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Not to be confused with Main menu.

Minecraft's user environment can be configured through the Options setting. A few additional options can be changed only by editing the options.txt file manually.

Java Edition[edit]

Options[edit]

Selecting Options brings up the main options page:

Setting Description Default
FOV A value that controls how much of the game world is visible on the screen. Also known as Field of View.

In Minecraft, the FOV value represents how many degrees of vertical vision the player gets without modifying effects such as sprinting, flying or status effects. Note that other games' FOV setting might represent different angles, meaning that using the same FOV value across different games can yield different results. The table below shows how Minecraft's FOV setting affects horizontal field of view in different display aspect ratios.

Setting
name 		Setting value
(vertical FOV) 		Resulting horizontal field of view
4:3
aspect ratio 		16:9
aspect ratio
30° 39.3° 50.9°
40° 51.8° 65.8°
50° 63.7° 79.3°
60 75.2° 91.5°
Normal 70 86.1° 102.4°
80 96.4° 112.3°
90 106.3° 121.3°
100 115.6° 129.5°
Quake Pro 110 124.6° 137.0°
Normal (70)
Realms Notifications Toggles realms notifications.

Only visible from the main menu; the Difficutly option is shown instead when in a world or server.

ON
Difficulty Set the difficulty level from the choice of Peaceful, Easy, Normal, and Hard. If the padlock is clicked and confirmed, the difficulty on that world cannot be changed without commands. (Note that the difficulty cannot be changed if playing Hardcore Mode. On a server, difficulty can be changed only by commands or editing the server.properties file.)

Only visible when in a world or server; the Realms Notifications option is shown instead when accessing from the main menu.

Varies on difficulty set on current world or server; defaults to Normal on Create New World screen.

Skin Customization[edit]

Skin Customization Setting Description Default
Cape Toggles the cape. If set to off, the cape texture for wearing a pair of Elytra would also be deactivated. ON
Jacket Toggles the body second layer.
Left Sleeve Toggles the left arm second layer.
Right Sleeve Toggles the right arm second layer.
Left Pants Leg Toggles the left leg second layer.
Right Pants Leg Toggles the right leg second layer.
Hat Toggles the head second layer.
Main Hand Switches the main hand, between left and right. Right

Music & Sounds[edit]

Sound Setting Description Default
Master Volume The volume of all sounds. 100%
Music The volume of gameplay music. When switched OFF, the currently played music is stopped.
Jukebox/Noteblocks The volume of music and sounds played from Jukeboxes and Note Blocks.
Weather The volume of rain and thunder.
Blocks The volume of blocks (pistons, chests, doors, etc.).
Hostile Creatures The volume of hostile and neutral mobs.
Friendly Creatures The volume of passive mobs and non-mob entities like minecarts.
Players The volume of players (item plops, hurt sounds, etc.).
Ambient/Environment The volume of Ambience, sound of entering/exiting water and fireworks.
Voice/Speech The volume of speech in Minecraft (for map makers)
Show Subtitles Toggles subtitles. OFF

Video Settings[edit]

Video Setting Description Default
Fullscreen Resolution Sets the resolution and framerate of the game when playing in fullscreen. Current
Biome Blend Sets the distance of color transitions between biomes. 5x5 (Normal)
Graphics
  • Fabulous! graphics uses screen shaders for drawing weather, clouds and particles behind translucent blocks and water. This may severely impact performance for portable devices and 4K displays.
  • Fancy enables higher quality graphic effects. Graphic effects include transparent leaves, increased rain particles, a black vignette around the screen in darker areas, and the world border red warning vignette effect.
  • Fast disables those effects for better performance.
 Fancy
Render Distance The render distance controls how many chunks of the world are visible at once. The fewer chunks that are included, the faster each frame can be rendered, resulting in higher frames per second (FPS). In single-player, this also affects the number of chunks that are ticked, so a lower value provides a higher FPS.

