Essential Network Error

Essential Mod can fail to authenticate your connection due to various reasons. The guides below help you fix common issues.

Essential Mod is incompatible with pirated versions of Minecraft, as it necessitates Mojang's authentication process. To fully enjoy Essential Mod, we recommend purchasing the game from Minecraft's official site.

This article gives you instructions on how to fix problems caused by pirated versions of the game.

Are you a part of a Microsoft family group? If so follow the guide below.

If not follow the guide below.

When trying to join someone you get an error “No such host is know” (eu.stun.essential.gg or eu.turn.essential.gg or something similar). And when they try to join you, they get an “ICE failed” error.

This usually means there's a network setup issue.

The article below helps you change your DNS server to Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1, which often resolves the problem.

If you’ve recently changed your username, you may see a “You are not connected to Essential Network” error. To fix this, simply log out of your launcher and then log back in, this will force the update and resolve the issue.

You can check the status of Essential Mod on status.essential.gg.

If everything looks good on the Essential Mod status and nothing else in the wiki is doing the trick, feel free to ask our support team on Discord for help.

Related Pages

Debug Logs

Incompatible Mods