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.

Recommended Game Settings:

Accessbility:

Block Dithering: OFF
Player and Mob Dithering: OFF
Actionbar Background Opacity: 0%
Chat Background Opacity: 50%
Text Background Opacity: 0%

Video:

Fancy Bubbles: ON
Show Autosave Icon: OFF
Outline Selection: ON

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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
Pale Copper Torch and Lantern colors
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
Fixed miscolored Weathered Copper Bars pixels
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
Wider
- Calibrated Sculk Sensor amethyst
Improved Texture Mapping
- Torch
- Redstone Torch
- Soul Torch
- Copper Torch

Rotation and Variation

Concrete Powder now randomly rotates on top and bottom
Stone, Bedrock, Deepslate, and Sculk 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
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, Spyglass, and Spear
- Removed idle item bobbing for Bow, Crossbow, Trident, Shield, Spyglass, and Spear
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

Spear

First Person
- Jab and charge animations
Third Person
- Charging spear angle
- Zombie and Husk arm animations

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
Texture
- Corrected texture mapping

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

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
Accurate sitting heights for humanoid mobs

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
- Slim skin arm position
- Improved animations for various premium skins
Sounds
- Thwacky knockback sounds
- Varied swimming sounds
- Heavy splash sound
- 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

Cold Cow ear texture
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

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

Ocelot

Model

Cat

Model

Fox

Smooth pouncing
Pouncing ends if target is lost

Rabbit

Model
Smooth hopping
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

Smooth rolling
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

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

Copper Golem

Corrected attachable item positions

Snow Golem

Looking animation now twists the body

Creeper

Semitransparent white exploding overlay
Slower walking animation
Better leg inflation

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, Bogged, and Parched

Idle arm position
Bow drawing animation
Melee attack animation
Slower walking animation
Centered held item positions

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
Higher seated leg position
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
Semitransparent lower torso
Bobbing animation

Allay

Semitransparent lower torso

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

Updated shooting texture
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
Sits in boat instead of standing
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
Body does not tilt with legs
Armor Stand-specific placing sounds

Experience Orb

Semitransparent textures (Simple/Fancy graphics)
Accurate colors and lighting

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)
Muted swimming sounds

Steve and Alex

Updated textures

Miscellaneous

Lead rope has more notches
More intense red hurt overlay
Removed orange overlay when on fire
All mobs are now visible when using old resource packs

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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
- 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
- These changes are only enabled when using the Java Aspects Item Icons companion pack
Entity model item icons have shading
- Shields
- Banners
- Heads
- Conduit
- Copper Golem Statues
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
Removed featured server animation and “Check it out!” caption
Forced Play, Realms, and Marketplace button to use normal colors
Updated dirt background texture

Loading Screen

Solid green loading bar

Settings

Removed extra space between buttons when using keyboard and mouse or controller

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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
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 breaking particles use block textures
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
Removed extra pixels from Trial Spawner activation particles

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
- Save and Load for structure blocks are now “SAVE” and “LOAD”
- Main audio slider is now “Master”

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Vibrant Visuals Changes:

Blocks

Carried Leaves use the same materials as placed Leaves
Improved Cherry and Azalea Leaves subsurface maps
Azalea and Flowering Azalea Leaves use the same materials (except the flowers)
Sculk subsurface map is aligned properly with the texture
Item Frame border uses the same materials as birch planks
Glass is no longer emissive
The sides of deactivated Trial Spawners are no longer fully emissive

Entities

Flames on burning entities better match the fire block
Drowned body uses the correct materials for all pixels
The bottoms of Blaze rods use the same material as the lower sides
The original and v2 Magma Cube model use the same materials
The Magma Cube lava uses similar materials as still lava

Miscellaneous

Removed unused pixels in Redstone Torch, Magma Cube, and Blaze materials

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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.

Programmer Art (Classic Textures) cannot be used with Vibrant Visuals.

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.

Java Aspects supports Vibrant Visuals!

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.