player count: per 5 players.

2

Install Modpack in Dashboard

Open the modpack browser in the dashboard, search for "Squared²" and click "Install". The forge loader and Minecraft 1.20.1 are configured automatically.

3

Start Server & Play

Start the server – all mods are loaded automatically. Share the server IP with friends and play together!

Frequently Asked Questions

Squared² server crashes or won't start – what to do?

Most common causes: insufficient RAM or wrong forge loader. Check latest.log for "OutOfMemoryError" → increase RAM to at least 8 GB. For "Mixin" or "ClassNotFoundException" errors: modpack version and loader don't match. With Mado Hosting, loader and Minecraft version are auto-configured on modpack install – preventing most startup issues.

How much RAM does a Squared² server really need?

Minimum 6 GB, recommended 8 GB for stable performance. per 5 players. Important: Minecraft modpacks need more RAM than vanilla – plan extra per additional player. With Mado Hosting, you can scale RAM up live at any time without data loss (from €12/month).

Can I add custom mods to Squared² without conflicts?

Yes, but check compatibility: only use mods for the same loader (forge) and same Minecraft version (1.20.1). Common issues: ID conflicts with recipe mods and incompatible coremod versions. The Mado dashboard mod browser only shows compatible mods and warns about known conflicts.

Squared² server lagging – performance tips

1) Increase RAM to 8 GB+. 2) Reduce server view-distance to 8 (server.properties). 3) Pre-generate chunks with the "Chunky" plugin. 4) Use /spark profiler to check which mods consume the most tick time. With Mado Hosting, all servers run on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores – eliminating hardware as a bottleneck.

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Recommended RAM:
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Supported Versions

1.20.1

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