Texture atlas/Predefined/Removed from Java Edition

This page lists predefined texture atlases which have been removed from Java Edition. Several of these may still exist in Bedrock Edition.

Removed from all current editions

`items.png`

items.png was used for storing the textures of items.

`terrain.png`

terrain.png was used for storing the textures of blocks.

Removed from Java Edition, still present in Bedrock Edition

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

`map_icons.png`

This section is missing information about: Console Edition had its own exclusive progress.

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This file is used for static icons on maps. Interestingly, it has many unused icons which have existed for many years.

Java Edition Beta
1.6	Test Build 3	Added `mapicons.png`.
1.8	Pre-release	Updated `mapicons.png`.
Java Edition
1.6.1	13w24a	Renamed `mapicons.png` to `map_icons.png`.
1.11	16w39a	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.13	18w10a	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.20.2	Pre-release 1	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.20.5	24w12a	`map_icons.png` has been split into its constituent sprites and has been removed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0	build 1	Added `map_icons.png`.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.5	Updated `map_icons.png`.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.7	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.10	Updated `map_icons.png`.
1.20.40	Preview 1.20.40.20	Updated `map_icons.png`.

`kz.png`

kz.png is used for storing the textures of paintings.

`particles.png`

particles.png is used for storing the textures of most particles. Two other atlases, explosion.png and sweep.png, were used for respectively storing explosion and sweeping attack particles.‌

User interface atlases

This section is missing information about: Document these:

assets/minecraft/textures/gui/advancements/tabs.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/checkbox.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/blast_furnace.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/server_selection.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/cross_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/advancements/widgets.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/tab_button.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/furnace.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/brewing_stand.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/resource_packs.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/user_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/beacon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/toasts.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/reject_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/book.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/accept_icon.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/world_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/report_button.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/restore_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/villager2.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/link_icons.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/trailer_icons.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/stonecutter.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/slider.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/gamemode_switcher.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/world_selection.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/op_icon.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/plus_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/enchanting_table.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/bundle.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/horse.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/anvil.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/news_icon.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/invitation_icons.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/recipe_book.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/social_interactions.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/spectator_widgets.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/smoker.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/recipe_button.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/loom.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/invite_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/cartography_table.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/cross_player_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/stats_icons.png

Possibly also these, depending on how they work:

assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/expired_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/info_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/sprites/language.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/off_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/bundle_background.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/world_icon.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/news_notification_mainscreen.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/trial_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/grindstone.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/slot_frame.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/container/smithing.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/checkmark.png
assets/realms/textures/gui/realms/on_icon.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/unseen_notification.png
assets/minecraft/textures/gui/sprites/accessibility.png.

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A considerable amount of different atlases were used for GUI textures before being split in Java Edition 23w31a. These texture files are now compiled into gui.png-atlas.

A handful of other user interface graphics were generated by the game at runtime, rather than being defined as image files, either in atlases or as independent files. Many of these were later made to be texture defined. Examples include:

Text field (normal and highlighted) - textures added in 23w32a
Scroller handle - texture added in 23w32a
Scroller background - texture added in 24w09a
Tooltip - texture added in 24w36a

In addition, UI buttons were generated by code from 0.0.13a to 0.0.22a_05 before the introduction of widgets.png in Java Edition Classic 0.0.23a, making this case somewhat of a very early precursor.

`bars.png`

bars.png was used for storing boss bar textures and their overlays.

The file was compressed in 15w49a, 1.11-pre1 and 19w41a.

Java Edition
1.9			15w31a				`bars.png` has been implemented.
1.20.2			23w31a				`bars.png` has been removed, with each bar texture split into individual files.

`icons.png`

icons.png was used for storing the textures of certain UI elements.

`inventory.png`

This file still exists, but only houses the graphic for the inventory window; it was formerly an atlas containing further sprites, and before that housed several status effect textures.

`widgets.png`

widgets.png (previously known as gui.png) was used for defining several types of menu buttons and icons.

`tabs.png`

Previously known as allitems.png

Java Edition
1.3.1	12w21b	Added `allitems.png`.
1.3.1	12w22a	Each tab now has its own texture. The inventory texture was moved to `listitems.png`.
1.6.1	13w24a	`allitems.png` has been renamed to `tabs.png`
1.19.3	22w45a	Added a 7th tab. Each tab is now 2 pixels skinnier.
1.20.2	23w31a	`tabs.png` has been removed, with each texture split into individual files.

History

Specific changes to texture files are documented in each texture file's dedicated section or page.

Additions

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-131655		Added `terrain.png`.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.19a		Added `gui.png`.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST		Added `particles.png`.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091231-2255	Added `items.png`.
Minecraft Indev	20100223	Added `kz.png`.
Java Edition Beta
1.6	Test Build 3	Added `mapicons.png`.
1.8	Pre-release	Added `explosion.png`.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	`inventory.png` now contains an atlas of effect icons.
1.9	15w31a	Added `bars.png`.
1.9	15w34c	Added `sweep.png`.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0		Added `terrain.png`, `items.png`, `particles.png` and `gui_blocks.png`.
v0.8.0	build 2	Added `terrain_atlas.tga` and `items_opaque.tga`.
v0.14.0	build 1	Added `mapicons.png`.

Removals

Java Edition
1.5	13w02a	`terrain.png` and `items.png` have been split up into their constituent textures. A procedurally generated and manually saved texture atlas is still available, however: minecraft_textures_atlas_blocks.png_0.png, accessible via F3 + S in 1.19 and above.
1.14	19w06a	`particles.png`, `explosion.png` and `sweep.png` have been split up into their constituent textures.
	19w07a	`paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png` has been split up into its constituent textures.
	19w08a	`inventory.png` has been partially split up to remove the status effect textures, which are now split into individual textures, leaving only the actual inventory textures.
1.20.5	24w12a	`map_icons.png` has been split up into its constituent textures.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0	build 2	`terrain.png`, `items.png` and `gui_blocks.png` have been replaced with other atlases.
v0.15.0	build 1	`terrain_atlas.tga` and `items_opaque.tga` are no longer used.