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:
- Java Edition history of textures
- Bedrock Edition history of textures
- Education Edition history of textures
- Legacy Console Edition history of textures
- New Nintendo 3DS Edition history of textures
- Pi Edition history of textures
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-161348 | |||||
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
| 0.0.12a | File:Water (pre-release texture).png Added pre-release texture of water to terrain.png. | ||||
| 0.0.14a | |||||
| 0.0.15a | Removed the dirt/grass side texture duplicates and mysterious whitish texture from terrain.png. | ||||
| 0.0.20a | The opaque water texture in terrain.png has been replaced with the dandelion texture. | ||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | |||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20091223-1 | ||||
| Removed the brick variations and weird gold blocks from terrain.png. | |||||
| 20100110 | |||||
| Minecraft Indev | 20100206 | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| Minecraft Infdev | 20100607 | The duplicate planks texture has been replaced by the ladder texture. | |||
| 20100618 | |||||
| 20100629 | |||||
| The unused chair textures have been removed from terrain.png. | |||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.4 | The unknown white texture has been replaced by the snowy grass block side texture. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 | |||||
| 1.3 | |||||
| 1.5 | The cobweb texture has been updated, and cobwebs have actually been implemented. | ||||
| The crying obsidian texture has been replaced by the grass block overlay. | |||||
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | ||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | The white cobblestone has been replaced with the end stone texture. | ||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 1.2 | ||||
| 1.2.4 | release | The two unused sandstone textures from before have been replaced and the replacements implemented. | |||
| 1.5 | 13w02a | The 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. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39b | ||||
| 16w39c | test.png has been removed. | ||||
| Texture Update | 1.0.0 and 2.0.0, potentially among others | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Removed the unused paeonia texture from the assets/minecraft/textures/blocks/ directory. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w44a | 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. | |||
| 18w45a | The lectern sheet from above was removed from the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory. | ||||
| 1.15 | 19w34a | ||||
| 19w42a | Removed the wax block texture from the assets/minecraft/textures/block/ directory. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||
| 20w09a | Removed the above duplicate warped stem textures from assets/minecraft/textures/block/. | ||||
| 1.17 | 20w49a | ||||
| 21w05a | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | |||||
| v0.2.0 | The crying obsidian texture has been replaced by the grass block overlay. | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 2 | terrain.png was split, removing some unused textures - specifics unknown. | |||
| v0.14.2 | |||||
| ? | The textures for allow and deny have been updated, and the blocks that use them actually implemented.[verify] | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.2 | ||||
Items
Entities
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.20a | |||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| Minecraft Indev | 20100212-1 | ||||
| 20100214-2 | char_2.png has been removed. | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| Minecraft Infdev | 20100607 | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.2.0 | preview | ||||
| v1.2.2 | Removed 2char.png, likely due to texture pack support implementation. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Added a "villager" texture. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Added some ender dragon textures. These two, entitled "body" and "dragon", are assumed unused due to being later removed. | ||||
| 1.4.6 | 12w50a | Added a texture for skis. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | Removed the door, pigman, weird villager, "body", "dragon" and skis textures. | |||
Particles
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | ||||
| 1.14 | 19w06a | The three unused particle textures have been removed with the splitting of particles.png. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | ? | ||||
Paintings
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.5.0 | |||||
| v0.8.0 | build 2 | ||||
Miscellaneous
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.14a | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | reupload | Added add.png, trash.png, sm_multi.png, sm_options.png, sm_play.png. | |||
| v0.1.1 | trash.png has been removed. | ||||
| v0.2.0 | sm_multi.png, sm_options.png, sm_play.png have been removed. | ||||
| v0.3.0 | |||||
| add.png has been removed. | |||||
| v0.3.3 | 123123.png has been removed. | ||||
| v0.16.0 | build 1 | ||||
| build 2 | Removed 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
This article needs cleanup to comply with the style guide. [discuss]
This section is missing information about Texture Update: check if any showcased textures are identical to actually released ones (only do this after the Texture Update section on the Java Edition pages are complete).
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2011 | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| September 30, 2011 | |||||
| September 30, 2011 | |||||
| September 30, 2011 | |||||
| April 24, 2013 | Showcased an image featuring colored wood planks, which ultimately never made it into the game. | ||||
| June 8, 2014 | |||||
| January 23, 2017 | Jeb showcases updated wool colors. Some may not have made it into 17w06a, however this is currently unknown. | ||||
| November 18, 2017 | |||||
| September 28, 2019 | |||||
| Minecraft Live 2020 (October 3, 2020) | 30:08 | ||||
| 41:32 | |||||
| 38:10 | |||||
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
| ? | 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. | ||||
| ? | |||||
| ? | File:Unknown Sculk Block Side (pre-release texture 2).png This sculk veins texture was shown. | ||||
| ? | |||||
| ? | |||||
| ? | |||||
| October 19, 2020 | |||||
| November 13, 2020 | |||||
| November 16, 2020 | File:Sculk Block (texture) pJE20201116.png The sculk block has a new texture in a tweet from Brandon Pearce. | ||||
| November 18, 2020 | |||||
| November 23, 2020 | |||||
| February 5, 2021 | |||||
| February 17, 2021 | |||||
| February 18, 2021 | |||||
| February 18, 2021 | |||||
| February 22, 2021 | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| May 2, 2016 | |||||
| Texture Update | |||||
| July 18, 2017 | |||||
| July 19, 2017 | |||||
| July 19, 2017 | |||||
| July 19, 2017 | JAPPA tweets an image of a less-blurry birch log. | ||||
| July 19, 2017 | |||||
| July 20, 2017 | |||||
| July 22, 2017 | |||||
| September 4, 2017 | |||||
| September 18, 2017 | |||||
| July 11, 2018 | |||||
| July 11, 2018 | |||||
| November 29, 2018 | |||||
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Items
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