XMeteor and older versions of Minecraft

Meteor is always kept up to date with the latest stable release of Minecraft, this means we do not support the use of older Meteor/Minecraft versions. We understand that some people may want to play older versions of Minecraft, so here are some ways to do so.

XUsing ViaFabricPlus

ViaFabricPlus lets you experience all the new features of Meteor, while being able to join servers running older versions of Minecraft.
These steps expect you to use the latest version of Minecraft, Meteor and ViaFabricPlus.


  1. Download Meteor as instructed in the Installation guide.
  2. Download ViaFabricPlus and put it in your mods folder.
  3. If you are using other mods, make sure they are all up to date with the latest Minecraft version.
  4. Launch the game and click Multiplayer; here, you should select the server you want to join and click the Edit button.
  5. A new Set version button should appear, click it and select the version required by the server you want to join.

You can repeat the last two steps for every server you want to join, specifying accordingly the version of the server.
For more detailed instructions, you can refer to the ViaFabricPlus wiki.

XArchive

Since Minecraft version 1.21.4 (when we changed Meteor’s versioning scheme) we are providing an archive page with the latest build for every Minecraft version.
WARNING: These versions are archived and NOT supported, you will NOT receive any help when using these versions!

XBuilding from source

If you want to use an older version of Meteor, you can build it from source.
Keep in mind that this is not recommended, as we do not provide support for older versions.
Any threads opened in our support forum regarding failed builds of older versions will be closed.
If you encounter any issues, you will have to update to the latest version to get support.

To build Meteor for source, you’ll need a Java 21 JDK, you can get it from Adoptium.


  1. Go to the Meteor GitHub repository.
  2. Click the gradle.properties file, it will contain the minecraft_version that the latest commit is built for.
  3. Click the master button in the top left, then click the Tags tab.
  4. Click on a tag, this will bring you to the repository at the state of that tag.
  5. Checkout tags from newer to older until you find the one where minecraft_version matches the one you want.
  6. Once you have found the tag you want, click the Code tab in the top left, then click the green Code button on the right and select Download ZIP.
  7. Extract the zip file and open a terminal in the extracted folder.
  8. Run the gradlew build command (or .\gradlew build on PowerShell). This will build Meteor and put the JAR file in the build/libs folder.
  9. Copy the meteor-client-x.x.x.jar file to your mods folder.

This process is not guaranteed to work for all versions of Meteor, as some dependencies may have changed or no longer be available. In that case, you will have to build the dependencies from source as well. (We do not provide support for this)