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This page intends to document the history of textures used in Minecraft.

For more in depth information for actually used textures for each edition, refer to the following pages:

Unused textures

Blocks

For more information on these, see History of textures/Unused textures.
This section is missing information about a large amount of block/item textures were added to Pocket Edition before actual implementation as blocks - we currently have spotty evidence as to the actual implementation of many blocks in the early game though but once conclusive results are obtained these should probably be added here and then the implementation of said blocks mentioned, "removing" their unusedness. 
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.
Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-161348Grass Block (top texture) JE2 A duplicate grass block texture appears in terrain.png to the right, for an unknown reason.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.12aFile:Water (pre-release texture).png Added pre-release texture of water to terrain.png.
Dirt (texture) JE1 BE1 Bedrock (texture) JE1 BE1 Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1 Added three individual files with block textures. dirt.png used for loading background, rock.png for bedrock on border and water.png for water on border.
Grass Block (top texture) JE2 Added currently unused grass.png.
0.0.14aDirt (texture) JE1 BE1 Grass Block (side texture) JE1 BE1 Added duplicates of the dirt texture and grass block side texture to terrain.png.
Unknown 1 (texture) JE1 Added an unused texture to terrain.png.
0.0.15aRemoved the dirt/grass side texture duplicates and mysterious whitish texture from terrain.png.
0.0.20aThe opaque water texture in terrain.png has been replaced with the dandelion texture.
0.26 SURVIVAL TESTCobweb (texture) JE0 BE0 Added a cobweb texture to terrain.png, but no associated block.
Bricks Variation 1 (texture) JE1 Bricks Variation 2 (texture) JE1 Bricks Variation 3 (texture) JE1 Bricks Variation 4 (texture) JE1 Added some unused variations of brick blocks to terrain.png.
Translucent Gold Corner 1 (texture) JE1 Translucent Gold Corner 2 (texture) JE1 Directly below these brick variations existed what appears to be a translucent bottom half of the block of gold side texture.
Misaligned Gold Corner 1 (texture) JE1 Misaligned Gold Corner 2 (texture) JE1 Misaligned Gold Corner 3 (texture) JE1 Misaligned Gold Corner 4 (texture) JE1 Slightly downwards and to the left existed a somewhat modified block of gold side texture, spread across four spaces.
Java Edition Indev
0.3120091223-1Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1 Added a duplicate water placeholder texture to terrain.png.
Removed the brick variations and weird gold blocks from terrain.png.
20100110Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1 Replaced the duplicate grass top texture with a duplicate lava placeholder texture.
Minecraft Indev20100206Oak Planks (texture) JE3 BE1 Chair (texture) JE1 Chair or table (texture) JE1 Added a duplicate texture for planks and the infamous chair textures to terrain.png.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev20100607The duplicate planks texture has been replaced by the ladder texture.
20100618Chair (texture) JE2 The chair side texture has been darkened.
20100629Unknown 2 (texture) JE1 Added an second unused texture to terrain.png.
The unused chair textures have been removed from terrain.png.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4The unknown white texture has been replaced by the snowy grass block side texture.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Cake (item) JE1 BE1 For some reason, the cake's item texture also appears on terrain.png as well as items.png. It is unused here.
1.3Crying Obsidian (texture) JE0 BE0 Added a texture for crying obsidian to terrain.png. It was never used at this time.
1.5The cobweb texture has been updated, and cobwebs have actually been implemented.
The crying obsidian texture has been replaced by the grass block overlay.
1.6Test Build 3Grass Block (top texture) JE3 BE1 A duplicate grass block top texture has been added to terrain.png, potentially used as a palette for designing the adjacent grass and fern textures.
1.8Pre-releaseUnknown 3 (texture) JE1 BE1 Village Border Edge (texture) JE1 BE1 Village Border Corner (texture) JE1 Unknown 4 (texture) JE1 Added four unused textures to terrain.png.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3End Stone (texture) JE0 An unused white cobblestone texture has been added to terrain.png.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4The white cobblestone has been replaced with the end stone texture.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5Unknown Grass (texture) JE1 BE1 Despite being unused, the unused grass block top texture has been updated, and now has a distinct texture from the actually used grass block.
1.2.11.2Chiseled Sandstone (side texture) JE0 Cut Sandstone (side texture) JE0 Two sandstone variant textures were added to terrain.png, but not used. These were indeed intended for use as sandstone block variants.[1]
1.2.4releaseThe two unused sandstone textures from before have been replaced and the replacements implemented.
1.513w02aThe unused cake texture, grass top duplicate and four unused blocks introduced in Beta 1.8 has been effectively removed with the splitting of block textures.
1.7.213w36aPaeonia (texture) JE1 The famous unused paeonia texture has been added to the assets/minecraft/textures/blocks/ directory.
1.915w31aDebug (texture) JE1 Debug2 (texture) JE1 Added debug.png and debug2.png to the assets/minecraft/textures/blocks/ directory.
1.1116w39bBlue Shulker Box (top texture) JE1 BE1 A duplicate of the blue shulker box top texture called test.png now exists directly in assets/minecraft/.
16w39ctest.png has been removed.
Texture Update1.0.0 and 2.0.0, potentially among othersPaeonia (texture) TU1 Despite being unused, a new paeonia texture has been included in a Texture Update resource pack.
Vines 2 (texture) TU1 Vines 3 (texture) TU1 Vines 4 (texture) TU1 Three extra variant textures for vines were also included, their uses unknown.
1.1317w47aRemoved the unused paeonia texture from the assets/minecraft/textures/blocks/ directory.
1.1418w44aLectern (pre-release texture) An unused texture sheet containing each texture then associated with the lectern has been added to the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory. It was used on the pre-release image but when replaced with separate textures before release.
18w45aThe lectern sheet from above was removed from the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory.
1.1519w34aWax Block (texture) JE1 The texture for a wax block was added to the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory.
19w42aRemoved the wax block texture from the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory.
1.1620w06aStripped Warped Stem (top texture) JE1 Stripped Warped Stem (texture) JE1 BE1 Two duplicate stripped warped stem textures are present in assets/minecraft/textures/block/, entitled "warped_stripped_log_top.png" and "warped_stripped_log_side.png".
20w09aRemoved the above duplicate warped stem textures from assets/minecraft/textures/block/.
1.1720w49aSculk Sensor (calibrated top texture) JE1 Sculk Sensor (calibrated side texture) JE1 The textures "calibrated_sculk_sensor_top.png" and "calibrated_sculk_sensor_side.png" have been added to the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory.
21w05aRoot Vines (head texture) JE1 The texture "root_vines_head.png" has beed added to the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0Cobweb (texture) JE0 BE0 Cake (item) JE1 BE1 Crying Obsidian (texture) JE0 BE0 The old web, cake item and crying obsidian textures are present in terrain.png.
Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1 Due to the absence of nether portals, its placeholder texture is unused.
v0.2.0The crying obsidian texture has been replaced by the grass block overlay.
v0.8.0build 2terrain.png was split, removing some unused textures - specifics unknown.
v0.14.2Allow (texture) EE0 Deny (texture) EE0 Added what appear to be prototype textures for the Allow and Deny blocks.
?The textures for allow and deny have been updated, and the blocks that use them actually implemented.[verify]
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.2Empty Barrel (texture) BE1 Fish Barrel (texture) BE1 Added two unused barrel textures. Their fate remains unknown.

