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# How to Fix Ticking Entity on Forge Minecraft Server

Well, What is a "Ticking Entity"? A ticking entity is a modded block or an entity that causes your server to crash and restart constantly. This issue can be fixed relatively easy. Let's get into it!

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### How to fix a Ticking Entity on your Forge Server (1.13+)

||| Before continuing, make sure to create a backup just in-case anything goes wrong during the process, otherwise the world may be un-recoverable! If you do not know how to create a backup, please follow [this](/en/article/how-to-backup-your-server-2zb28p/) article.

1. Head over to the File Manager and find the `world` folder.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/worldfolder_1pnu3ve.png)

2. The navigate to the `serverconfig` folder.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/serverconfig_10gxn1y.png)

3. There should be a file called `forge-server.toml` inside the `serverconfig` folder. Now, click on the file to open the text editor.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/editor_1lrk3at.png)

4. Find the line `removeErroringEntities` and `removeErroringBlockEntities` ( `removeErroringBlockEntities` may be sometimes called `removeErroringTileEntities`).

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/ent_bqce08.png)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/blo_vkxvht.png)

5. Set both of these lines to `true`. This will remove all the faulty blocks and/or entities from the world. Next, click the "Save Content" button.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/save_91r8ed.png)

6. Restart the server. It should now successfully startup the forge server. If it has successfully started, we recommend to change the values ( `removeErroringEntities` and `removeErroringBlockEntities`) back to `false` to ensure it will not remove other blocks/entities that are not causing the ticking entity issue.

### How to fix a Ticking Entity on your Forge Server (1.12.2 and below)

1. Head over to the File Manager and find the `config` folder.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/config3_1bh1dsn.png)

2. Find the file `forge.cfg` and click on the file to open the text editor.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/forge_130kmh9.png)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/forgeconf_vs3pzp.png)

3. Find the line `removeErroringEntities` and `removeErroringTileEntities`

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/ent2_h9mrmc.png)

4. Set both of these lines to `true`. This will remove all the faulty blocks and/or entities from the world. Next, click the "Save Content" button.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a79efd0b48a91800/save_91r8ed.png)

5. Restart the server. It should now successfully startup the forge server. If it has successfully started, we recommend to change the values ( `removeErroringEntities` and `removeErroringTileEntities`) back to `false` to ensure it will not remove other blocks/entities that are not causing the ticking entity issue.
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