The most distant terrain is faded into the sky color as if by fog, to avoid a sharp edge to the visible world; so this option is also known as "fog".

The maximum value is 32 for 64-bit Java installs with at least 1 gigabyte of memory, and 16 in all other cases.

Note: diameter = radius × 2 + 1

12 chunks (64‑bit Java)

8 chunks (32‑bit Java)

Smooth Lighting Lighting is smoothed across the blocks (ambient occlusion) or each block has a distinctive light level. This setting does not change the gameplay in any way, but it has a slight effect on performance. Maximum
Max Framerate Limits the FPS. Limiting the framerate to a multiple of the player monitor's refresh rate can save processing power. 120 fps
Use VSync
VSync‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] 		Limits the player's frames per second to the screen's refresh rate, which is usually 60 Hz, 75 Hz, or 120 to 240 Hz on some gaming-targeted screens. Enabling VSync fixes tearing, but increases input latency and causes stuttering if one's computer cannot draw enough frames per second. ON
View Bobbing Toggles the "bobbing" motion of the camera as the player is walking. Disabling it may increase performance. ON
GUI Scale Controls the GUI (Graphical User Interface) scale. This also controls the HUD (Heads Up Display) size. Note that the options available to the player depends on the game resolution. A GUI scale of 4 is avaiable only at resolutions of 1280×960 or higher, a GUI scale of 3 is available only at resolutions of 960×720 or higher, a GUI scale of 2 is available only at resolutions of 640×480 or higher, a GUI scale of 1 is properly scaled up until a window resolution of 310x250 but smaller resolutions under can cause elements to run offscreen. Auto sets the GUI scale to the highest value available for the current resolution. Auto
Attack Indicator
  • OFF No attack indicator renders.
  • Crosshair A little gray translucent bar appears below the crosshair displaying attack power.
  • Hotbar A little gray sword bar appears on the side of the hotbar (on the same side as the player's main hand) displaying attack power.
 Crosshair
Brightness Dims down or lights up the game's surfaces, even if fully dark. It has no effect on gameplay, it is a visual effect. Works in any dimension and affects the Night Vision status effect. Moody
Clouds
  • Fancy causes the clouds to be rendered in 3D.
  • Fast causes the clouds to be rendered flat.
  • OFF causes no clouds to be rendered.
 Fancy
Fullscreen Puts Minecraft into Fullscreen mode, keeping it off keeps it in a window. Can also be changed with F11. OFF
Particles
  • All allows all particles.
  • Decreased reduces the amount of particles for some particle events.
  • Minimal reduces particles further and disables some non-essential particles.
 All
Mipmap Levels The higher the level, the more the textures look "smooth". See File:Mipmap comparison.png for a comparison of the four mipmap levels and without mipmap. 4
Entity Shadows Determines whether entities display simple shadows. ON
Distortion Effects Changes the distortion effects (e.g. Nausea and nether portal distortion). 100%
Entity Distance Adjusts the distance that entities can be seen as a percentage of 160 blocks.
  1. ↑ Values beyond 32 are not available in game and can only be accessed through options.txt or third-party programs.
100%
FOV Effects Changes the FOV effects of anything effecting them. 100%

Controls[edit]

Main article: Controls

From the main Options page, one can click down to Controls for configuring keyboard controls. There are a few additional settings:

Control Setting Description Default
Auto-Jump Enables automatically jumping when the player walks near a block with a block of air above. ON
Mouse Settings[edit]
Mouse Setting Description Default
Sensitivity Changes the sensitivity of the mouse when looking in-game. 100%
Invert Mouse Inverts vertical axis of the mouse when looking in-game. OFF
Scroll Sensitivity Changes the sensitivity of the scroll wheel in-game. Values above 1 do not affect selecting items in the Hotbar. 1.00
Discrete Scrolling Tells the game to ignore scroll magnitude values given by the operating system and instead to act as if the operating system supplied −1 or +1. OFF
Touchscreen Mode Toggles touchscreen mode, intended for touchscreen devices. OFF
Raw Input Takes the mouse input directly, instead of from the mouse cursor. This means that mouse movement is not affected by cursor acceleration or scaling, such as Windows' built in "Enhace pointer precision" and "Pointer speed". ON

Language[edit]

Main article: Language

Allows players to change the language that is viewed by their client.