Items

Entities

Java Edition Classic
0.0.20a2char (texture) JE1 A unused solid white player-shaped texture called 2char now exists in the game.
Java Edition Indev
Minecraft Indev20100212-1Char 2 (texture) JE1 Added char_2.png.
20100214-2char_2.png has been removed.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev20100607Door (texture) JE1 Added a texture called "door".
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0previewPigman (texture) JE1 Added a pigman texture.
v1.2.2Removed 2char.png, likely due to texture pack support implementation.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseVillager (texture) JE1 Added a "villager" texture.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Ender Dragon (body texture) JE1 Ender Dragon (dragon texture) JE1 Added some ender dragon textures. These two, entitled "body" and "dragon", are assumed unused due to being later removed.
1.4.612w50aSkis (texture) JE1 Added a texture for skis.
1.6.113w24aRemoved the door, pigman, weird villager, "body", "dragon" and skis textures.

Particles

Java Edition Beta
1.4Water Flame (texture) JE1 BE1 Water Lava (texture) JE1 BE1 Two particles were added that visually resemble water droplets, or possibly water or blue analogues of the existing "flame" and "lava" particles.
Java Edition
1.4.212w34aAngry Villager (texture) JE0 BE0 Added an angry villager head particle texture, which was unused.
1.1419w06aThe three unused particle textures have been removed with the splitting of particles.png.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0Water Flame (texture) JE1 BE1 Water Lava (texture) JE1 BE1 The unused water/fire particle textures exist in this version of the game's particles.png.
Small Splash (texture) JE1 BE1 Large Splash (texture) JE1 BE1 The two older splash textures also added in this version had a very high likelihood of being unused.
v0.12.1build 1Angry Villager (texture) JE0 BE0 The angry villager head particle now exists in particles.png.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0?Soul Lava (texture) BE1 Added a "soul lava" particle texture to particles.png.

