Bedrock Edition history of textures/Blocks

This article is about all changes made to block textures. For the texture atlas that housed all block textures prior to Java Edition 1.5 and Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha, see terrain.png.

This page document the history of the textures of blocks, their additions, changes and removals. Additions and changes made to the models of blocks, as well as any new blocks which reuse prior textures, will not be documented here.

Used block textures

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					The textures above are used by the game for drawing blocks, even though some of these blocks cannot be normally obtained.
					Due to being based on Java Edition Beta 1.3's terrain.png, the above textures are present, but are not yet used by any blocks in the game.
					The lava and water placeholder textures are used as actual fluid textures in many cases (although on some devices water looked like java water at the time).
					Roses have an exclusive texture.
v0.1.3					Added two new textures for the info update blocks.
					The game now uses the textures for cactus.
v0.2.0					The textures have been updated to Java Edition 1.0.0 and has inherited the additions and changes made to terrain.png. The above ported texture changes apply to blocks existent in the game.
					The above ported texture changes do not apply to any existing blocks.
					The newly added textures above do not yet belong to any blocks.
					The ice texture has been made completely opaque.
					The game now uses the textures for Oak Door, Oak Fence, and Oak Fence Gate.
v0.2.1					The game now uses the textures of the bookshelf.
v0.2.1 alpha2					The iron door textures have changed.
					info_update now has a completely transparent pixel in the top left.
v0.3.0					The game now uses the textures for crafting tables.
v0.3.2					The game now uses the textures for sapling, furnace, and glass pane.
v0.4.0					The game now uses the textures for chest (excluding double) and bed.
v0.5.0					Added textures for glowing obsidian and the nether reactor core.
					the game now uses the textures for glowstone, melon, and melon stems.
					The grass block side texture has changed.
v0.6.0					Textures for the stonecutter and sandstone and quartz block variants have been added.
					the game now uses the textures for netherrack and nether brick.
v0.7.0					Added the textures for cakes.
					Changed the Lava texture.
v0.8.0		build 2			Added textures for spruce planks, birch planks, beetroot seeds, carrots, potatoes, hay bales and the block of coal.
					The game now uses the textures for pumpkins, iron bars, rails, powered rails and sponges.
					Added textures for cocoa, tripwire and command blocks, despite these not yet being implemented.
					The iron door has been repaired and the grass block side texture reverted.
					The cactus top texture has unintentionally changed.
					terrain.png has been removed, and block textures have been relocated to terrain-atlas.tga.
		build 7			Changed the Ice texture.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added the textures for acacia wood, dark oak wood, granite, polished granite, diorite, polished diorite, andesite, polished andesite, emerald block, hardened clay (all 17 colours), podzol, red sand, packed ice, emerald ore, sapling (jungle, acacia and dark oak), tall grass, peony, lilac, rose bushes, sunflowers, blue orchid, allium, azure bluet, and tulip (all 4 colors).
					the game now uses the textures for end stone, mycelium, mushroom blocks, mushroom stem, cocoa, end portal frames, and lily pads.
v0.11.0		build 1			Added the textures for grass paths and redstone blocks.
v0.12.1		build 1			The game now uses the textures for enchanting tables, brewing stands, soul sand and nether wart.
					Added the texture of Anvil, Chipped Anvil, Damaged Anvil, Flower Pots and Nether Quartz Ore.
v0.13.0		build 1			The game now uses the textures for redstones, redstone torches, levers, tripwires and detector rails.
					Detector rails now have a unique texture for when activated.
					Powered Rails no longer always on.
					Added the textures for redstone lamps, daylight sensors, activator rail, the 5 wooden doors and iron trapdoor.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added the textures for redstone comparator, dropper, hopper, item frame, red sandstone and slime blocks.
					The game now uses the textures for dispenser, but with a different texture.
					The games now uses the textures for repeaters and cauldron.
v0.14.2					Changed the nether bricks texture to be brighter.
v0.15.0		build 1			the game now uses the textures for pistons and sticky piston.
					Added the texture for observers.
		build 2			Peony and rose bushes now have textures from the Legacy Console Edition.
v0.16.0		build 1			Textures for the sea lantern, Prismarine, wet sponge, allow, deny, and border blocks have been added.
		build 4			Textures for beacons has been added.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			textures for end stone bricks, purpur blocks, purpur pillars, chorus flowers, chorus plants, end rods, dragon eggs, and end gateways; has been added.
1.0.5		alpha 1.0.5.0			Textures for command blocks have been added.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added textures for sixteen colors each of concrete, concrete powder, and glazed terracotta, as well as frosted ice.
					Updated all wool textures.
		alpha 1.1.0.3			The textures of four glazed terracotta blocks have changed.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			The stained glass, stained glass panes, coarse dirt, jukeboxes, and exclusive 3D Export structure block textures have been added.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added stripped logs. The spruce and dark oak logs have exclusive side textures.
