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Java Aspects

Java Aspects bridges the gap between Bedrock and Java Edition. It changes water colors, explosion particles, block sounds, mob animations, and many other things. Now, you can bring the clean visuals of Java Edition into the world of Mineraft Bedrock.

Check out Console Aspects for the Legacy Console Edition style on Bedrock.

Creator: AgentMindStorm, Bluesky Account, YouTube Channel (Click here for more credits.)

Pack Options

Explore the different ways to use Java Aspects.

Default Textures

Matches the latest update for Java Edition. Modern block, item, and entity textures.

Programmer Art (Classic Textures)

The original look of Minecraft. You must apply the Minecraft Classic Texture Pack from the Marketplace below Java Aspects for the subpack to work correctly.

This mode does not recreate bugs from Programmer Art, such as green Villager hats.

Compatibility Mode

Allows another resource pack to overwrite textures while keeping Java sounds, animations, and language changes intact. Apply the other pack above Java Aspects.

(Note: City Texture Pack not included!)

Feature List

Read a comprehensive list of in-game differences when using Java Aspects.

Atmosphere:

Fog and Sky

  • Lighter overworld fog
  • Blue rain fog
  • Deep blue underwater fog
  • Distant underwater fog
  • Biome-specific sky colors from Java Edition
  • End sky color

Weather

  • Smaller snowflakes

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Block Changes:

Textures

  • More transparent water from Java Edition
  • Crimson-colored Weeping Vines
  • Snowy Grass Block side matches normal Grass Block side
  • Blackstone Slab and Stairs have consistent tops and bottoms
  • Updated Purple Glazed Terracotta sword outline
  • Consistent Decorated Pot top and bottom rotation
  • Activated Observer back texture
  • Fire and Bubble Coral Block textures
  • Structure Block Save/Load are used like Java Edition
  • Structure Void texture similar to Barrier
  • Black opaque Leaves textures when using Fast graphics
  • Correct Nether Reactor textures
  • Missing texture is now pink and black

Colors

  • Water colors from Java Edition
  • Warmer Meadow grass and foliage
  • Warmer Dripstone Cave grass and foliage
  • Cooler Lush Cave grass and foliage
  • Smooth Grass Block side biome transitions
  • Carried Grass Block tint
  • Carried Leaves tints
  • Ominous Banner colors match player-made banners

Models

  • Taller
    • Seagrass
  • Improved Texture Mapping
    • Torch
    • Redstone Torch
    • Soul Torch

Rotation and Variation

  • Concrete Powder now randomly rotates on top and bottom
  • Stone, Bedrock, and Deepslate now have texture variance
  • Dirt and Sand no longer rotate the side texture
  • Removed random rotation from most other blocks to match Java Edition

Ambient Occlusion and Brightness

  • Face dimming on most light sources (such as Glowstone)
  • Darker Sand shading to match Sandstone
  • Lighter Obsidian shading to match Crying Obsidian
  • Lighter Respawn Anchor shading to match Crying Obsidian
  • Darker Leaves shading to match all other blocks

Texture Animations

  • Faster Lava
  • Faster Magma Block
  • Faster Kelp
  • Faster Seagrass
  • Faster lit Smoker front
  • Faster Crimson and Warped Stem sides
  • Animated Soul Lantern to match Lantern
  • Removed frame blending for most animations

Distant Rendering

  • Lighter Distant Leaves
  • Greener Grasses and Ferns
  • Improved color accuracy for:
    • Cornflower
    • Warped Roots

Miscellaneous

  • Lighter block cracking animation
  • Christmas Chest textures (requires Christmas Chests companion pack)

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Item Changes:

General Changes

  • First-Person
    • Smooth hitting animation for Bow, Crossbow, Trident, Shield, and Spyglass
    • Off-hand items render correctly for Bow, Crossbow, Trident, and Spyglass
    • Removed item bobbing for Bow, Crossbow, Trident, Shield, and Spyglass
  • Third-Person
    • Consistent held item positions for most items