Paintings

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0Earth (texture) BE1 Fire (texture) BE1 Water (texture) BE1 Wind (texture) BE1 Four unused painting textures corresponding to the four classical elements have been added to kz.png.
v0.8.0build 2Earth (texture) BE2 Fire (texture) BE2 Water (texture) BE2 Wind (texture) BE2 Despite remaining completely unused, the four painting textures have been updated.

Miscellaneous

Java Edition Classic
0.0.14aTallterrain Added tallterrain.png.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0reuploadAdd Trash Sm multi Sm options Sm play Added add.png, trash.png, sm_multi.png, sm_options.png, sm_play.png.
v0.1.1trash.png has been removed.
v0.2.0sm_multi.png, sm_options.png, sm_play.png have been removed.
v0.3.0123123 Added 123123.png.
add.png has been removed.
v0.3.3123123.png has been removed.
v0.16.0build 1TitleOSX Added titleOSX.png.
build 2Removed titleOSX.png.

Developer version exclusive textures

These textures appeared exclusively in development screenshots or videos. In most cases, the raw files have never been released publicly; all cases documented here are derived from recreations unless otherwise stated.

Blocks

Brush
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Java Edition Beta
June 7, 2011Piston Head (texture) pJE20110607 Piston (side texture) pJE20110607 Pistons were shown in a screenshot to have an extra band around the face, and smaller edge white things.
Java Edition
September 30, 2011Brewing Stand (texture) pJE20110930 A prototype version of the brewing stand is revealed.
September 30, 2011Enchanting Table (top texture) pJE20110930 Enchanting Table (side texture) pJE20110930-1 A prototype enchanting table is revealed, once again.
September 30, 2011Enchanting Table (side texture) pJE20110930-2 A prototype enchanting table is revealed. The top texture is now identical to a release.
April 24, 2013White Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Light Gray Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Gray Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Black Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Brown Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Red Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Orange Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Yellow Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Lime Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Green Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Cyan Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Light Blue Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Blue Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Purple Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Magenta Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424 Pink Wood Planks (texture) pJE20130424
Showcased an image featuring colored wood planks, which ultimately never made it into the game.
June 8, 2014Wet Sponge (texture) pJE20140608 This texture was shown for wet sponges.
January 23, 2017Jeb showcases updated wool colors. Some may not have made it into 17w06a, however this is currently unknown.
November 18, 2017Tube Coral Block (texture) pJE20171118 Bubble Coral Block (texture) pJE20171118 Horn Coral Block (texture) pJE20171118 Dead Coral Block (texture) pJE20171118 Green Coral (texture) pJE20171118 Orange Coral (texture) pJE20171118 Orange Coral 2 (texture) pJE20171118 Prototypes for coral were shown in a clip at MINECON Earth.
September 28, 2019Honey Block (texture) pJE20190928 This honey block was showcased at MINECON Live 2019.
Minecraft Live 2020
(October 3, 2020)
30:08Spore Blossom (texture) pJE20201003 This version of the spore blossom was shown at at Minecraft Live 2020.
41:32Deepslate (side texture) pJE20201003 Deepslate was shown unnamed as part of deep dark caves biome at Minecraft Live 2020.
38:10Sculk Sensor (pre-release 1)(please replace with textures) File:Sculk Block (texture) pJE20201003.png Unknown Sculk (texture) pJE20201003 The sculk sensor and these sculk blocks were shown off at Minecraft Live 2020.
October 3, 2020Cut Copper (texture) pJE20201003 Exposed Cut Copper (texture) pJE20201003 Weathered Cut Copper (texture) pJE20201003 Oxidized Cut Copper (texture) pJE20201003 These textures were used for the reveal of copper related blocks.
?File:Big Dripleaf (pre-release texture 1).png This dripleaf texture was shown.
?File:Big Dripleaf (pre-release texture 2).png This dripleaf texture was shown.
?File:Sculk Sensor Tendril inactive (pre-release texture).png This sculk sensor texture was shown.
?File:Sculk Sensor Tendril active (pre-release texture).png This sculk sensor texture was shown.
?Unknown Sculk Block Side (pre-release texture 1) This sculk block texture was shown.
?File:Unknown Sculk Block Side (pre-release texture 2).png This sculk veins texture was shown.
?Sculk Veins (pre-release 2 texture) This sculk veins texture was shown.
?Sculk Veins (pre-release texture) This sculk sensor texture was shown.
?Deepslate (pre-release 2 texture) This deepslate texture was shown.
