This article is about the history of the old particle texture atlas. For a history of particle textures themselves that extends beyond the lifespan of this sheet in Java Edition, see Java Edition history of textures/Particles. For a history for Bedrock Edition, see Bedrock Edition history of textures/Particles.
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This feature used to be in the game, but has ever since been removed.It may or may not return in a future update.
particles.png in 19w05a, the last version to actually use this file in Java Edition.
particles.png is a texture atlas found inside minecraft.jar that is used to load the majority of the game's particle textures, excluding those derived from other textures. There are also other texture sheets used for other different particles, such as explosion particles.
Format[]
particles.png may have changed width with time. The file is split into different squares, usually 8x8 but bigger for some other cases, which correspond to the texture of many particles found in-game. Like with items.png, unused sections of the texture are completely transparent, unlike with terrain.png and the paintings sheet where such regions are colored magenta.
Usage[]
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This texture atlas is used for particle textures.[Bedrock Edition only][more information needed]
History[]
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particles.png[]
The file was compressed in 13w09c, 15w49a, 1.11-pre1 and v0.15.0 alpha build 1.
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
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| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST |  Added the smoke particle, likely used for explosion smoke at the time, in which case they would either remain white, or be tinted gray and black. Added a single water particle, likely used for rain. | ||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20100125-1 |  The bubble particle has been added. | |||
| 20100125-2 |  The flame particle has been added. The ember particle has been added. | ||||
| Minecraft Indev | 20100212-1 |  A larger splash particle, containing a loaf-like pattern has been added. | |||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.4 |  More water particles have been added. | ||||
| v1.2.0 | preview |   Added the fishing bobber texture. | |||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 |  Added the note texture with the addition of the note block - the texture is gray but tinted accordingly. | ||||
| 1.4 |  Heart particles have been added, possibly for taming. Also added were two unused water-like particles, which appear to be either analogous to the flame and ember particles, or a prototype for the dripping particles added later. | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release |  The particle for critical hits has been added, which is tinted an unknown color in-game. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease |  Generic fluid dripping particles were added - these are tinted after the fact to suit either water or lava. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 |  This version adds the Standard Galactic Alphabet for enchanting purposes. | ||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 |  Potion-related particles have been added. Also added was the magic crit particle, which is tinted an unknown color in-game. | ||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a |  This adds some village-related particles, including an unused angry face. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a |  This adds firework trail particles. | |||
| 12w50a |  This adds the massive firework explosion particle, the first non-8x8 particle in this file. | ||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | particles.png has been moved from directly in the jar among the class fles to assets/minecraft/textures/particle with the advent of resource packs. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a |  This adds particles then used for end rods and shulker bullets, and later (in 1.11 and onwards) the totem of undying. | |||
| 15w34b |  This adds the dark heart for damaging. | ||||
| 1.13 | 18w07a |  The dimensions of the file have expanded considerably. This adds bubble popping particles without a doubt associated with the bubble column. | |||
| 18w15a |  This adds a multitude of particles later used with the conduit. | ||||
| 18w16a |  The diverse set of conduit particles have been removed and replaced with a single one. | ||||
| 1.14 | 19w02a |  This version adds the huge smoke particles associated with the campfire. | |||
| 19w03a | All of the campfire smoke particles have been rotated 90 degrees clockwise, with the exception of the last two, which have instead been moved a pixel up and to the left. | ||||
| 19w06a | The particles.png file has been replaced by individual particle images and json entries, allowing for HD textures and changing used frames. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | | ||||
| v0.4.0 | | ||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 |  The file now contains the explosion particles, instead of explosion.png being added. As they are shrunk down and Pocket Edition cannot render translucent particles, they appear far more pixelated than on Java Edition. The village-related particles have been added. | |||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 |  Added a gray bubble particle. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 |  The particles associated with end rods and shulker bullets have been added. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| ? |  Added conduit and flash particles. It is not known if they were added in the same version or if the latter is even used. | ||||
| 1.16.0 | ? |  Added the soul flame particle and an unused "soul lava" particle. | |||
Other particle files[]
explosion.png was compressed in 13w09c and 15w49a, and explosion.png and sweep.png in 1.11-pre1.
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
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| 1.8 | Pre-release |  Added explosion particles as part of explosion.png. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.6.2 | 13w24a | explosion.png has been moved from the misc folder to the textures/entity folder. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w34c |  Added sweep.png for sweeping type attacks. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  sweep.png has been changed, appearing somewhat smoother at the edges. | |||
| 19w06a | explosion.png and sweep.png have been split into 16 and 8 files respectively and these have been relocated from the entity folder to the particles folder. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| ? |  Added campfire_smoke.png. | ||||
| 1.16.0 | ? |  Added soul.png. | |||
Gallery[]
An outdated guide to the textures in particles.png
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References[]
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