Language Setting Description Default
Force Unicode Font
  • ON Unicode Font
  • OFF ASCII Font
 OFF

Chat Settings[edit]

Chat Setting Description Default
Chat
  • Shown enables the player's ability to see the chat on a server.
  • Commands Only allows the player to see only the output of commands in the chat.
  • Hidden hides the chat on all servers.
 Shown
Colors
  • ON allows the player to see the chat in many different colors.
  • OFF disables this function and allows the player to see the chat only in a white color.
 ON
Web Links
  • ON allows the player to see URLs and other links in the chat.
  • OFF disables this function and blocks all URLs and other links.
Prompt on Links
  • ON forces a prompt to appear on the player's screen whenever they click on a URL to makes sure that they wish to exit Minecraft and head to the website.
  • OFF turns the prompt off.
Chat Text Opacity The opacity of the chat text. 100%
Text Background Opacity The opacity of the text background. 50%
Chat Text Size How large the chat is shown. 100%
Line Spacing The spacing between texts. 0%
Chat Delay Delays chat messages. None
Width The max width that the chat may appear. 320px
Focused Height The max height that the chat is allowed to appear when in focus (chat input and history open). 180px
Unfocused Height The max height that the chat is allowed to appear normally (chat input and history closed). 90px
Narrator
  • All narrates everything.
  • Chat narrates chat & system.
  • System narrates system.
  • OFF Narrates nothing.
 OFF
Command Suggestions Toggles if command suggestions show up or not, if off the player has to press tab to bring them up. ON
Hide Matched Names Toggles if the game will attempt to apply chat hiding by matching the text in messages.
Reduced Debug Info Toggles reduced information on the debug screen. OFF

Resource Packs[edit]

Allows the player to change their resource pack settings.

Accessibility Settings[edit]

Accessibility Setting Description Default
Narrator Toggles whether the narrator narrates all text, text in chat only, or text in menus only. Off
Show Subtitles Toggles whether subtitles are shown. Off
Text Background Opacity The opacity of the background behind text. 50%
Text Background Toggles whether the background behind text is restricted to chat or used everywhere. Chat
Chat Text Opacity The opacity of the chat. 100%
Line Spacing Changes the amount of spacing between text. 0%
Chat Delay Delays chat messages. None
Auto-Jump Enables automatically jumping when the player passes near a one block high wall. On
Sneak Enables players to stay sneaked. Hold
Sprint Enables players to stay sprinting. Hold
Distortion Effects Changes the distortion effects (e.g. Nausea and nether portal distortion). 100%
FOV Effects Changes the FOV effects of anything effecting them. 100%
Monochrome Logo ‌[upcoming: 1.17] Changes the Mojang Studios loading screen color from red to black. Off

Server Options[edit]

Server Setting Description Default
Server Resource Packs Allows Minecraft to download resource packs from the server. Enabled

Bedrock Edition[edit]

Accessibility[edit]

Option Description Default
Text To Speech with Device Settings Toggle the system speech settings. ON
Text To Speech For UI Toggle to read and speak background menus. OFF
Text To Speech For Chat Toggle to speak the chat messages and commands.
Enable Open Chat Message Toggle to open chat message notification. ON
Text Background Opacity Change text tooltip background. 0%
Camera Shake Toggle how the camera shakes visually. ON

Notes:

  • "Enable Text to Speech with Device Settings" is available only on mobile devices and Windows 10.

"PlayStation VR" Settings[edit]

This settings is available only on PlayStation 4 while using PlayStation VR device.

