my minecraft keeps saying i need a mod called forge but i can't find it anywhere

"forge" is just Minecraft Forge, not its own mod. My best guess is that you have a mismatch between the mod is version and Minecraft's version. Check that. If it's not that, please post a full log.

download and install minecraft forge based on the version its requesting.

He already has Forge. It's actually the thing that's giving him the message that "forge" is missing.

To clarify, Forge's version may be too old. Try updating it too.

i believe thats what i said shrug

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