Particles

"Particle" redirects here. For the command, see Commands/particle.

For the image file used to load particle textures, see particles.png.

This scene of an ocean shows suspension particles generated by the water, as well as bubble particles from bubble columns.

Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft that are created when certain events occur, such as explosions, rainfall, or smelting items in a furnace.

Behavior

Particles are rendered as front-facing 2D sprites, meaning they always face the player. They disappear after a short animation, in which they may change sizes and rotate, and cycle between a number of animation sprites. They collide with solid blocks and are slowed by cobwebs, but are unaffected by other entities.

The /particle command can be used to create particles.

If a player uses the "minimal" particles option in the video settings, some particles may not appear.

Types of particles

The types of particles and their ID names are displayed below. Particles are namespaced with the prefix minecraft:.

Particle names marked with an asterisk ( * ) are shown when using the "minimal" particles setting. In Bedrock Edition particles currently do not show color if a specific particle has multiple colors (an example is the note particle), these particles are marked with ( ! ).

Java Edition ID Name	Bedrock Edition Name	Description	Example scenario
ambient_entity_effect	mobspell_emitter !	Beacon effects.
angry_villager	villager_angry or bleach	Attacking a villager in a village; when villagers can't breed because there aren't enough beds nearby or when a panda is attacked by a player on the village.‌
ash	—	Naturally generated in soul sand valley biome environment.
block *	breaking_item_icon	Breaking blocks, sprinting, iron golems walking.
	blockdust	Breaking armor stands, falling.
block_marker		Barriers and light when their corresponding item is held.
bubble	—	Entities in water, guardian laser beams, fishing.
bubble_column_up *	bubble_column_up_particle	Upward bubble columns made by soul sand under water.
bubble_pop	—	Unused.
campfire_cosy_smoke	campfire_smoke_particle	Smoke produced by campfires and soul campfires.
campfire_signal_smoke	campfire_tall_smoke_particle	Smoke produced by campfires and soul campfires when above a hay bale.
cherry_leaves	cherry_leaves_particle	Falling petals from the cherry leaves.
cloud	water_evaporation_bucket_emitter	After jumping into water while on fire in Bedrock Edition or an entity dies in Java Edition.
composter	crop_growth_emitter	Filling a composter.
crimson_spore	—	A crimson particle generated in crimson forest biome environment.
—	conduit_particle	Appears around activated conduits in Bedrock Edition.
crit	critical_hit_emitter	Critical hits, fully charged bow shots, crossbows, evoker fangs.
current_down *	bubble_column_down_particle	Bubble column whirlpools made by magma blocks underwater.
damage_indicator *		From mobs and players when hurt by a melee attack.
dolphin	dolphin_move_particle	Trails behind swimming dolphins.
dragon_breath	dragon_breath_trail or dragon_breath_lingering	An ender dragon's breath and dragon fireballs.
dripping_dripstone_lava	—	Dripping lava from the pointed dripstone.
dripping_dripstone_water	—	Dripping water from the pointed dripstone.
dripping_honey	—	Dripping honey through blocks that haven't dripped down yet.
dripping_lava	lava_drip_particle	Dripping lava through blocks that haven't dripped down yet.
dripping_obsidian_tear	—	Dripping crying obsidian's particles through blocks that haven't dripped down yet.
dripping_water	water_drip_particle	Dripping water through blocks, wet sponges, leaves when raining that haven't dripped down yet.
dust	redstone_wire_dust_particle	Redstone ore, powered redstone dust, redstone torches, powered redstone repeaters.
dust_color_transition	sculk_sensor_redstone_particle	Sculk sensor gets triggered.
effect	splash_spell_emitter !	Splash potions, lingering potions, bottles o' enchanting, evokers.
elder_guardian *	—	Elder guardians.
electric_spark	electric_spark_particle	Appears when a lightning bolt hits copper blocks.
enchant	enchanting_table_particle	From bookshelves near an enchanting table.
enchanted_hit	—	Attacking with a sword or axe enchanted with Sharpness, Smite, or Bane of Arthropods.
end_rod	endrod or balloon_gas_particle	End rods, shulker bullets.
entity_effect	evoker_spell	Status effects, lingering potions, tipped arrows, trading, withered armor (linger potion particles decrease when the "minimal" particle setting is used).
explosion *	large_explosion	Explosions, ghast fireballs, wither skulls, ender dragon death, shearing mooshrooms.
explosion_emitter *	huge_explosion_emitter	Explosions, ender dragon death.