October 19, 2020Something completely different (texture) pJE20201019 Henrik Kniberg shows this modified dandelion texture for testing purposes.
November 13, 2020Sculk Sensor (pre-release 2)(please replace with textures) The sculk sensor has a new texture in a tweet from Brandon Pearce.
November 16, 2020File:Sculk Block (texture) pJE20201116.png The sculk block has a new texture in a tweet from Brandon Pearce.
November 18, 2020Tuff (texture) pJE20201118 JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate tuff texture.
November 23, 2020Sculk Sensor (pre-release 3)(please replace with textures) The sculk sensor has a new texture in a tweet from Brandon Pearce.
February 5, 2021Rooted Dirt (texture) pJE20210205 Hanging Roots (texture) pJE20210205 JAPPA tweets an image of alternate hanging roots and rooted dirt textures.
February 17, 2021Deepslate Iron Ore (texture) pJE20210217 Deepslate Gold Ore (texture) pJE20210217 Deepslate Diamond Ore (texture) pJE20210217 Deepslate Redstone Ore (texture) pJE20210217 Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore (texture) pJE20210217 Henrik Kniberg shows grimstone variants of overworld ore.
February 18, 2021Iron Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Gold Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Lapis Lazuli Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Emerald Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Deepslate Iron Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Deepslate Gold Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Deepslate Redstone Ore (texture) pJE20210218 Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore (texture) pJE20210218 JAPPA shows new textures of iron ore, gold ore and updated grimstone variants of overworld ore.
February 18, 2021Deepslate Diamond Ore (texture) pJE20210218 JAPPA shows a new texture for the grimstone variant of diamond ore.
February 22, 2021Iron Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Gold Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Copper Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Redstone Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Deepslate Iron Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Deepslate Gold Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Deepslate Diamond Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Deepslate Redstone Ore (texture) pJE20210222 Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore (texture) pJE20210222 JAPPA shows updated iron ore, copper ore, redstone ore and updated grimstone variant of overworld ore.
Pocket Edition Alpha
May 2, 2016Observer (front texture) pBE20160502 A rejected observer texture is released.
Texture Update
July 18, 2017Obsidian (texture) pTU20170718 Birch Log (side texture) pTU20170718 Jeb tweets the first image containing updated textures. Included are unreleased obsidian and birch log textures. The grass texture also changed, but whether this was released is unknown.
July 19, 2017Obsidian (texture) pTU20170719 Block of Diamond (texture) pTU20170719 Jeb tweets an image containing new obsidian and block of diamond textures, which were also never released.
July 19, 2017Oak Log (top texture) pTU20170719 Oak Log (side texture) pTU20170719 Birch Log (top texture) pTU20170719 Spruce Log (top texture) pTU20170719 Spruce Log (side texture) pTU20170719 Jungle Log (top texture) pTU20170719 Jungle Log (side texture) pTU20170719 Acacia Log (top texture) pTU20170719 Acacia Log (side texture) pTU20170719 Dark Oak Log (top texture) pTU20170719 Dark Oak Log (side texture) pTU20170719 Jeb replies with an image of all the new logs.
July 19, 2017JAPPA tweets an image of a less-blurry birch log.
July 19, 2017Jungle Planks (texture) pTU20170719 Jeb tweets an image of an unreleased jungle planks texture.
July 20, 2017Block of Diamond (texture) pTU20170720 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image containing an unreleased diamond block.
July 22, 2017Oak Planks (texture) pTU20170722 Crafting Table (top texture) pTU20170722 Crafting Table (front texture) pTU20170722 Crafting Table (side texture) pTU20170722 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of new crafting table, oak planks, and oak wood.
September 4, 2017Cobblestone (texture) pTU20170904 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of updated cobblestone.
September 18, 2017Cobblestone (texture) pTU20170918 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of updated cobblestone.
July 11, 2018Obsidian (texture) pTU20180711 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of updated obsidian.
July 11, 2018Diorite (texture) pTU20180711Andesite (texture) pTU20180711 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of updated diorite and andesite.
November 29, 2018Cobblestone (texture) pTU20181129 Mossy Cobblestone (texture) pTU20181129 Jasper Boerstra tweets an image from the boat texturing process. A new (probably experimental) cobblestone and mossy cobblestone can be seen atop the background.
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Items

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