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# Factorio | How to install mods on your Factorio server

# How to install mods on your Factorio server

## Installing the mod onto your game

**Step 1.** Find the mod you want to install (For example, [An Open Clock](https://mods.factorio.com/mod/an-open-clock)).
![Click Install](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/96b07f66ef6ab800/step1_imhbtb.png)

**Step 2.** Click the `Confirm` button to reload the game and load the mod you installed.

## Installing the mod onto the server

**Step 1.** Find the mod you installed onto your game on the factorio mods website - [https://mods.factorio.com](https://mods.factorio.com/).

| You can find the link to the mod by looking for `Mod portal` in the table showing information about the mod
 ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/96b07f66ef6ab800/info_uqpw9i.png)

**Step 2.** Click the `Download` button on the page and sign in.

**Step 3.** Click `Download` again and it will download the mod as a zip file.

**Step 4.** Start your Factorio server in order to generate the files / folders needed. Once it is running, stop the server.

**Step 5.** Upload the zip file of the mod to the `Mods` folder in the server.

**Step 6.** Open `mod-list.json` and add the lines in the format shown below.

```json
{
    "name": "modname",
    "enabled": true
}
```

The contents of the file should now look like this.

```json
{
  "mods": 
  [
    
    {
      "name": "base",
      "enabled": true
    },
      
    {
      "name": "modname",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}
```

||| Ensure that the mod you are installing is listed **BELOW** the base mod or else you will experience issues when joining your server.

**Step 7.** Start your server and connect to it.

**All done! You sucessfully installed mods onto your Factorio server!**

|| If you are experiencing issues, please open a support ticket in our [Discord Server](https://discord.com/invite/XSWfrFx)