falling_dripstone_lava	—	Falling lava particles from the pointed dripstone.
falling_dripstone_water	—	Falling water particles from the pointed dripstone.
falling_dust	falling_dust_red_sand_particle, falling_dust_sand_particle, falling_dust_gravel_particle, falling_dust_top_snow_particle, falling_dust_dragon_egg_particle, falling_dust_concrete_particle, falling_dust_scaffolding_particle	Floating sand, gravel, concrete powder, and anvils.
falling_honey	honey_drip_particle	Dripping honey through blocks that is dripping down in air.
falling_lava	lava_drip_particle	Dripping lava through blocks that is dripping down in air.
falling_nectar	nectar_drip_particle	Nectar on the pollen-loaded bees.
falling_obsidian_tear	obsidian_tear_particle	Dripping crying obsidian's particles through blocks that is dripping down in air and has fallen to the ground.
falling_spore_blossom	spore_blossom_shower_particle	Dripping green particle from the spore blossom.
falling_water	water_splash_particle	Dripping water through blocks that is dripping down in air and has fallen to the ground.
firework *	sparkler_emitter !	Firework rocket trail and explosion (trail is not shown when the "minimal" particle setting is used), when dolphins track shipwrecks and underwater ruins.
fishing	water_wake_particle	Fishing.
flame	basic_flame_particle	Torches, furnaces, magma cubes, spawners.
flash	flash	Flash light when firework rocket explodes.
glow	glow_particle !	Glow squid.
glow_squid_ink	—	Glow squid getting hurt.
happy_villager	villager_happy	Applying bone meal to a crop, trading with villagers, feeding baby animals, walking or jumping on turtle eggs.
heart	heart_particle	Breeding and taming animals.
instant_effect	mobspell_emitter !	Instant health/damage splash and lingering potions, spectral arrows.
item	breaking_item_icon	Eating, thrown eggs, splash potions, eyes of ender, breaking tools.
item_slime	—	Jumping slimes.
item_snowball	—	Thrown snowballs, creating withers, creating iron golems.
landing_honey	—	Dripping honey through blocks that has fallen to the ground.
landing_lava	—	Dripping lava through blocks that has fallen to the ground.
landing_obsidian_tear	—	Dripping crying obsidian's particles through blocks that has fallen to the ground.
large_smoke	water_evaporation_actor_emitter	Fire, minecart with furnace, blazes, water flowing into lava, lava flowing into water.
lava	lava_particle	Lava bubble.
—	mobflame_emitter, mobflame_single	Burning entities, skeletons for example.
mycelium	mycelium_dust_particle	Mycelium blocks.
nautilus	conduit_particle	Activated conduits.
note	note_particle !	Emitted from note blocks and jukeboxes‌.
poof*	explode	Explosions, death of mobs, mobs spawned from a spawner, silverfish infesting blocks.
portal	mob_portal	Nether portals, endermen, endermites, ender pearls, eyes of ender, ender chests, dragon eggs, teleporting from eating chorus fruits, end gateway portals.
rain	rainsplash	Rain splashes on the ground.
scrape	—	Scraping oxidation off a copper block with an axe.
sculk_charge*	sculk_charge_particle	Shown as sculk spreads through other blocks.
sculk_charge_pop	sculk_charge_pop_particle	Sculk charge ends by popping.
sculk_soul	sculk_soul_particle	When a mob dies near a sculk catalyst these particles are shown.
shriek	shriek_particle	Shown when a sculk shrieker triggers.
smoke	basic_smoke_particle	Torches, primed TNT, droppers, dispensers, end portals, brewing stands, spawners, furnaces, ghast fireballs, wither skulls, taming, withers, lava (when raining), placing an eye of ender in an end portal frame, redstone torches burning out, food items on campfire.
sneeze	—	Baby pandas sneezing.
snowflake	snowflake_particle	Appears when sinking in powder snow.
sonic_boom*	sonic_explosion	Wardens casting sonic boom.
soul	soul_particle	Appears when walking on soul sand or soul soil with the Soul Speed Enchantment, when a mob dies near a sculk catalyst.
soul_fire_flame	blue_flame_particle	Appears on top of soul torches as a flame.
spit *	—	Llamas spitting at a player or mob.
spore_blossom_air	spore_blossom_ambient_particle	Emits around a spore blossom.
splash	watersplash	Entities in water, wolves shaking off after swimming, boats.
squid_ink *	ink	Produced by squid when attacked.
sweep_attack *	—	A sword's sweep attack.
—	terrain	?
totem_of_undying	totem_particle	Activated totem of undying.
—	trackingemitter	?
underwater	—	Seen while underwater.
vibration	vibration_signal	Sculk sensor gets triggered.
warped_spore	—	A warped particle generated in warped forest biome environment.
wax_off	wax_particle !	Appears when removing wax from a copper block.
wax_on	wax_particle !	Appears when waxing a copper block with honeycomb.
white_ash	—	Naturally generated in basalt deltas biome environment.
witch	witchspell	Witches.

Particle textures

Texture files	Applied colors	Associated particles
	N/A	angry_villager
	N/A	campfire_cosy_smoke, campfire_signal_smoke
	N/A	bubble, bubble_column_up, current_down
	N/A	bubble_pop
	orange	crit
	N/A	damage_indicator
	Name Hex falling_honey  #9E8114 falling_lava  #D23B11 falling_nectar  #C3A699 falling_water  #2B3FD5 falling_obsidian_tear  #6B06BB falling_spore_blossom needs info spore_blossom_air needs info	falling_honey, falling_lava, falling_nectar, falling_water, falling_obsidian_tear, falling_spore_blossom, spore_blossom_air
	Name Hex dripping_honey needs info dripping_lava needs info dripping_water needs info dripping_obsidian_tear  #9208FF	dripping_honey, dripping_lava, dripping_water, dripping_obsidian_tear
	Name Hex landing_honey needs info landing_lava needs info landing_obsidian_tear  #9208FF	landing_honey, landing_lava, landing_obsidian_tear
	Effect Hex Absorption  #2552A5 Bad Luck  #C0A44D Bad Omen  #0B6138 Blindness  #1F1F23 Conduit Power  #9208FF Dolphin's Grace  #88A3BE Merges when with multiple effects	ambient_entity_effect, effect
	N/A	enchant
	#449A94	enchanted_hit
	N/A	explosion_emitter, explosion
	N/A	flame
	N/A	flash
	N/A	composter, happy_villager
		totem_of_undying, Shulker bullet, End rods
	N/A	heart
	N/A	lava
	N/A	nautilus
	many colors, pitch dependent	note
		cloud, dragon_breath, dust, falling_dust, large_smoke, poof, portal, smoke, sneeze, spit, squid_ink
	N/A	soul
	N/A	soul_fire_flame
		firework(only twinkle effect), Underwater Torch
		instant_effect, firework
	N/A	rain, splash
	N/A	sweep_attack

Particle IDs

Java Edition:

Resource location
ambient_entity_effect
angry_villager
ash
block
block_marker
bubble
bubble_pop
bubble_column_up
campfire_cosy_smoke
campfire_signal_smoke
cherry_leaves
cloud
composter
crimson_spore
crit
current_down
damage_indicator
dolphin
dragon_breath
dripping_dripstone_lava
dripping_dripstone_water
dripping_lava
dripping_obsidian_tear
dripping_water
dust
dust_color_transition
effect
elder_guardian
electric_spark
enchant
enchanted_hit
end_rod
entity_effect
explosion_emitter
explosion
falling_dripstone_lava
falling_dripstone_water
falling_dust
falling_lava
falling_obsidian_tear
falling_spore_blossom
falling_water
firework
fishing
flame
flash
glow
glow_squid_ink
happy_villager
heart
instant_effect
item
item_slime
item_snowball
landing_lava
landing_obsidian_tear
large_smoke
lava
mycelium
nautilus
note
poof
portal
rain
scrape
sculk_charge
sculk_charge_pop
sculk_soul
shriek
smoke
sneeze
snowflake
sonic_boom
soul
soul_fire_flame
spit
splash
spore_blossom_air
squid_ink
sweep_attack
totem_of_undying
underwater
vibration
warped_spore
wax_off
wax_on
white_ash
witch

Bedrock Edition:

Resource location
minecraft:arrow_spell_emitter
minecraft:balloon_gas_particle
minecraft:basic_bubble_particle
minecraft:basic_bubble_particle_manual
minecraft:basic_crit_particle
minecraft:basic_flame_particle
minecraft:basic_portal_particle
minecraft:basic_smoke_particle
minecraft:bleach
minecraft:block_destruct
minecraft:block_slide
minecraft:breaking_item_icon
minecraft:breaking_item_terrain
minecraft:bubble_column_bubble
minecraft:bubble_column_down_particle
minecraft:bubble_column_up_particle
minecraft:camera_shoot_explosion
minecraft:campfire_smoke_particle
minecraft:campfire_tall_smoke_particle
minecraft:cauldron_bubble_particle
minecraft:cauldron_explosion_emitter
minecraft:cauldron_spell_emitter
minecraft:cauldron_splash_particle
minecraft:cherry_leaves_particle
minecraft:colored_flame_particle
minecraft:conduit_absorb_particle
minecraft:conduit_attack_emitter
minecraft:conduit_particle
minecraft:critical_hit_emitter
minecraft:death_explosion_emitter
minecraft:dolphin_move_particle
minecraft:dragon_breath_fire
minecraft:dragon_breath_lingering
minecraft:dragon_breath_trail
minecraft:dragon_death_explosion_emitter
minecraft:dragon_destroy_block
minecraft:dragon_dying_explosion
minecraft:egg_destroy_emitter
minecraft:electric_spark_particle
minecraft:elephant_tooth_paste_vapor_particle
minecraft:enchanting_table_particle
minecraft:end_chest
minecraft:endrod
minecraft:evocation_fang_particle
minecraft:evoker_spell
minecraft:explosion_manual
minecraft:explosion_particle
minecraft:eye_of_ender_bubble_particle
minecraft:eyeofender_death_explode_particle
minecraft:falling_border_dust_particle
minecraft:falling_dust
minecraft:falling_dust_concrete_powder_particle
minecraft:falling_dust_dragon_egg_particle
minecraft:falling_dust_gravel_particle
minecraft:falling_dust_red_sand_particle
minecraft:falling_dust_sand_particle
minecraft:falling_dust_scaffolding_particle
minecraft:falling_dust_top_snow_particle
minecraft:fish_hook_particle
minecraft:fish_pos_particle
minecraft:glow_particle
minecraft:guardian_attack_particle
minecraft:guardian_water_move_particle
minecraft:heart_particle
minecraft:honey_drip_particle
minecraft:huge_explosion_emitter
minecraft:huge_explosion_lab_misc_emitter
minecraft:ice_evaporation_emitter
minecraft:ink_emitter
minecraft:knockback_roar_particle
minecraft:lab_table_heatblock_dust_particle
minecraft:lab_table_misc_mystical_particle
minecraft:large_explosion
minecraft:lava_drip_particle
minecraft:lava_particle
minecraft:llama_spit_smoke
minecraft:magnesium_salts_emitter
minecraft:misc_fire_vapor_particle
minecraft:mob_block_spawn_emitter
minecraft:mob_portal
minecraft:mobflame_emitter
minecraft:mobflame_single
minecraft:mobspell_emitter
minecraft:mycelium_dust_particle
minecraft:nectar_drip_particle
minecraft:note_particle
minecraft:obsidian_glow_dust_particle
minecraft:phantom_trail_particle
minecraft:portal_directional
minecraft:portal_east_west
minecraft:portal_north_south
minecraft:rain_splash_particle
minecraft:redstone_ore_dust_particle
minecraft:redstone_repeater_dust_particle
minecraft:redstone_torch_dust_particle
minecraft:redstone_wire_dust_particle
minecraft:rising_border_dust_particle
minecraft:sculk_charge_particle
minecraft:sculk_charge_pop_particle
minecraft:sculk_sensor_redstone_particle
minecraft:sculk_soul_particle
minecraft:shriek_particle
minecraft:shulker_bullet
minecraft:silverfish_grief_emitter
minecraft:snowflake_particle
minecraft:sonic_explosion
minecraft:sparkler_emitter
minecraft:splash_spell_emitter
minecraft:sponge_absorb_water_particle
minecraft:spore_blossom_ambient_particle
minecraft:spore_blossom_shower_particle
minecraft:squid_flee_particle
minecraft:squid_ink_bubble
minecraft:squid_move_particle
minecraft:stunned_emitter
minecraft:terrain
minecraft:totem_manual
minecraft:totem_particle
minecraft:trackingemitter
minecraft:underwater_torch_particle
minecraft:vibration_signal
minecraft:villager_angry
minecraft:villager_happy
minecraft:water_drip_particle
minecraft:water_evaporation_actor_emitter
minecraft:water_evaporation_bucket_emitter
minecraft:water_evaporation_manual
minecraft:water_splash_particle
minecraft:water_splash_particle_manual
minecraft:water_wake_particle
minecraft:wax_particle
minecraft:witchspell
minecraft:wither_boss_invulnerable

History

For a history of particle texture changes, see Java Edition history of textures/Particles and Bedrock Edition history of textures/Particles.

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-160052					Added blockcrack.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 4)					Re-added particles to multiplayer.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Added some form of smoke and rain particles.
					Added splash.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100124-2			Added bubble.
		20100125			Added flame.
Java Edition Infdev
20100325					Patrticles are now generated at the edges of water blocks.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Added reddust, snowballpoof, largeexplode, and portal.
v1.0.4					Updated splash.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added note.
1.5					Added footstep.
1.8		Pre-release			Added crit, hugeexplosion, townaura, and depthsuspend.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added dripWater and dripLava.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Added magicCrit, spell, instantSpell, and mobSpell.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Added "Particles" setting in the video settings.
1.1		11w49a			Particles no longer turn farmland into dirt.
1.4.2		12w32a			Added angryVillager and happyVillager.
		12w38a			Added witchMagic.
1.4.4		pre			Added mobSpellAmbient.
1.4.6		12w49a			Added fireworksSpark.
1.7.2		13w36a			Added wake.
					Added falling particles.
1.8		14w04a			Added /particle command.
		14w06a			Added barrier.
		14w25a			Added droplet, take, and mobappearance.
		14w27a			Falling particles now move in a random direction.
		14w31a			Thrown eggs now use the iconcrack particle, instead of the snowballpoof one.
		14w34c			The void no longer produces depthSuspend particles.
1.9		15w31a			Added dragonbreath and endRod.
		15w32c			Particles are no longer handled as entities.
					Particle range increased from 16 blocks to 32 blocks.
					Particle count, limit of increased from 4,000 to 16,384.
		15w34b			Added damageIndicator.
		15w34c			Added sweepAttack.
1.10		16w20a			Added fallingdust.
		pre1			fallingdust now collides with blocks.
1.11		16w39a			Added spit and talisman.
		16w39c			Renamed talisman to totem
1.13		17w47a			Due to the flattening, particles now use resource locations, and 32 particles are renamed.
					Removed footstep and depthsuspend. However, the texture for footsteps still exists in the jar.
					Removed name for take.
					Merged blockcrack and blockdust into block, and explode and snowshovel into poof.
		18w07a			Added bubble_column_up, bubble_pop, current_down, and squid_ink.
		18w09a			Optimized particle rendering slightly.
		18w15a			Added nautilus.
		18w19a			Added dolphin.
		pre7			dripping_water particles are now generated by waterlogged blocks where appropriate.
					dripping_water particles now snap to the hitbox of the block they appear on.
		pre8			dripping_water particles are no longer generated by impermeable blocks.
1.14		18w43a			Added sneeze.
		19w02a			Added campfire_cosy_smoke and campfire_signal_smoke.
		19w05a			Added composter.
		19w06a			Particles are now broken up into individual textures files per frame rather than being in particles.png, explosion.png and sweep.png.
1.15		19w34a			Added dripping_honey, landing_honey, falling_honey and falling_nectar.
1.16		20w06a			Added ash, crimson_spore, soul_fire_flame and warped_spore.
		20w09a			Added dripping_obsidian_tear, falling_obsidian_tear, landing_obsidian_tear.
		20w11a			Added soul.
		20w15a			Added white_ash.
1.17		20w45a			Particles now appear if a block is broken by a piston.
		20w46a			Added snowflake.
		20w48a			Added dripping_dripstone_lava, dripping_dripstone_water, falling_dripstone_lava, and falling_dripstone_water.
		20w49a			Added vibration and dust_color_transition.
		21w03a			Added glow and glow_squid_ink.
		21w05a			Added falling_spore_blossom and spore_blossom_air.
		21w11a			Added electric_spark, scrape, wax_off and wax_on.
		21w13a			The unused texture of footprint has been removed.
					Added light.
1.18		21w42a			Added block_marker, to replace light and barrier.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Added shriek, sculk_soul, sculk_charge_pop, sculk_charge.
		22w13a			Added allay_dust.
		22w15a			Added sonic_boom.
		22w16a			Removed allay_dust.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Added dripping_cherry_leaves, falling_cherry_leaves, and landing_cherry_leaves.
1.20		23w12a			Wither effect particle colors have been adjusted to make them more distinguishable.
					dripping_cherry_leaves, falling_cherry_leaves, and landing_cherry_leaves have been merged into cherry_leaves, and the texture was changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					Added blockcrack, flame, smoke, bubble, and watersplash.
v0.3.2					flame particles now appear near furnaces.
v0.4.0					Added crit and snowballpoof.