Bow

  • First-Person
    • Smooth drawing animation
    • Gradual shaking transition
  • Third-Person
    • Arrow points straight ahead

Crossbow

  • First-Person
    • Centered when loaded in main-hand
    • Smooth drawing transition
    • Idle holding position
  • Third-Person
    • Arrow points straight ahead
  • Sounds
    • Consistent loading sounds

Trident

  • First-Person
    • Riptide animation
    • Gradual brandishing transition
    • Idle holding position
  • Third-Person
    • Static brandishing animation
    • Riptide wind texture
  • Sounds
    • Different Riptide sounds

Shield

  • First-Person
    • Blocking animation
    • Idle holding position
  • Third-Person
    • Directional blocking animation
    • Main-hand shield preferred when dual wielding
    • Held shield position

Spyglass

  • First-Person
    • Idle holding position
  • Third-Person
    • Lower arm position while spying

Elytra

  • Third-Person
    • Smooth opening transitions

Held Foliage

  • Grass, Fern, Lily Pad, and Vine item colors
  • Seagrass item texture

Spawn Eggs

  • Consistent Spawn Eggs for:
    • Cat
    • Panda
    • Wandering Trader

Maps

  • Updated Map markings
  • Unique village Map color
  • Removed locked Map texture

Horse Armor

  • Leather Horse Armor is now dyed all over

Arrows

  • Tipped arrow colors are now consistent with Java Edition

Pink Petals

  • Removed extra pixel which appears when holding this item

Technical Items

  • Pixel-consistent Light item textures
  • Orange Command Block Minecart item
  • Better held End Portal and Gateway

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Entity Changes:

General Changes

  • Faster walking animations for babies

Player

  • First-Person
    • Empty hand position
    • Empty hand attack animation
    • Improved Map holding arms
    • Cleaner item swap animation
    • Removed red hurt overlay
    • Added full vertical split-screen support
  • Third-Person
    • Fast jumping and sprint-jumping animation
    • Directional attack animation
    • Lower crouching height
    • Smooth swimming and crawling transitions
    • Dynamic cape flapping
    • Proper sneaking and gliding animation
    • Tooting goat horn animation
    • Brushing animation
    • Arm bobbing animation
    • Removed eating animation
    • Removed blinking
    • More transparent spectators
    • Held item positions
    • Improved animations for various premium skins
  • Sounds
    • Crunchy critical hit sounds
    • Varied swimming sounds
    • Tilling farmland sounds
    • Flattening dirt path sounds
    • Stripping wood sounds
    • Item pickup pitch
    • Dropping items is silent
    • Punching the air is silent
    • Jumping is silent

Pig

  • Model
  • Removed boosting sound when using Carrot on a Stick

Cow

  • Corrected model misalignments

Mooshroom

  • Slower legs
  • Corrected model misalignments
  • Muted eating sound

Chicken

  • Model
  • Smooth wing flapping

Sheep

  • Skin texture
  • Smooth grazing animation

Horse, Donkey, and Mule

  • Model
  • Rein textures
  • Tail position
  • Galloping animation
  • Static saddlebag chests
  • Unique underwater Skeleton Horse sounds

Wolf

  • Centered model
  • Lower legs when sitting
  • Smooth begging animation
  • Dark overlay when wet
  • Quieter sound volume

Ocelot

  • Model

Cat

  • Model

Rabbit

  • Model
  • Louder sound volume

Parrot

  • Model
  • All animations
  • Smooth wing flapping
  • Imitation sounds match Java Edition

Polar Bear

  • Attack animation

Llama

  • Separated decoration layer
  • Spit particles float down instead of up

Turtle

  • Reduced size
  • Front fins rotate while swimming
  • Swimming animation used in midair
  • Hatching sounds

Dolphin

  • Tail length
  • Swimming animation

Panda

  • Sneezing animation
  • Breathing sounds

Bee

  • Antenna positions
  • Leg positions
  • Bobbing animation
  • Wing flapping speed

Goat

  • Head animation
  • Walking animation

Tadpole

  • Tail length
  • Swimming animation

Frog

  • Warm Frog texture

Camel

  • Texture
  • Idle head bobbing

Sniffer

  • Head position

Squid and Glow Squid

  • Model
  • Smooth swimming animation
  • Directional shading on Glow Squid
  • Glow Squid particle colors

Cod, Salmon, and Tropical Fish

  • Flopping animation
  • Fish-specific death sound

Pufferfish

  • Fin flapping animation
  • Bobbing animation
  • Unique sounds different from other fish

Villager

  • Hat visibility for each profession and biome
  • Robe length
  • Walking animation
  • Held item positions
  • Angry particle size

Iron Golem

  • Walking particles
  • Attack animation
  • Walking animation
  • Lower pivot point
  • Sounds have full 0.8-1.2 pitch variance

Snow Golem

  • Looking animation now twists the body

Creeper

  • Semitransparent white exploding overlay
  • Slower walking animation

Zombie

  • Attack animation
  • Raises arms while chasing target

Zombie Villager

  • Visible trade level badge
  • Helmet position
  • Attack animation
  • Raises arms while chasing target
  • Robe length
  • Offhand item position

Husk

  • Increased size
  • Raises arms while chasing target

Drowned

  • Slimmer model
  • Removed emissive spots
  • Swimming animation
  • Raised arms while chasing target

Skeleton, Stray, and Bogged

  • Idle arm position
  • Bow drawing animation
  • Slower walking animation

Spider and Cave Spider

  • Slower walking animation

Witch

  • Hat model
  • Nose bobbing animation

Slime and Magma Cube

  • Smooth squish and jump animations
  • Attack sounds
  • Separate jump and land sounds
  • Directional shading on Magma Cube

Phantom

  • Invisible eye texture

Guardian

  • Quieter ambient sounds

Vindicator

  • Texture
  • Empty hand attack animation
  • Offhand item position

Pillager

  • Reduced size
  • Walking animation
  • Removed bobbing animation

Evoker

  • Robe length
  • Smooth fang attacks
  • Fang summoning sound
  • Offhand item position

Vex

  • Held item position
  • Bobbing animation

Ravager

  • Body position
  • Leg positions
  • Stunned animation
  • Walking animation

Warden

  • Sniff animation
  • Roar animation
  • Look at target animation
  • Consistent sound volumes

Creaking

  • Attack animation
  • Look at target animation
  • Brighter eyes
  • Correct hurt sound
  • Varied sound pitches
  • Darker crumble particles

Strider

  • Cold Strider texture

Ghast

  • Removed emissive spots

Blaze

  • Directional shading

Piglin and Piglin Brute

  • Ear position
  • Separate left ear bobbing
  • Smooth celebrating animation
  • Head size

Zombified Piglin

  • Ear position
  • Separate left ear bobbing
  • Raises arms while chasing target
  • Head size

Hoglin and Zoglin

  • Leg positions
  • Ear positions
  • Attack animation
  • Baby walking animation

Wither Skeleton

  • Idle arm position
  • Slower walking animation

Wither

  • Removed blue forcefield
  • Removed white spawning overlay
  • Glows in the dark

Enderman

  • Increased size
  • Shakes when angry
  • Walking animation

Shulker

  • Model matches block size
  • Bullet transparency
  • Bullet glows in the dark

Ender Dragon

  • Smooth perching animation
  • Consistent death sound pitch
  • More explosion death particles

End Crystal

  • Spinning animation

Armor Stand

  • No baseplate rotation
  • Armor Stand-specific placing sounds

Experience Orb

  • Semitransparent textures
  • No longer glows in the dark

Fishing Hook

  • Changed to 2D

Firework Rocket

  • Changed to 2D

Fireball

  • Model has depth
  • Glows in the dark

Dragon Fireball

  • Glows in the dark

Eye of Ender

  • Model has depth
  • Glows in the dark
  • Added unique throwing and popping sounds
  • Purple exploding particles

Thrown Items (Snowballs, Eggs, etc.)

  • Model has depth
  • Reduced size
  • Consistent lighting
  • Throwing sound is consistent (such as Snowballs)

Steve and Alex

  • Updated textures

Miscellaneous

  • Less intense red hurt overlay
  • Removed orange overlay when on fire

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Interface Changes:

HUD

  • Hotbar
    • Remains visible behind other screens unless using touch controls
    • Black edge cap bars have full opacity
    • Half armor icon matches Java Edition
  • Experience Bar
    • Detailed textures
    • Level number border
  • Boss Bar
    • Accurate boss bar colors
    • Notched raid bar
  • Chat
    • Positioned on the bottom-left
    • Bed and height limit messages appear on the action bar
    • Disabled message censoring
    • Gray text renders as white
    • Positioned normally when using touch controls
  • Held Item Text
    • Removed black background
    • Added shadows
    • Removed enchantment display
    • Spaced consistently across all game modes
    • Disappears when switching to air
  • Miscellaneous
    • Rainbow jukebox text
    • Debug-style coordinate and day displays
    • Removed background on controller tooltips
    • Removed paper doll renderer
    • Removed beta and preview text on top of the screen

Inventory Screen

  • Item Slots
    • Consistent empty slot icons (such as armor outlines)
    • Gray highlighted slot background
    • Removed highlighted slot outline
    • Subtle highlighted item overlay
  • Hover tooltip outline texture
  • Transparent hover tooltip
  • Recipe book and creative tab icons
  • Black horse and llama backgrounds

Item Rendering

  • Replaced item icons with the Java Edition equivalents
    • 2D Glass Panes
    • 3D Chests
    • 3D Beds
    • Walls
    • Heads
    • Skulls
    • Lightning Rod
    • End Rod
    • Scaffolding
    • Conduit
    • Beacon
    • Heavy Core
    • Decorated Pot
    • These changes are only enabled when using the Java Aspects Item Icons companion pack
  • Durability bar position
  • Bundle storage bar position and color
  • Removed category text on all hover text
  • Removed flying item renderer when using quick move

Bundle Screen

  • Highlighted slot background is now semitransparent
  • Removed slot outline

Villager Trade Screen

  • Locked trades can be highlighted to see enchantments

Notifications (Toasts)

  • White recipe unlock messages
  • Soft notification sound

Chat Screen

  • No longer closes when taking damage
  • Disabled message censoring
  • Removed command icons for blocks and items

Main Menu

  • Removed “New” and “Sale!” Marketplace notifications
  • Removed Marketplace button advertisements
  • Updated dirt background texture

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Sound Changes:

Block Sounds

  • Linear volume attenuation instead of exponential
    • Block sounds are louder at a distance
  • Consistent sound pitches across all blocks
  • Consistent sound volumes across all blocks
  • Assigned wood sounds to:
    • Bee Nest
    • Beehive
    • Chorus Flower
    • Chorus Plant
    • Tripwire Hook
  • Assigned stone sounds to:
    • Lever
    • Repeater
    • Comparator
    • Beacon
  • Assigned coral sounds to:
    • Corals
    • Coral Blocks
    • Coral Fans
  • Assigned nether ore sounds to Gilded Blackstone
  • Assigned big dripleaf sounds to Lily Pad
  • Assigned higher-pitched sounds to:
    • Small Dripleaf
    • Deepslate Tiles (all variants)
  • Assigned louder sounds to:
    • Cherry Sapling
  • Assigned moss carpet sounds to:
    • Pale Hanging Moss
  • Added wet grass sounds for:
    • Kelp
    • Seagrass
  • Added crop sounds for:
    • Wheat
    • Carrots
    • Potatoes
    • Beetroot
    • Pumpkin Stem
    • Melon Stem
    • Torchflower Crop
    • Pitcher Pod
    • Pitcher Plant
  • Added nether wart sounds for Nether Wart crop
  • Updated Nether Hanging Sign sounds
  • Quieter Piston sounds
  • Quieter Bell sounds
  • Quieter Scaffolding climbing
  • Deeper explosion sounds
  • Deeper wind burst sounds
  • Varied Chest opening sounds
  • Added more variety to the following sounds:
    • Blast Furnace crackling
    • Smoker crackling
  • Updated Cauldron sounds
  • Big Dripleaf tilt up sound differs from tilt down
  • Accurate mob head Note Block sounds
  • Miscellaneous adjustments to most other block sounds

Entity Sounds

  • Linear volume attenuation instead of exponential
    • Block sounds are louder at a distance
    • Only applies to mobs added in 1.16 or later
  • Boat rowing sounds
  • Pitch-varying bundle sounds
  • Louder step sounds for most entities
  • Hostile entity sounds follow the Hostile audio slider for:
    • Falling
    • Splashing
    • Swimming
  • Less frequent Soul Speed sounds

Ambience

  • Rain and thunder sounds
  • Underwater ambience sounds
  • Consistent cave sound pitch
  • Added missing Nether ambience sounds for:
    • Basalt Deltas
    • Nether Wastes
    • Warped Forest
  • Quieter Nether ambience loops

Music

  • Reduced music frequency
  • Full-volume music in all biomes

Commands

  • Added sound event names from Java Edition
  • Full list included in the Command List

Miscellaneous

  • Removed screenshot sound

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Particle Changes:

General Changes

  • All particles are now billboarded
  • Particles no longer flip upside down when behind the camera

Block Particles

  • Breaking and walking particles are darker
  • Breaking and walking particles move like Java Edition
  • Breaking particles now use the side texture for:
    • Logs
    • Nether Stems
    • Hay
  • Chest and Trapped Chest breaking particles are now Oak Planks
  • Ender Chest breaking particles are Obsidian
  • Hanging Sign breaking particles use stripped log textures
  • Item frame breaking particles no longer have gray spots
  • Directional Sculk Sensor vibrations
  • Note Block particle colors match Java Edition
  • Crafter and Decorated Pot particle trajectories

Potion Effect Particles

  • Splash potion particle pattern
  • Lingering potion particle pattern
  • Unique particles for:
    • Splash Potion of Healing
    • Splash Potion of Harming
  • Conduit eye particles
  • Yellow Wither boss swirls

Action Particles

  • High-definition explosion particles
  • Critical hit particle colors
  • Blue enchantment attack particles
  • Circular mace smash particles
  • Splashing particles are the correct height
  • Abundant Totem of Undying particles
  • Wind Charge creates fewer gusts
  • Square ominous item spawning particles
  • Eating particle amount
  • Tool breaking particle amount
  • Crop bone meal particles respect world lighting
  • Fishing particles respect world lighting
  • Animated fishing particles
  • Bubble column splashing particles are blue
  • Dolphin trails are blue squares
  • Removed bubbles from underwater mobs

Ambience Particles

  • Abundant flame and smoke particles
  • Semitransparent campfire smoke
  • Dripping particles change upon landing

Commands Only

  • Added damage indicator particle (see the Command List)

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Language Changes:

Font

  • Updated font to match Java Edition 1.13
  • Adjusted light gray font color

Rarity

  • Book is Common
  • Enchanted Book is Uncommon
  • Command-only items are Epic:
    • Command Blocks
    • Command Block Minecart
    • Structure Block
    • Structure Void
    • Jigsaw
    • Barrier
    • Light

Block Names

  • Infested Stone Brick is now “Infested Stone Bricks”
  • Banner patterns match Java Edition in all languages
  • Portal is now “Nether Portal”
  • Unobtainable blocks have English names instead of identifiers
  • Removed extra space from “Cobblestone Wall” name

Item Names

  • Treasure Map is now “Buried Treasure Map”
  • Gold Horse Armor is now “Golden Horse Armor”
  • Splash [Awkward/Mundane/Thick] Potion is now “[Awkward/Mundane/Thick] Splash Potion”
  • Lingering [Awkward/Mundane/Thick] Potion is now “[Awkward/Mundane/Thick] Lingering Potion”

Entity Names

  • Thrown items are now “Thrown [Item]”