Option Description
Center Cursor Toggles to set the cursor to the center
Camera Movement

Snap Allows to turn the camera by periodic steps.
Classic Allows the player to move the camera freely.
Wheel Allows to turn the camera by rotating Right Stick in a circle.
Snap Wheel Allows to turn the camera in pre-determined angles by rotating Right Stick in a circle.

Snap Angle Toggles the size of each camera movement.
Variable Snap Angle Toggles the size of each camera movement should change based on how far the player push Right Stick.
Snap Sound Toggles sound to play each time the camera direction is changed.
Movement Linear When turned on, the player's velocity is constant with all acceleration/deceleration disabled.

Classic The player accelerates/decelerates normally in VR mode.

Jump Linear All acceleration/deceleration is removed from the jump. The jump height is also reduced so that it is the same height as a block instead of slightly higher.

Classic The player jumps normally in VR mode.

Immersive Mode Auto-Jump Toggles the auto-jump feature, while on Immersive Mode.
Head Steering Follow Gaze The player's direction of motion follows the player
Follow Player Angle The direction of motion is independent of the player viewpoint.
Sticky Mining Lock-On Mining is locked to a specific block when the player starts mining.
Disabled The cursor moves freely in the environment as the player shifts the gaze while mining.
HUD Position Drift The HUD is allowed to “float” for comfort.
Fixed The HUD is fixed on the screen.
HUD Distance Controls how far from the center of the player's vision the HUD displays.

Controls[edit]

Keyboard & Mouse[edit]

Option Description Default
Sensitivity Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning. 60
Invert Y-Axis Toggles inversion of camera when looking up/down. OFF
Auto Jump Toggles the auto-jump feature. OFF
Full Keyboard Gameplay Toggles full keyboard gameplay feature. OFF
Keyboard Layout Chooses the keyboard layout to use.

Controller/Wireless Controller[edit]

Option Description Default
Sensitivity Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning. 60
VR Sensitivity
Invert Y-Axis Toggles inversion of camera when looking up/down. OFF
Auto Jump Toggles the auto-jump feature.
VR Auto Jump
Hide Controller Hints Toggles to hide the controller hints.
Hide Controller Cursor Toggles the controller cursor feature.
A/B Button Swap Chooses whether to swap the position of A button/B button button (Cross button/Circle button Buttons on PlayStation).
X/Y Button Swap Chooses whether to swap the position of X button/Y button button (Square button/Triangle button Button Swap on PlayStation).
Controller Cursor Sensitivity Changes the sensitivity of the controller cursor when turning. 100%
Controller Layout Chooses the controller layout to use.

Notes:

  • "VR Sensitivity" and "VR Auto Jump" settings are available only while on VR mode.

Touch[edit]

Option Description Default
Sensitivity Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning. 60
Invert Y-Axis Toggles inversion of camera when looking up/down. OFF
Auto Jump Toggles the auto-jump feature. ON on mobile, OFF on other platforms
Destroy block (vibrate) Toggles vibration when destroying blocks. ON
Split controls Chooses whether to use the touchscreen to interact throughout the screen or use a crosshair. OFF
Lefty Toggles the D-pad being on the left/right side of the screen.
Swap Jump and Sneak Chooses whether to swap the position of jump and sneak buttons.
Touch only affects hotbar Chooses whether to use the touch for hotbar only.
Button Size Changes the size of the buttons. 50

General[edit]

Profile[edit]

Option Description Default
Change Gamertag Changes the player's gamertag. Visible when player is signed in.
Manage Account Manages the player's account. Visible when player is signed in.
Manage who can send your Invites Manages the player's invites. Visible when player is signed in.
Sign Out of your Microsoft Account Sign out of the player's account. Visible when player is signed in.
Username Changes the player's public username.
Auto Update Unlocked Packs Toggle to auto update the new unlocked packs. ON on other platforms, ON with Wi-Fi Only on mobile devices
Use Cellular Data Toggle to use cellular data. OFF
Require Encrypted Websockets
Only Allow Trusted Skins Toggle to replace custom skins of other player to default skins. ON
File Storage Location Select the world storage location. Varies on platforms between External/Application
Clear Account in Data
Credits Opens the credits screen.
Attribution Opens to the attribution site.
Licensed Content Opens to the licensed content site.
Font License Shows the Noto Sans font license.

