Feeling helpful, Alex decided to respond to the post with a solution. He explained that the modloader value needed to be updated to the latest version, which was neoforge:1.19.2-43.1.0 . He provided a snippet of his own neoforge.mods.toml file, showing the correct setting:

NeoGradle needs an update as well. The current latest version is 7.0. 105 . Gradle itself will also need to be on version 8.6 at l... NeoForged docs Mod Files | NeoForged docs This can be changed by specifying the dist parameter: * // Must match a mod id in the neoforge.mods.toml. * // This mod class will... NeoForged docs Mod Files | NeoForged docs toml​ The mods. toml file, located at src/main/resources/META-INF/mods. toml , is a file in TOML format that defines the metadata ... NeoForged docs Mod Files | NeoForged docs During building, Gradle reads the values in these files and inlines them in various places, such as the neoforge. mods. toml file. NeoForged Documentation Mod Files | NeoForged docs Mod Entrypoints​ Now that the mods. toml is filled out, we need to provide an entrypoint for the mod. Entrypoints are essentially ... NeoForged Documentation 2024: The first Mod Packs - The NeoForged project 1 Jan 2025 —

Here’s the relevant neoforge.mods.toml entry for modLoader :

When setting the modloader value, make sure to follow these best practices: