This article is about how to install a texture pack. For what a texture pack is, see Texture Pack.
These tutorials are meant to help you use texture packs in Minecraft. Texture Packs change the look of Minecraft so that blocks look different, items look different, mobs look different, etc. but they do not change the actual game play.
Windows
- Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
- Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
- Copy the .zip file
- Open Minecraft
- Click on "Texture Packs"
- Choose "Open texture pack folder". This opens a Windows Explorer window.
- Paste the file in the actual directory
- Go back to Minecraft, the texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".
Direct method
- Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
- Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
- Copy the .zip file
- Press ⊞ Windows + R then type in: %appdata%/.minecraft/texturepacks
- Paste the file into the directory
- Open Minecraft
- Go to "Texture Packs"
- The texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".
Mac OS X
- Download a texture pack of your choice
- Do NOT unzip the texture pack just move the .zip file to minecraft's texture pack folder (Should be at ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks)
- Open up Minecraft and login
- At the main menu select "Mods and Texture Packs"
- Now select your new texture pack and then select done
- If your texture pack doesn't show up when you click "Mods and Texture Packs" make sure that the texture pack is still in .zip format, and that it is in Minecraft's texture pack folder
To access ~/Library/ on a Mac running Mac OS X 10.7 and above, switch to Finder, open the 'Go' Menu, and whilst holding down ⌥ Option, select 'Library'
Linux
- Download a texture pack, you should get a .zip file
- Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file
- Copy the .zip file
- Open Minecraft
- Click on "Texture Packs"
- Choose "Open texture pack folder". This opens a file manager window (the file manager depends on your configuration).
- Paste the file in the actual directory
- Go back to Minecraft, the texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".
/.minecraft/texturepacks/ in your file manager's address bar or in the console.
- Paste the file into the directory
- Open Minecraft
- Go to "Texture Packs"
- The texture pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".