Wizard SMP
Wizard SMP is a Minecraft modpack built around one irresistible idea: gather your friends, split into rival magical orders, and let the rivalry unfold on a shared server. With 25 mods bundled together, it turns a regular survival world into a full-blown battle of the arcane, where every player picks a path and sticks to it.
If you have ever wanted a server that feels like a fantasy novel, this pack delivers exactly that. Three teams, three magic systems, and one rule that keeps everything tense: you may only use your own team's mod.
The Three Wizard Factions
The heart of Wizard SMP is its faction system. Every player joins one of three teams, and each team gets exclusive access to a single magic mod:
- Blood Magic — the evil wizards, trading life force and sacrifice for dark power.
- Botania — the nature wizards, growing mana from flowers and the living world.
- Astral Sorcery — the astral wizards, drawing power from constellations and starlight.
Using another team's mod is forbidden. That single restriction changes everything. Instead of everyone rushing the same progression, each faction develops its own identity, its own base style, and its own tricks. Blood Magic players hoard mobs for rituals, Botania players build sprawling flower farms, and Astral Sorcery players chase the night sky for the right constellation. It is a brilliant way to keep a long-running server interesting.
Shared Mods Every Team Can Use
To keep the experience smooth and fair, Wizard SMP also includes a set of mods that all three factions can use freely. These cover quality of life, exploration, and combat, so nobody is stuck with a bare-bones setup.
- Just Enough Items (JEI) for recipe lookups
- Ice and Fire: Dragons for terrifying new creatures
- Biomes O' Plenty for a richer, more varied overworld
- Simple Voice Chat so your team can actually talk strategy
- Artifacts for lootable trinkets with passive perks
- Xaero's Minimap for navigation and waypoints
- Corail Tombstone so death is punishing but not devastating
- Mowzie's Mobs for tougher, more memorable enemies
- Supplementaries, Iron Chests, Apotheosis, and Decorative Blocks for storage, gear, and base building
Together these mods make the pack feel complete. You get danger, exploration, and plenty of building options without the bloat that plagues oversized kitchen-sink packs.
Supported Versions and Loader
Wizard SMP for Minecraft is designed around the Forge mod loader, which is what the included magic mods rely on. Most players run it on a 1.16.5 or 1.18.2 server, since those versions have the most stable builds of Blood Magic, Botania, and Astral Sorcery. Always check that every mod in the pack matches your chosen version before launching, because a single mismatch will crash the game on startup.
One convenient option is the foxygame.net launcher, which lists Wizard SMP in its add-on catalog and handles the correct loader and version matching for you. That takes the guesswork out of assembling 25 mods by hand, and it keeps everything updated automatically when the pack receives fixes.
How to Install Wizard SMP
Setting up the pack is straightforward, whether you are hosting or joining. Here is the basic process:
- Install a compatible Minecraft launcher that supports Forge modpacks.
- Download Wizard SMP from your preferred modpack source.
- Import the pack and let the launcher fetch all 25 mods.
- Allocate at least 4 GB of RAM, ideally 6 GB for a smooth server experience.
- Launch once in singleplayer to confirm everything loads correctly.
- Set up your server, whitelist your friends, and assign each player a faction.
If you plan to host, remember that Simple Voice Chat needs an open UDP port, so configure your server firewall before inviting anyone. Once that is done, the rest is just picking teams and arguing about who gets to be the evil wizard.
Why It Works as a Server Pack
Most modpacks are built for solo play, and multiplayer ends up feeling like parallel singleplayer. Wizard SMP avoids that trap. The faction rule creates real competition, the shared mods keep everyone on equal footing, and the magic systems are deep enough to keep a group busy for months. Add dragons, new biomes, and voice chat, and you have a server that people actually log into every evening.
If you want a structured, story-driven Minecraft experience with your friends, download Wizard SMP, pick your order, and start your magical campaign. Just decide early whether you are a nature wizard or an evil one, because that choice shapes everything that follows.