This guide is mainly written for Windows. If you have a different system, some parts may be a little different.

Before you proceed with this guide, go to optifine.net to download and install OptiFine for 1.16.5. Unless you already have it, of course.

Start by unzipping the downloaded .zip file. Inside, you'll find the settings.txt, HOW TO INSTALL.txt (basically the same guide) and Among Us Resource Pack.zip files, and the Among Us Server Setup folder.

Open Among Us Server Setup and run Asset Downloader.cmd. This will open 6 tabs in your browser, each of them will download a file you'll need. The tabs might display errors, but it doesn't change anything. You might need to click on each tab for them to start downloading. Don't worry if you get duplicate files, just delete the duplicates.

(Keep in mind that if you can't run .cmd files - for example, you're on Mac - just open the file as a text document and manually copy and paste the URLs into your browser. The same effect, only a little more time.)


Open your Downloads directory, so you can view the downloaded files easily.


These should be the files - if you're missing any, try to run Asset Downloader again. Make sure you get 6 files and there are no duplicates.
Now go to Among Us Server Setup and put spigot-1.16.5.jar in there.


Go to the plugins folder (it's located in Among Us Server Setup) and put the 5 remaining files there.

The Skript folder will already be there.
Now, go back to Among Us Server Setup and run spigot-1.16.5.jar. The server will start. You are now able to connect to the server by launching Minecraft 1.16.5 with OptiFine and connecting to ':25540'


However, you won't be able to invite other players yet. Technically from now on, you can do this however you want, if you have sufficient knowledge. I would suggest using Hamachi which is a popular piece of software used for connecting to private Minecraft servers.

You and every player who's going to play with you needs to have it: hamachi.msi

The installation is quick and simple. During the installation, there might be a suggestion to install some other software from the company, so just uncheck that. After installing, you'll be asked to make an account. Just put your email and some password. (If the section of the guide regarding Hamachi is confusing for you, just search for a tutorial on YouTube)



Click the Power button, then (as the owner of the server) click Create a new network. Come up with an ID (name) and password for the network. Players who join it will be able to connect to your private server. Keep in mind each network can only hold 5 players (counting you) so if you have more than 4 other players, you'll have to make 2 or 3 networks.


The players who are invited have to click 'Join an existing network' and put in the same name and password that you set up. Once they're in your network, they need to right-click on your name in Hamachi and choose 'Copy IPv4' address. This is the same address that you see on top of your Hamachi window, so you can just give them that. This is NOT your actual IP address.



Once the players have Minecraft open, they just put the IPv4 address from Hamachi into the server address bar, and follow it up with ':25540'. You as the owner might also need to do that instead of just ':25540' as shown earlier.

Finally, open settings.txt which is included in the downloaded files, and make sure your Minecraft settings match. Send the settings to all your players so they can verify this as well.

The resource pack should download and enable automatically once you join the server. In case it doesn't, the resource pack is included in the download so you can put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks

ONCE YOU'RE IN THE SERVER, USE THE /launch COMMAND TO START THE GAME