Select version and loader 0.14.13 (or the latest stable) within the official tool.

You should not manually extract a .rar into your project. Instead, update your gradle.properties to point to the desired loader version: properties loader_version=0.14.13 minecraft_version=1.18.2 Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Recommendation

If you downloaded this from a third-party site (not fabricmc.net or Modrinth ), there is a high risk of bundled malware.

As a developer or user, you should be extremely cautious with this specific file for several reasons:

The official Fabric Loader is distributed as a .jar (Java executable) or via the official Fabric Installer . It is almost never distributed as a .rar file by the official development team.