Video[edit]

Option Description Default
Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the game. 50
VR Brightness
Camera Perspective Toggles first/third person view. First Person
Fullscreen Toggles the resolution of the game when playing in fullscreen. OFF
Hide Hand Toggles to hide the player hand. OFF
Hide Paper Doll Toggles the side-view of the player displayed in the top-left corner of the screen. OFF
Hide HUD Toggles to hide the HUD. OFF
Screen Animations Toggles the animations when switching UI or menus. ON
HUD Opacity Toggles the opacity of the HUD. 100%
Splitscreen HUD Opacity Toggles the opacity of the HUD, while in split screen. 100%
Change Screen Safe Area Adjusts the position of the game screen.
FOV Changes the field of view. 60.00
Living Room FOV Changes the field of view, while in VR Living Room mode.
Split Screen Toggles between the horizontal and vertical orientation of the splitscreen.
Show Autosave Icon Toggles the autosave icon. OFF
Outline Selection Toggles the outline selection of the block. ON on other platforms, OFF on mobile devices
In-game Player Names Toggles the player name text. ON
Splitscreen In-game Player Names Toggles the player name text, while in split screen. ON
View Bobbing Chooses whether to show the bobbing when walking. ON
Camera Shake Toggle how the camera shakes visually. ON
Fancy Leaves Toggles transparent leaves. ON
Fancy Bubbles Toggles the water bubbles graphics. ON
Render Clouds Toggles the clouds graphics. ON
Beautiful Skies Toggles the sun, moon, clouds, stars and sky color. ON
Smooth Lighting Toggles smooth lighting. ON
Fancy Graphics Toggles fancy graphics.
Note that clouds on fast graphics remain volumetric but become opaque. 		ON
FOV Can Be Altered By Gameplay Toggles whether FOV changes affects gameplay. ON
UI Profile Changes the game UI style between classic (desktop UI) and Pocket UI. Varies on different platforms, defaults to Pocket on mobile devices such as Android and iOS, and defaults to Classic on other platforms.
GUI Scale Modifier Controls the GUI (Graphical User Interface) scale. This also controls the HUD (Heads Up Display) size. 0
Upscaling Boosts frame rates on GeForce RTX graphics cards with NVIDIA DLSS 2.0. OFF
Ray Tracing Toggles the ray tracing on or off. OFF
Render Distance Changes the render distance of the terrain, and also affects the render distance of foliage such as transparent leaves, crops and animated textures. Available in 2-10 sections on the slider, ranging from 4-96 chunks (depending on the device).

Controls the chunk render distance of ray tracing if "Ray Tracing" option is on.

Varies between different devices/platforms.
Ray Tracing Render Distance
VR Render Distance
Anti-Aliasing Toggles the amount of anti aliasing, which smooths the image and removes jagged edges.
  • 2x MSAA
  • 4x MSAA
  • 8x MSAA
 4
VR Anti-Aliasing
Texel Anti-Aliasing Applies anti aliasing to the textures within the blocks, giving them a smoother look. ON
Enable Mirror Texture

Notes:

  • "VR Brightness", "Living Room FOV", " VR Render Distance", "VR Particle Render Distance", "VR Anti-Aliasing", and "Enable Mirror Texture" settings are available only while on VR mode.
  • "Split Screen", "Splitscreen HUD Opacity", and "Splitscreen In-game Player Names" settings are available only on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4.

VR[edit]

This settings is available only on Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality.