User Interface

  • Main Menu
    • Changed splash texts to match Java Edition
    • Beta!!! is now “Snapshot!”
    • My World is now “New World”
    • World Options use Game Rule names from Java Edition
    • Visible to LAN Players is “Open to LAN”
    • Online play warning messages match Java Edition
  • Creative Inventory Groups
    • Mob Eggs is now “Spawn Eggs”
    • Records is now “Music Discs”
    • Mob Skulls is now “Heads”
    • Glazed Terracottas is now “Glazed Terracotta”
    • Fireworks is now “Firework Rockets”
  • HUD
    • All leave vehicle messages say “Press Sneak to Dismount”
    • Bed messages match Java Edition in all languages
    • Mobs remaining is now “Raiders remaining”
    • Position: [X], [Y], [Z] is now “Block: [X] [Y] [Z]”
    • Days played: # is now “Day #”
  • Miscellaneous
    • Mexican Spanish and Italian translations are changed to match Java Edition
    • Bundle help text is lighter
    • Command guide messages in command blocks are the same as Java Edition
    • Save and Load for structure blocks are now “SAVE” and “LOAD”
    • Main audio slider is now “Master”

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Default Textures Subpack:

These features are only applied with the Default Textures or Compatibility Mode pack option selected.

Block Textures

  • Modern Steve texture for Player Head
  • Updated Nether Wart Block
  • Pointier Cactus side
  • Updated Purpur Pillar top
  • Updated Pumpkin top
  • Consistent Smoker bottom corners
  • Noisier bed legs
  • Modern Piston arms
  • Fixed miscolored Spruce Planks pixel

Distant Rendering

  • Improved color accuracy for:
    • Dandelion
    • Wheat Crop
    • Carrot Crop

Item Textures

  • Consistent Potion of Wind Charging
  • Consistent Arrow of Infestation
  • Equipped Leather Cap
  • Classic shield banner pattern textures

Entity Textures

  • Blaze rod bottom texture
  • Parrot head bottom textures
  • Updated Dragon Fireball
  • Updated Savanna Villager base texture
  • Updated Cleric Villager profession
  • Updated biome-specific Zombie Villagers
  • Updated Llama chests
  • Old Villagers and Zombie Villagers in Marketplace worlds use new textures

User Interface Textures

  • Fixed miscolored Slowness effect icon pixel

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Programmer Art (Classic Textures) Subpack:

These features are only applied with the Programmer Art (Classic Textures) pack option selected.

Block Textures

  • Modern lava
  • Classic Crying Obsidian
  • Modern Horn Coral Block
  • Modern Brain Coral Block
  • More transparent Stained Glass
  • Thinner Grass textures
  • Darker Fern and Large Fern
  • Lighter Peony
  • Lighter Rose Bush
  • Corrected door textures for:
    • Acacia
    • Birch
    • Dark Oak
    • Jungle Door
  • Matching Smithing Table top

Item Textures

  • Updated potion colors (such as green Night Vision)
  • Classic potion and arrow textures for new effects like Infestation
  • Smoother Shield texture
  • Grayscale Dried Kelp
  • Large-eyed Bucket of Pufferfish
  • Leather Boots (in inventory)

Entity Textures

  • Cats
  • White Rabbit
  • Parrot head bottom textures

User Interface Textures

  • More dramatic slot highlight overlay
  • Classic editing sign backgrounds

Screenshots

See how Java Aspects impacts the feel of Minecraft.

Item Icons Companion Pack

This optional pack enables the changes described in the Item Rendering section of the Feature List, such as 2D glass panes and shaded End Rods.

Java-accurate item icons in inventory screens can be enabled by applying the Java Aspects Item Icons pack above Java Aspects.

These features may cause performance issues in certain menus.

Christmas Chests Companion Pack

This optional pack adds holiday flare to Java Aspects.

Christmas Chests replaces the default chest textures and icons with the festive textures used around Christmas on Java Edition.

Apply Christmas Chests above Java Aspects.

Load Order

Java Aspects may have compatibility issues with other UI packs, even in Compatibility Mode. Compatibility is guaranteed with VDX: Desktop UI as long as you follow the resource pack load order in the screenshot below.