Ticking Entities
Sometimes Minecraft will run into crashes caused by ticking entities or ticking block entities. This is a common issue with modded Minecraft and can be caused by a variety of reasons.
Thankfully it's usually quite easy to fix by following the steps below.
Enabling the remove erroring entities option
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The options to remove erroring entities and tile entities are missing in some versions.
If you are unable to find these options as detailed in the steps below, we recommend you restore a backup of your world.
- Forge 1.12 and older
- Forge 1.14 to Forge/Neoforge 1.20.1
- NeoForge 1.20.4 or Newer
Packs running Forge 1.12 and older
- Stop your game or server if they are running
- Navigate to where the modpack/server files are located
- If you are using the FTB App you can right-click on the modpack and select
Open Folder
- If you are using the FTB App you can right-click on the modpack and select
- Open the
config
folder in your modpack directory - Open the
forge.cfg
file with a text editor such as Notepad or Visual Studio Code - If you are having issues with ticking entities do the following:
- Find the line
B:removeErroringEntities=false
and change it toB:removeErroringEntities=true
- Find the line
- For ticking tile entities do the following:
- Find the line
B:removeErroringTileEntities=false
and change it toB:removeErroringTileEntities=true
- Find the line
Packs running Forge 1.14 and newer
- Stop your game or server if they are running
- Navigate to where the modpack/server files are located
- If you are using the FTB App you can right-click on the modpack and select
Open Folder
- If you are using the FTB App you can right-click on the modpack and select
- Open the
saves
folder then your world if this is a singleplayer world or theworld
folder if this is a server - Open the
forge-server.toml
file with a text editor such as Notepad or Visual Studio Code - If you are having issues with ticking entities do the following:
- Find the line
removeErroringEntities = false
and change it toremoveErroringEntities = true
- Find the line
- For ticking tile entities do the following:
- Find the line
removeErroringBlockEntities = false
and change it toremoveErroringBlockEntities = true
- Find the line
Packs running NeoForge 1.20.4 and newer
- Stop your game or server if they are running
- Navigate to where the modpack/server files are located
- If you are using the FTB App you can right-click on the modpack and select
Open Folder
>Instance Folder
- Open the
config
- Open the
neoforge-server.toml
file with a text editor such as Notepad or Visual Studio Code - If you are having issues with ticking entities do the following:
- Find the line
removeErroringEntities = false
and change it toremoveErroringEntities = true
- For ticking tile entities do the following:
- Find the line
removeErroringBlockEntities = false
and change it toremoveErroringBlockEntities = true
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If changing the settings above fixed your issue, we HIGHLY recommend you change those settings back to false
once you have loaded your world successfully. This is because enabling these settings can cause the loss of items and blocks in your world.