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.
The only official place to get older Meteor releases is
our GitHub repository.
Many websites claim to offer “archived” versions of Meteor, but these are not official and may contain malware.
A simple scan through services like VirusTotal will not be enough to detect malware in JAR files.
JAR files are executable, so they can be dangerous if not obtained from a trusted source.
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.
mods
folder.Multiplayer
; here, you should select the server you want to join and click the Edit
button.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.
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.
gradle.properties
file, it will contain the minecraft_version
that the latest commit is built for.master
button in the top left, then click the Tags
tab.minecraft_version
matches the one you want.Code
tab in the top left,
then click the green Code
button on the right and select Download ZIP
.gradlew build
command (or .\gradlew build
on PowerShell).
This will build Meteor and put the JAR file in the build/libs
folder.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)