		beta 1.2.14.2			textures for blue ice, coral blocks, dead coral blocks, corals, coral fans, dead coral fan, dried kelp blocks and 5 types of trapdoors.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Textures for sea pickles has been added.
		release			The two exclusive stripped log top textures have changed.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.1			Added the texture for conduits.
		beta 1.5.0.4			Added textures for bubble columns and turtle eggs.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.1			Added the texture for Barrier.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Added the texture for bamboo and Scaffolding.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added the textures for cornflowers, lily of the valleys and smooth stone.
		beta 1.9.0.2			Added the textures for barrel, bells, cartography tables, fletching table, grindstone, smithing table, smokers and lanterns.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Updated a huge amount of textures.
					Added the textures for Composters, campfires and Lecterns.
					Changed textures for some new crafting stations.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Added structure voids.
		beta 1.13.0.9			Added dead corals.
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added textures for the beehive, bee nest and the honey and honeycomb blocks.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added textures for Nether Update blocks.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added the textures for more Nether Update blocks.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Change the following texture to match Java Edition.
					The textures of crimson and warped doors have been changed.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			Added the texture for powder snow.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.56			Added textures for pointed dripstone and sculk sensors.
		beta 1.16.210.57			Added textures for blocks of copper, cut copper, copper ore and lightning rods.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Added the texture for dripstone blocks.
					Updated the textures of all of the Overworld ores.
		beta 1.16.220.52			Added the textures for moss block, glow berries, big dripleaf, small dripleaf, spore blossom, azalea leaves, hanging roots, rooted dirt and azaleas.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.50			The texture for glow lichens has been added.
		beta 1.16.230.52			Added textures for deepslate, cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate bricks, deepslate tiles, and deepslate ores.
		beta 1.16.230.54			The textures of coal ore, diamond ore, gold ore, and iron ore have been changed.
		beta 1.17.0.50			Added the textures for amethyst buds, amethyst clusters, budding amethyst, blocks of amethyst, blocks of raw metal, calcite, tuff, smooth basalt, tinted glass, glow item frames.
					The textures of blackstone, gilded blackstone, deepslate coal ore, deepslate copper ore, deepslate lapis lazuli ore, snowy grass blocks, and smokers have been updated.
		beta 1.17.0.54			Changed the textures of blocks of raw metal and deepslate.
1.17.30		beta 1.17.30.23			Added unused textures for sculk, sculk catalyst, sculk shrieker, sculk vein.
1.18.10		beta 1.18.10.20			Changed the textures of glow berries and powered redstone comparator.
		beta 1.18.10.22			Changed the textures of carrots age 3, cartography table, and cocoa pod age 0 and age 1.
		beta 1.18.10.24			Added the texture for Frog Spawn.
		beta 1.18.10.26			Added the textures for froglights.
1.18.30		beta 1.18.20.21			Changed the textures of frog spawn.
		beta 1.18.20.25			Froglights tops now have unique textures.
					Changed the textures of froglights sides.
		beta 1.18.30.32			Added the textures for reinforced deepslate.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			Added the textures for mangrove and mud blocks.
		beta 1.19.0.24			Changed the texture for mangrove leaves.
1.19.50		beta 1.19.50.21			Added bamboo block textures and the chiseled bookshelf texture.
1.19.60		beta 1.19.60.20			Added bamboo block and stripped bamboo block Textures.
1.19.70		beta 1.19.70.23			Added suspicious sand and torchflower textures.
1.19.80		beta 1.19.80.20			Added cherry textures.
		beta 1.19.80.21			Added suspicious gravel texture.
1.20.0		Unknown			Added sniffer egg and pitcher plant.
					Added an unknown amount of textures.

Minecraft Education blocks

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added the texture for camera block.
v0.14.2					Added unused textures for the allow and deny.
v0.16.0		build 1			Changed the allow and deny textures and added border block and chalkboard textures.
		build 2			The 4 Minecraft Education blocks are now unobtainable.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Added Chemistry Update blocks.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			The camera is obtainable again.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.3			The chalkboard is obtainable again.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			The camera is no longer obtainable.
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			The allow, deny, and border block is obtainable again.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.50			The camera is obtainable again.
		beta 1.16.100.55			The camera is no longer obtainable.
MinecraftEdu
0.9652					MinecraftEdu, Education Edition's predecessor, had dedicated build allow, build disallow, and border blocks serving an identical purpose.
Education Edition
1.0.0		0.14.2			Added the texture for Chalkboards.
		release			Changed the allow, deny textures and border block textures.
1.0.27					Added Chemistry Update blocks.

Placeholder textures

This section documents both placeholder textures for errors, and those formerly used for animated blocks.

History

Missing textures

Main article: Missing textures and models § History of the texture itself

Animation placeholder textures

Main article: Animation placeholder texture § History