Loading world screen

The Loading screen is a screen displayed when generating or loading a world.

Chunk colormap
The Chunk Colormap is a square that appears in the world loading screen in Java Edition 1.14 and onward. In it there are several colored pixels, changing color and expanding the shape as chunks load.


 * Every pixel represents a chunk in a 19x19 radius, including the chunk the player is in.
 * Its color represents a chunk Status
 * is the color of chunks with the "Empty" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Structure Starts" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Structure References" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Biomes" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Noise" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Surface" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Carvers" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Liquid Carvers" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Features" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Light" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Spawn" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Heightmaps" status.
 * Chunks with the color are chunks with the "Full" status.

Bedrock Edition
Displays a green progress bar, as well as a box showing text, which usually shows either a joke or information about the game.

Legacy Console Edition
Similarly to Bedrock, shows a green progress bar and some text, the main difference being the text box is at the bottom of the screen instead of the center.