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This article is about the former mechanism used to customize the appearance of game elements. For asset customization in current versions of Minecraft, see Resource pack. For other uses, see Texture Pack (disambiguation).
BlockSprite rose.png: Sprite image for rose in Minecraft
This page describes content that exists only in outdated versions of Minecraft.
 
This feature used to be in the game but has since been removed.
Default textures with a custom texture pack in the center. The texture pack being used is Jolicraft.

Texture packs were a way to change the in-game textures of blocks, items, mobs, and the GUI.

In Java Edition 1.6.1, texture packs were replaced with resource packs, which provide more control over textures and other game features, such as music and text.

Behavior[edit | edit source]

The texture pack selection screen.

Each custom texture pack is either a ZIP archive with a case-insensitive .zip suffix or a directory.

Texture packs are placed in the File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft texturepacks directory within File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft .minecraft. They can be chosen from the options, but only one pack can be selected at any given time.

By default, the game uses the texture pack called Default. It has the description The default look of Minecraft and a default pack.png. It's always present and uses textures from the File archive.png: Sprite image for archive in Minecraft client.jar. If a custom texture pack doesn't have a certain texture, the texture from the default texture pack is used instead.

The Default pack has block and item textures 16×16 pixels in size. 32×32, 64×64, 128×128, 256×256, 512×512, and 1024×1024 textures were referred to as "HD". Textures of different resolutions can be mixed and matched within one texture pack.

Texture packs in the older format from before 1.5 that are directories (not ZIP files) are displayed in red and marked as incompatible.

Downloading a specific texture pack can be requested by servers when joining.

Contents[edit | edit source]

  • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft texture pack name or File archive.png: Sprite image for archive in Minecraft texture pack name.zip (case insensitive)
    • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft font.txt
    • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft pack.png: Image used as the thumbnail for the pack on the texture pack selection menu. Optional.
    • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft pack.txt
    • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft particles.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft achievement
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft bg.png
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft icons.png
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft map.txt
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft armor
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft art
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft kz.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft environment
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft font
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft gui
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft creative_inv
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft item
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft chests
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft lang
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft lang.lang
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft languages.txt
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft misc
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft mob
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft enderdragon
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft villager
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft textures
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft blocks
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft items
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png
    • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft title
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft black.png
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft credits.txt
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft mclogo.png
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft mojang.png
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft splashes.txt
      • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft win.txt
      • File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft bg
        • File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft texture.png

File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft pack.txt is a UTF-8 text file with LF or CRLF line endings, which can have up to two lines used as the description of the pack on the texture pack list. The text can be formatted using formatting codes. Any extraneous lines are cut off. This file is required for a texture pack directory, but not a texture pack ZIP file, to be detected.

Converting texture packs[edit | edit source]

Texture packs using the format from before 1.5 can be converted to the 1.5 format using the Unstitcher tool.

Texture packs can be converted to resource packs using the Texture Ender tool. Converting texture packs from before 1.5 is a two-step process, requiring them to be converted to the 1.5 format first by using Unstitcher.

Installing a texture pack[edit | edit source]

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  1. Download a texture pack. Most texture packs are in ZIP file format, but as long as it has the necessary files (pack.txt), Minecraft recognizes a directory as a texture pack. In-depth instructions on obtaining the files to make custom texture packs are located at Tutorials/Custom texture packs. However this is not necessary, as of snapshot 12w23a, for as long as pack.txt exists, it is recognized as a texture pack.
  2. Run Minecraft. If Minecraft is already running, make sure to leave the world.
  3. Click Texture Packs in Options.
  4. Click Open Texture Pack Folder; this opens the directory where Minecraft stores all texture packs. If nothing happens, the directory must be found manually. Depending on the operating system it is located at:
  • Windows XP and above: %appdata%\.minecraft\texturepacks.
  • Linux: ~/.minecraft/texturepacks (this directory may be hidden in the home directory).
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks (this directory may be hidden).
  1. Minecraft does not have to be closed when placing the texture pack in the opened directory.
  2. In a few seconds the texture pack appears in Minecraft. Select it and click "Done". The texture pack is now applied. If Minecraft did not update, simply exit and reopen the texture packs screen.

Installation tips[edit | edit source]

  • Texture packs may redesign only some textures. So if the main menu looks the same after a pack is selected, it doesn't mean the pack is not working.
  • Many texture packs may be installed and overlap each other. The texture pack list can be scrolled by dragging the scrollbars up or down.
  • Minecraft may lock the currently used texture pack (for example, if the pack contains custom textures for user interface), so the file can't be overwritten. If the pack needs to be updated, it may be necessary to temporarily switch to the default pack and then overwrite the file.
  • To get an unzipped directory to show as a texture pack in Minecraft, that directory needs a File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft pack.txt file in it. This, however, did not work prior to 12w23a.
  • Keep in mind that, if a texture pack is downloaded in ZIP form, it may contain another directory inside of it that has the texture pack's title, this is the actual texture pack. In this case, this directory must be copied to the File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft texturepacks directory.
  • If an older version of Minecraft (1.2.5 for example) is being used and a texture pack for a newer version is installed, the texture pack still runs properly, and ignores the unused items or blocks.
  • If an older texture pack is used in a more recent version of Minecraft, then the newer blocks and items show a "missing texture" because the texture pack isn't made for newer versions.
  • An editor is a great way to make a texture pack.

Current versions of Minecraft support higher resolutions of texture packs. Traditionally, textures in-game work on a 16×16 block. Bigger texture packs can go all the way up to 512×512 (32×, 64×, 128×, 256×) but require better hardware to play smoothly.

History[edit | edit source]

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[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.2Added official support for texture packs. Prior to this, users would have to manually replace the File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft terrain.png texture atlas in File archive.png: Sprite image for archive in Minecraft client.jar files, or use a mod.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.8?Fixed a crash related to HD textures, but they still don't work correctly on a vanilla client.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Players can now reload the texture pack by pressing F3 + T.
1.3.112w23aTexture packs directories are now recognized.
12w24aThe Open texture pack folder button now works on macOS.
1.513w02aThe File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft terrain.png and File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft gui/items.png were replaced by individual block and item textures, allowing for HD textures and animations. Texture pack directories (but not ZIP files) using the old format are marked as incompatible and displayed with a red name.
1.6.113w24aTexture packs are no longer supported and are replaced with resource packs.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU12CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added support for texture packs.
CU41.101.101.10Added the Steampunk texture pack.
TU23CU111.151.151.15Added the Pattern texture pack.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The selected texture pack is saved to the options.txt file in the .minecraft folder, so the "skin:" value can be manually changed to the name of the ZIP file. This can be useful if the texture pack crashes the main menu, making impossible to change the pack using the texture selection screen. Erasing the pack name will reset it to default.
  • Resource packs that only add textures are called "texture packs" in the Minecraft Marketplace.‌[BE only]
  • The block texture visible when the player's head is inside of a block is from the default texture pack, regardless of whether a custom texture pack is enabled or not.

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