Casterpack is a modpack for the video game Minecraft designed and curated for a select group of players annually, usually around the Christmas season. Over the years the playerbase, modlist, staff, and even the very game the pack is running off of have changed dramatically, but a few key things have remained the same. Casterpack is still primarily created, coordinated, and headed up by Caster with a focus on fun and engaging mods that span the realms of science, magic, transportation, and general quality-of-life improvements to the game, as well as many other more niche genres, to push the base game to its limits and create a fun and engaging experience for all.

Casterpack started out its life as the dream of a young man who wanted to create a more custom-tailored experience for his friends in the DMZE gaming group all the way back in 2016. Minecraft had always been a group favorite game but all the pre-made packs were running out of interesting things to do, so Caster set out to create his first custom pack, and thus, DMZECraft was born. Running on the Technic Launcher, this early predecessor to Casterpack had an absurd amount of mods and even more bugs, but most of all it provided the experience Caster wanted for his friends. The early pack led to many wild adventures and crazy stories amongst the group, but after a few months, began to lose its luster and taper off into obscurity. Caster realized he could not realistically dig up enough new content to keep the pack interesting and ultimately scrapped it after a two-month run.

Roughly a year later, he was asked to make an updated version of the pack, and he did, after that pack began to taper off is when Caster decided on the compromise of having a modded Minecraft season, a specific time of year in which he would release a new pack and run it with a server for his friends to play on for roughly two months, before closing it as interest in the pack waned.

A few more years and a few more packs passed and the old group went its separate ways. A few intermediary packs lacking a permanent name or generally well-defined experience came out during this time before ultimately a decision was made to change the name to Casterpack from 2018 releases forward, as the name DMZECraft no longer properly reflected the yearly playerbase. 

Through the years more and more of the current staff joined in. Joe was one of the first admins back in the DMZECraft days and even held the position of Co-Owner of the network for a time before stepping back to focus on other pursuits. Jdawg would pioneer the transition of Casterpack from the now-antiquated Technic Launcher to the current platform on Curseforge, and would eventually serve as the resident technical advisor and troubleshooter of all future official releases. And finally, the ambitious Snow who would provide public relations for the pack and ultimately go on to extend modded Minecraft season with her own pack, now in the Casterpack Network, Ur Mom's Modpack.

And so, many years and many seasons of modded Minecraft later, we are still here, proudly producing custom experiences for our players to enjoy each and every year. 

The team here at the Casterpack Network is excited to bring new and interesting experiences to our players in the years to come. We appreciate your continued support, especially our pack veterans who stick around year after year to guide new players and see what new challenges we have cooked up for you. It means the world to us to have such a loving playerbase and we look forward to seeing you all in our favorite voxel-based world for many years to come.

Happy Modded Minecraft Season!

-Caster