Option Description
VR Controls Toggles the VR controls to default.
Show Control Selection Screen Toggles to show the control selection screen.
VR Living Room Cursor Centered
VR Linear Jump
VR Linear Motion Chooses whether the player velocity is constant with all acceleration/deceleration disabled.
Sticky Mining Toggles whether the cursor remains locked on the currently mined block until the block is destroyed.
Sticky mining for Hand Controller
HUD Drift Chooses whether the HUD is fixed in position or allowed to “float“.
VR Head Steering Chooses whether the direction of motion of the character follows the player’s POV or independent of POV.
VR Turning Chooses whether the turning is done in segments.
VR Turn Constant Time Mode
VR Turn Sound Toggles sounds to play every time the player turns.
Wheel Turning
Hand Controller Controls Item
Hand Controller Controls HUD
Hand Controller Pointer Visible
Hands Visible

Audio[edit]

Option Description Default
Master Volume / Main Choose the volume level of all sounds. 100%
Music Choose the volume level of the gameplay music.
Sound Choose the volume level of gameplay sounds.
Ambient/Environment Choose the volume level of Ambience, sound of entering/exiting water and fireworks.
Blocks Choose the volume level of blocks (anvils, chests, doors, etc.).
Hostile Creatures Choose the volume level of hostile and neutral mobs.
Friendly Creatures Choose the volume level of passive mobs.
Players Choose the volume level of players (item plops, hurt sounds, etc.).
Jukebox/Note Blocks Choose the volume level of music and sounds played from Jukeboxes and Note Blocks.
Weather Choose the volume level of rain and thunder.
Text To Speech Choose the volume level of text to speech.

Global Resources[edit]

Allows the player to change their resource & behavior pack settings.

Storage[edit]

Allows the player to delete or change the worlds, resource packs, and world template.

Language[edit]

Main article: Language

Choose the langauges in-game to use.

Video[edit]

Note: This video dates from release Java Edition 1.5, and so does not show all options currently available.

History[edit]

This section is missing information about when was "Super Fancy" graphics first mentioned?. 
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Java Edition Classic
0.0.12aNew fog distance option.
Pressing F cycles between four levels of render distance.
0.0.23aAdded the options page.
New custom keymappings.
Java Edition Beta
1.3Smooth lighting was added.
1.5Added GUI size and Advanced OpenGL settings.
1.6.6Added a Performance section in Video Settings.
1.8Pre-releaseThe Brightness setting was added, teased earlier that July.[1] Options for remapping block place/use and block destroy/attack were added.
Java Edition
?The side of grass blocks is now always tinted regardless of graphics settings.
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5The Clouds setting was added (however, texture packs were able to remove them before this option was introduced).
1.3.112w21aThe options menu was improved with a new "Chat Settings" menu.
1.4.212w34aAdded new Full-screen toggle to the Video settings.
Added new use Vsync toggle in the Video settings.
1.4.6preAdded an option to toggle touchscreen mode.
