Good to know
before you install.
Accounts, pins, licenses, servers. If something isn't here, write to hello@xhorizon.me.
Is this an official Horizon site?
No. xHorizon is an independent catalog and launcher. The game is made by the Horizon project; the packs and the launcher here are ours. We are not affiliated with Mojang, Microsoft, or Horizon.
Do I need Minecraft: Java Edition?
Yes. Horizon asks for a Microsoft account that owns Java Edition, and the check runs in the game. There is no offline mode here and no patch for that check.
Are the packs free?
Yes. The manifests are free and MIT. The mods inside keep their own licenses, listed on every pack page; some are non-commercial. xHorizon has no paid tier, ads, or crypto.
Will the packs work in the official Horizon launcher?
Yes. Each pack is a standard .hpack manifest. Download it, import it in the official launcher, and it resolves the same mods. The xHorizon launcher does the same thing with fewer steps.
What is a pin?
A native mod is sometimes tied to one exact Horizon commit, called a pin. Two pins in a pack can trigger Build anyway, and a mod may be left out of the native build. We keep packs at two pins or fewer; the three-pin kitchen sinks say so on the card.
Which pack should I start with?
Better+ if you want the all-rounder: 39 mods, recipes, a map, HUD, and light content. Near Vanilla if you are on an older Horizon build or want the world untouched. Featherweight if the machine is a laptop.
Can I play on servers with these packs?
Most of them. Each pack has a server-safe flag; three are marked solo or LAN. A server owner can still reject a client mod, so check their rules.
Do packs change my world?
Some do. Near Vanilla adds no blocks, items, or ores. Deep Shift, Seedstock, The Works and others add ores, machines, and world generation. The mod list on each pack page tells you what is added before you install.
How do I install a pack without the launcher?
Download the .hpack, open Horizon's launcher, and import it from the library. The manifest carries the mod list, versions, and hashes; the launcher downloads each mod from the official registry.
Does xHorizon store my account?
No. Sign-in goes through Horizon's official client. The launcher does not ask for your Microsoft password and does not keep session tokens.
Which languages will the site support?
English first, then Russian and Ukrainian. German, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese follow, then Italian, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian. Each locale is written for that language, not machine-generated.
Still choosing a pack?
Every card shows mods, pins, and server safety. Browsing needs no account.