v0.5.0					Added reddust.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added dripwater, townaura, heart, and portal.
v0.10.0		build 1			Added fallingdust.
v0.11.0		build 1			Added ink.
					Added spell, mobspellinstantaneous, mobspell, and waterwake.
v0.12.1		build 1			crit particles now appear when performing a critical hit.
					portal particles now appear near nether portals.
					Added villagerangry, largeexplode, hugeexplode, blockdust, slime, enchantingtable, rainsplash, and snowshovel.
		build 8			Changed largeexplode and hugeexplosion particle sprites.
		build 9			Particles are now visible through water.
					Particles no longer appear darkened when inside a block.
v0.13.0		build 1			Particles are no longer handled as entities.
					reddust particles now appear near powered redstone.
					Added villagerhappy.
					Added note.
v0.16.0		build 1			Added mobappearance.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added endRod and dragonbreath.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			villagerhappy particles now appear when trading.
1.0.5		alpha 1.0.5.0			Particles can now be spawned with /particle.
		alpha 1.0.5.3			Removed the /particle command.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added spit and totem.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added fireworksSpark.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.0			Added dolphin.
		beta 1.5.0.1			Added nautilus.
		beta 1.5.0.7			Added bubble_column_up, bubble_popand current_down.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.1			Added barrier.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Re-added the /particle command, which now temporarily summons particle emitters, instead of particle areas with volumes. The following can be summoned: mobflame_emitter test_beziercurve test_bounce test_catmullromcurve test_colorcurve test_combocurve test_highrestitution test_linearcurve test_mule test_smoke_puff test_sphere test_spiral test_watertest
					Added sneeze.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Particles can now be edited using standard JSON formatting.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Added campfire_cosy_smoke and campfire_signal_smoke.
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added dripping_honey, landing_honey, falling_honey and falling_nectar.
Caves & Cliffs (Experimental)		beta 1.16.210.53			Added snowflake_particle.
		beta 1.16.210.56			Added vibration_signal and sculk_sensor_redstone_signal.
		beta 1.16.210.59			Added glow_particle.
		beta 1.16.210.60			Removed glow_particle.
		beta 1.16.220.50			Added stalactite_lava_drip_particle, stalactite_water_drip_particle, and ink_emitter.
					Re-added glow_particle.
		beta 1.16.220.52			Added electric_spark_particle, spore_blossom_ambient_particle, spore_blossom_shower_particle and wax_particle

Issues

Issues relating to "Particles" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In Java Edition, most particle textures can be changed using resource packs, however, the color of smoke particles used in redstone, portals, and endermen cannot be changed without mods.
  • The dust particle has unique syntax used for color, represented with three RGB values as decimal percentages.
• Status effect particles appear where the player face is pointing.
• The elder_guardian particle always follows the player regardless of what its location has been set to.
• Redstone repeaters emit particles, but redstone comparators do not.
• In Bedrock Edition, burning entities emit rounded particles with a fire animation.
• There is a particle that is internally used to implement the item pickup animation, but it cannot be summoned with the /particle command. Before the name was removed in 1.13, it was called take.

Gallery

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  The render radius of particles. It seems to be round, but not entirely circular, as seen at the back.

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  An annotated image of particles.png with the primary purposes of each particle texture explained.‌

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  Old eating particles in Bedrock Edition, which appears as miniatures of the food itself.

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  A burning zombie in Bedrock Edition, emitting particles with fire's animation.

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  Particles from a small explosion.

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  Particles being summoned with commands.

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  A chicken emitting fire particles.

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  Dinnerbone creating fall particles.

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  Searge emitting fire and smoke particles.