1.513w09bMoved Texture Packs setting from the main menu to the options menu.
1.7.213w36aThe options menu was revamped, including a brand new layout, new key binds and a "Super Secret Settings" button in the menu.
13w36bThe "Super Secret Settings" button now plays a random sound when clicked.
13w38aThe "Super Secret Settings" button now creates a shader effect on the game's display, in the following order: FXAA, Art, Bumpy, Blobs_2, Pencil, Color_Convolve, Deconverge, Flip, Invert, NTSC, Outline, Phosphor, Scan_Pincushion, Sobel, Bits, Desaturate, Green, Blur, Wobble, Blobs, Antialias, Default.
Replaced the render distance "cycle" button with a slider ranging from 2 to 16 chunks.
Added a max framerate slider option.
Added mipmapping and anisotropic filtering.
1.7.413w47aAdded "Twitch Broadcast Settings" and "Twitch Chat Settings" buttons.
1.7.6pre1Server Resource Packs option is now per-server, and has three settings: Prompt, Enabled, and Disabled.
The minimum FOV setting is now 30 rather than 70.
1.8?Dropped items on Fast graphics now face the player on all three axes, rather than just xz.
?Added the Alternate Blocks setting.
14w25aDue to the introduction of proper item models, dropped items now always render in 3D, rather then just while on fancy graphics.
14w30aThe render distance slider now goes to 32 on machines running 64-bit Java with at least 1 gigabyte of available memory.
1.8.1pre4The option to enable entity shadows is now controlled separately from the standard fast and fancy graphics.
The cloud's "fast" and "fancy" shape are controlled by the same option that enables clouds, rather than by the standard fast and fancy graphics.
1.915w31aRemoved "Super Secret Settings" and "Broadcast Settings".
Removed Alternate Blocks from video settings.
Added "Main Hand" to the skin settings.
15w34aAdded "Attack Indicator" to the video settings.
16w02aAdded "Voice/Speech" to the music & sound settings.
1.1317w43aRemoved "3D Anaglyph" from video settings due to a bug.[verify]
Added an option to change the full-screen resolution.
17w47aOptions when editing a world to make a backup and open the backups folder.
An option in chat settings to toggle automatic command suggestions (defaults on, otherwise hit tab to bring them up).
18w21aDisabled the "Allow Snooper" button in Snooper Settings, defaulting to being off. Was done to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).[2]
Along with Snooper Settings getting disabled, the list of data shown is shortened drastically.
pre6Removed "force unicode font" option.
pre8Re-added "force unicode font" option.
pre10Option Fullscreen resolution capitalization changed to Fullscreen Resolution.
1.1418w44aRemoved "Use VBOs" from video settings. VBOs are now always used.
19w11aRemoved "Snooper Settings" after not being able to enable it since 18w21a. Configurable only in options.txt.
Added "Accessibility Settings".
19w11bAdded "Auto-Jump" to accessibility settings.
1.1519w41aAdded "Sprint" and "Sneak" toggles to accessibility settings.
1.1620w21aAdded functionality to import/export world settings.
Pre-release 1Added new "Fabulous!" graphics option.
Pre-release 3Changed tooltip description for the "Fabulous!" graphics option from

