Add-on

"Within Minecraft, there are so many ways to be creative and build the worlds of your dreams. But when you want to extend Minecraft even further and introduce new mobs, items and other artifacts into your world, you’ll want to go to the next level of creation by building new Add-On packs that can transform Minecraft."

- Mike Ammerlaan

Add-ons are the first step toward bringing customization to all editions of Minecraft and are officially supported by Mojang/Minecraft. They allow the addition of elements to the game through a combination of resource packs and behavior packs. They are accomplished by behavior packs. The documentation provided on these pages is officially supported and endorsed. It was provided by the Minecraft development team in order to assist the community.

Behavior Packs often occur in combination with Resource Packs and can change the behavior of creatures, blocks, and even the player. In newer versions of the game, new content can also be added without overwriting old content, such as, but possibly not limited to, new blocks, items, biomes, particles, and mobs. There are two types of behavior packs: one type modifies old content (these add-ons are modifications of a few creatures, blocks, or modes of operation, without changing the game goal or character), and one type adds new content (these add-ons change the game by adding new content without overwriting existing content; add-ons can include mini-games, adventure maps, new items, creatures, bosses, and structures).

Add-ons are also often used in maps for the Minecraft Marketplace. All add-ons needed for the map are automatically downloaded and integrated into the world after purchase when downloading. The add-ons can be used in other maps, but it always depends on whether or not the developer allows this. It is also to be noted that the Marketplace is the only official add-on market, but there are add-on websites that have community-made add-ons by non-Minecraft partner developers, and that those add-ons are not just piracy versions of existing Marketplace packs, but original work. Third-party add-on are nevertheless not available on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

Official documentation

 * Addons JSON Documentation
 * Animation JSON Documentation
 * Block JSON Documentation
 * Entity JSON Documentation
 * Features JSON Documentation
 * Item JSON Documentation
 * Molang Documentation
 * Recipe JSON Documentation
 * Particle JSON Documentation
 * Volume JSON Documentation
 * GameTest API Documentation

Tutorials

 * Tutorials/Bedrock Edition creator guidelines
 * Creating resource packs
 * Creating behavior packs
 * Changing Minecraft entity models

Templates

 * Newest Official :
 * Vanilla Resource Pack files
 * Vanilla Behavior Pack files


 * Newest Beta :
 * Beta Resource Pack files
 * Beta Behavior Pack files


 * GameTest API Example Packs:
 * Sample GameTests for Minecraft Bedrock Edition