How to install Texture/Resource Packs in Minecraft

Minecraft Resource packs are a collection of files that Minecraft can access instead of its default files. A Resource pack can include files on, and therefore customize, textures, sounds, models, and languages. This allows a huge amount of customization which results in there being thousands of different packs for all versions of Minecraft.

In a Nutshell:

To install resource packs in Minecraft, download the Resource pack’s files and place them into a specific directory. Then, start Minecraft go to Options, then Resource Packs, hover your mouse over the pack so an arrow appears, then click the arrow. Finally, click Done to cause the game to load the Resource Pack.

First, download your Resource pack from whatever site you want to get it from.

Next, take the file and place it in this directory: “C:\Users\YOUR PC USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\resource_packs” If there isn’t a resource_packs folder in your com.mojang folder create a new folder and name it ‘resource_packs’.

Close and reopen Minecraft, go to Settings, scroll down to Global Resources, click on the pack, and click activate.

To open most Resource packs you will need a program that can access .zip files. The best one for this is WinRAR as it's effectively free, just with a few popups. If you ever have trouble accessing your texture packs in-game, try unzipping the files with this program.

This is similar to the Bedrock edition method. Download the Resource pack’s files and place them in this directory: “C:\Users\YOUR PC USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\resourcepacks”

Alternatively, you can click the Open Resourcepacks Folder button in the Resource Packs screen in-game to go to the folder.

Once the file is there, start up Minecraft and go to Options, then Resource Packs, hover your mouse over the pack so an arrow appears, then click the arrow. Click Done and the game will load the Resource Pack.

This one is similar to the Java Edition. Once you have your files downloaded, click on the Open Resourcepacks Folder in the Resource Packs screen.

Place the downloaded file in the opened folder. Once the file is there, start up Minecraft and go to Options, then Resource Packs, hover your mouse over the pack so an arrow appears, then click the arrow. Click Done and the game will load the Resource Pack.

On Linux, the Open Resourcepacks Folder often doesn’t function so you’ll have to navigate to the folder directly once you download your file.

Type ~/.minecraft/resourcepacks/ in your file manager's address bar or in the console (If it is not showing up, press the three dots in the corner and make sure that the "show hidden files" box has a check next to it or press Ctrl+H, then repeat step 4.).

Now put your file in that folder. Once the file is there, start up Minecraft and go to Options, then Resource Packs, hover your mouse over the pack so an arrow appears, then click the arrow. Click Done and the game will load the Resource Pack.

The old pack.png file, the default image for Resource Packs before it was replaced with a grass block, was screenshotted from Alpha v1.2.2, the seed being 3257840388504953787.

The screenshot was taken approximately at X=49.16, Z=0.72, facing RX=-119.23, RY=-8.297.

If you want to see the people who found this seed as well as how they did it, check these links: pack.png Seed Credits Video Explanation

Resource packs can be a powerful way to customize your Minecraft experience and with so many out there, it's almost essential to know how to install them quickly and easily. And whenever Minecraft or your packs update, you’ll know just where to put those new files to keep playing with your favorite Resource packs.