Released 2016-06-23
Minecraft 1.10.2: Java 8
1.10.2 is a transitional release that a handful of older modpacks pinned to. It runs on Java 8 and takes Forge mods.
Java version required
8or newer
Older Java will refuse to start. Much newer Java usually works, but the server software is what decides that, not Minecraft.
Availability
Paper is available for 1.10.2
It accepts Bukkit / Spigot / Paper plugins.
Will what I downloaded work?
Mods and plugins are different things that both arrive as a .jar file. Putting the wrong one in usually produces no error at all — the server starts, and the content simply is not there.
running on Paper
No. Forge produces mods and Paper runs plugins — they are different systems that happen to share a file extension. Nothing will load, and nothing will warn you.
What to watch for on this version
There is very little reason to start a new server here. It sits between two much more popular modded targets — 1.7.10 below it and 1.12.2 above — and almost anything available for 1.10.2 also exists for one of those, with a far larger mod ecosystem around it.
Where this sits in the Java timeline
- Java 81.7 through 1.16.5
- Java 161.17 and 1.17.1
- Java 171.18 through 1.20.4
- Java 211.20.5 and everything after