"Fabulous" graphics enables screen shaders to draw translucent objects per-pixel.
This may severely impact performance for portable devices and 4k displays.

to

Fabulous! graphics uses screen shaders for drawing weather, clouds and particles behind translucent blocks and water.
This may severely impact performance for portable devices and 4K displays.
Changed tooltip description for the "Fancy" graphics option from:

"Fancy" graphics balances performance and quality for the majority of machines.

to

Fancy graphics balances performance and quality for the majority of machines.
Weather, clouds, and particles may not appear behind translucent blocks or water.
Removed quotations from "Fast" and changed "tree-leaves" to "leaves" from the tooltip description for the "Fast" graphics option.
1.16.2Pre-release 1Added "Distortion Effects" and "FOV effects" sliders to video and accessibility settings.
"Chat Delay" is now also available in chat settings.
1.16.4Release Candidate 1Added new "Hide Matched Names" to chat settings.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1721w13aAdded "Monochrome Logo" to accesibility settings.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.1Added split controls option.
v0.4.0Added option for peaceful mode.
v0.7.0Redesigned options menu. There are now four sections in the menu, game, controls, graphics, and sound.
v0.8.0build 2Removed option for smooth lighting. It is now always on. When it was reimplemented is unknown.
Added far (256 blocks) and farthest (400 blocks) render distances.
By default, fancy graphics is now on.
v0.9.3View distance on Android is no longer limited to 3 sliders.
v0.10.0build 1Added the brightness slider. It is located in the graphics menu.
v0.11.0build 1Worlds can now be renamed.
Gamemode can be changed in the world edit menu.
On creative mode worlds, the daylight cycle can be locked to day.
v0.12.1build 1Added option to swap jump and sneak.
v0.13.0build 1Multiplayer can now be disabled in the options menu.
v0.13.1Removed sound section in the options menu. The volume slider is now in the Game section.
On the title screen, the options icon is no longer a wrench.
Made the options icon slightly bigger.
v0.14.2Added "Fancy Leaves", "Anti-Aliasing", and "Particle Render Distance" option to the video settings on Windows 10.
v0.15.1build 1Added "Use Cellular Data" toggle.
v0.16.0build 1Redesigned options screen.
Added "Audio Settings", "Keyboard and Mouse Settings", "Controller Settings", and "Profile" settings.
Added "Camera Perspective" option to the video settings.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added "UI Profile" option to change between classic and pocket UI.
Added "Text To Speech for Chat" option.
alpha 1.0.0.0Added "Change Screen Safe Area" option to the video settings.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Classic UI now repositions the health, hunger, oxygen, and armor bars to above the hotbar instead of the top of the screen, making it like Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition.
Added "Smooth Lighting" to the video settings.
Added "Require Encrypted Websockets" to the profile settings.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Added "Hide HUD", "Hide Hand", "Outline Selection", "In-game Player Names", "HUD Opacity", "Hide Paper Doll", "Show Autosave Icon", and "Render Clouds" to the video settings.
1.2.1Added "FOV Can Be Altered By Gameplay" option to the video settings
1.2.3beta 1.2.3.3Added "Licensed Content" button to the profile settings.
1.2.5beta 1.2.5.12Removed "Limit World Size" option.
1.2.10beta 1.2.10.1Added "Controller Cursor Sensitivity" option to the controller controls settings.
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.5Added "Screen Animation" option to the video settings.
Added "Touch only affects hotbar" option to the touch controls settings.
1.4.0beta 1.2.13.11Added "A/B Button Swap" and "X/Y Button Swap" option to the controller controls settings.
beta 1.2.14.2Added "Full Keyboard Gameplay" toggle to the Keyboard & Mouse settings.
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.7Added "Fancy Bubbles" to the video settings.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Added "Accessibility Settings".
Added "Enable UI Screen Reader" to the accessibility settings.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.2Added "Enable Open Chat Message" to the accessibility settings.
beta 1.13.0.9Added "Credits" button to the profile settings.
beta 1.13.0.15Added "Enable Text To Speech with Device Settings" to the accessibility settings.
1.14.60Added "Only Allow Trusted Skins" option to the profile settings.
RTX Betabeta 1.15.0.8Added advanced video settings along with "Upscaling" and "DirectX Ray Tracing".
Moved "View Bobbing", "Fancy Leaves", "Fancy Bubbles", "Render Clouds", "Beautiful Skies", "Smooth Lighting", "Fancy Bubbles", "Fancy Graphics", "Render Distance", "Particle Render Distance", and "Anti-Aliasing" options to advanced video settings.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.63Added "Text Background Opacity" to the accessibility settings.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.50Added "Font License" button to the profile settings.
beta 1.16.100.54Removed "Particle Render Distance" option to the video settings.
beta 1.16.100.57Added "Camera Shake" to the accessibility and video settings.
1.16.200beta 1.16.200.53Added "Sound", "Ambient/Environment", "Blocks", "Hostile Creatures", "Friendly Creatures", "Players", "Jukeboxes/Note Blocks", and "Weather" to the audio settings.
Added "Upscaling" and "Ray Tracing" to the video settings, ported from the RTX Beta.
Renamed "Master Volume" to "Main" in the Audio settings.
1.16.210beta 1.16.210.54Added text-to-speech setting to the Audio settings.
beta 1.16.210.58Broadcasting options are now completely removed from the game again, since Mixer streaming services are no longer available.

Gallery[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

  • The default main options menu.

  • The default skin customization options menu.

  • The default video options menu.

  • The default language options menu.

  • The default resource packs options menu.

  • The default music and sound options menu.

  • The default controls options menu.

  • The default chat options menu.

  • The default mouse options menu.

  • The default accessibility options menu.

  • A comparison between the five mipmap levels. Enlarge to view animation.

  • A comparison between no biome blending and 5×5 biome blending.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/88364022612758528
  2. ↑ https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-130179?focusedCommentId=455305&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-455305
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