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{{outdated|Pre-made texture atlases are no longer used as of [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.5]] and [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.15.0 alpha]], rendering animation placeholder textures obsolete. [[Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition]] did continue to use them throughout its entire lifespan, but this edition has since been discontinued and replaced with {{BE}}.}}

'''Animation placeholder textures''' are special textures stored in [[Minecraft:Texture atlas/Predefined|pre-defined texture atlases]] which serve as stand-ins for animated textures. When texture atlases are loaded into memory, the placeholder textures are internally overwritten with the animated versions; thus, these textures will typically never be seen in normal gameplay and have no effect on the final appearance of the texture.

Animation placeholder textures effectively "reserve" areas of the texture atlas that are going to hold animated textures, preventing an unwitting developer from accidentally placing new textures there and having them be overwritten. They also serve as fallback versions of animated textures, displaying in some cases where the animated versions fail to load or intentionally do not load.

While these were originally intended to be placeholders for [[Minecraft:Procedural animated texture generation|procedurally generated textures]], they remained present in {{el|lce}} and for some time in {{el|pe}} even after all procedural textures were replaced with pre-made animated versions.

== Info ==
It is worth noting here that flowing liquids use a texture twice the size of most block textures (32×32 as opposed to the usual 16×16). This is not unique to placeholder textures, and can also be noted when viewing the equivalent pre-made textures for liquids in later versions, as well as applying internally for generated liquid textures. A larger texture is used here since the texture is rotated accordingly to match the flow direction, while otherwise remaining at the same resolution. As a result, 16×16 textures would be too small to show a continuous texture if rotated at all, as with the most extreme case, a 45 degree rotation, there would be clear gaps at the corners, as one corner to the other would cross ~22.6 pixels rather than 16.

=== Viewing animation placeholder textures in-game ===
In some versions of ''Java Edition''{{info needed|This works in Beta 1.7.3 but does not work in Infdev 20100630-2 - where are the cutoff versions for this?}} and Legacy Console Edition, they can appear if the game is paused upon first loading the world, which can be done by having the game window not be in focus while the world is loaded.

From [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.8]]{{check version}} until [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.5|1.5]], if a texture pack is used which resizes <samp>terrain.png</samp> or <samp>items.png</samp> to dimensions larger than 256x256, the procedurally generated textures will become misplaced and partially overwrite other block/item textures due to using hardcoded coordinate offsets. This causes the actual blocks these textures were intended for to display the respective placeholder textures instead.

From [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha]] until [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.7.0 alpha|v0.7.0 alpha]], various animation placeholder textures could potentially be seen in-game. [[Minecraft:Water]] would display its placeholder textures on certain low-end devices. [[Minecraft:Lava]], while rarely encountered, would display its placeholder texture on all devices. [[Minecraft:Fire]], if hacked into the game, appeared invisible when placed - however, if the player got set on fire by standing in it, the on-screen overlay would display the corresponding placeholder texture.

From [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.7.0 alpha]] to [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.14.1|v0.14.1]], they could be seen if the "Animated water" option was disabled in graphics settings.

== Water ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
When the generated animation was added for water in 0.0.19a, the old water texture used before that point was kept in as a placeholder texture.

A second copy of the water texture was added in the 20091223-0040 Indev build, which was without a doubt linked to the addition of the flowing water texture.

In the 20100616-1808 build of Infdev, the water placeholder textures were moved to the bottom-right of <samp>terrain.png</samp>. The still water texture remained as a single texture square, and the flowing water texture became a 2×2 square of water textures, as explained earlier.

With the split of <samp>terrain.png</samp> into separate textures and addition of animated texture images in 13w02a, these textures were decommissioned and removed soon after.


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Classic|Classic]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev|Indev]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev|Infdev]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.0.19a|0.0.19a]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31|0.31]]
! [[Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091223-0040|20091223-0040]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100616-1808|20100616-1808]]
|-
! Still
| colspan="3" | [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
|-
! Flowing
! {{tc|No|-}}
| [[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
| [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|120px]]
|}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Pocket Edition being based off of the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.3, both the still and flowing water texture placeholders from said version are there by default. They were used as the water texture on certain devices, seemingly on either very new or very old devices relative to 2011-12. It seems that as of v0.7.0 alpha, the generated water textures would always be used. The placeholder textures were always used on [[Minecraft:Pi Edition]] (a modified version of [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.6.1 alpha|v0.6.1 alpha]]).

They were updated in v0.10.0 alpha to more closely resemble the generated water textures, becoming opaque as a result. In v0.14.2, the procedurally generated water textures were replaced with animated image versions, but the placeholder textures remained unchanged until the removal of <samp>terrain_atlas.tga</samp> as a whole in v0.15.0.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha|v0.1.0 alpha]]
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.10.0 alpha|v0.10.0 alpha]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.10.0 alpha build 1|build 1]]
|-
! Still
| [[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
| [[File:Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
|-
! Flowing
| [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|120px]]
| [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|120px]]
|}


=== Legacy Console Edition ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Xbox 360 Edition being the same as the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.6.6, both the still and flowing water texture placeholders from said version are there by default, and would carry over to the other consoles. The procedurally generated water textures were replaced with animated image versions in TU12, but the placeholder textures remained unchanged.

They were later updated in TU25 and equivalent versions to match the animated water textures, and were updated again in TU31 and equivalent versions alongside all other translucent textures to appear more translucent. In a PS4 version sometime between 1.76 and 1.92,{{more info}} they were updated again to match Bedrock Edition's water placeholder textures (despite the animated water textures being unchanged).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="20" | {{el|lce}}
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU0|TU0]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU1|CU1]]
! [[Minecraft:1.0#Legacy Console Edition|1.00]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU25|TU25]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU14|CU14]]
! [[Minecraft:1.17#Legacy Console Edition|1.17]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition Patch 1|Patch 1]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU31|TU31]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU19|CU19]]
! [[Minecraft:1.22#Legacy Console Edition|1.22]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition Patch 3|Patch 3]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition 1.0.1|1.0.1]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:1.77#Legacy Console Edition|1.77]] - [[Minecraft:1.92#Legacy Console Edition|1.92]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
|-
! Still
| colspan="5" | [[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Water (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Water (placeholder texture) LCE3.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
|-
! Flowing
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|120px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|120px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) LCE3.png|120px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|120px]]
|}

== Lava ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
When the generated animation was added for lava in 0.0.19a, the old lava texture used before that point was kept in as a placeholder texture.

A second copy of the lava texture was added in the 20100110 Indev build, presumably for flowing lava, despite flowing lava not appearing visually distinct from still lava until the 20100616-1808 build of Infdev. It is currently unknown whether this even represents where flowing lava would be at all, or if versions before 20100110 and inclusively after 20091223-0040 would use the same placeholder texture for would-be "flowing" lava (in an identical situation to water) as it would still lava or if it would use the texture at this position instead which was a duplicate of the top of grass at the time.

In the 20100616-1808 build of Infdev, the lava placeholder textures were moved to the bottom-right of <samp>terrain.png</samp>. The still lava texture remained as a single texture square, and the flowing lava texture became a 2×2 square of lava textures, as explained earlier.

With the split of <samp>terrain.png</samp> into separate textures and addition of animated texture images in 13w02a, these textures were decommissioned and removed soon after.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Classic|Classic]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev|Indev]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev|Infdev]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.0.19a|0.0.19a]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31|0.31]]
! [[Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100110|20100110]]{{verify|we need to confirm if this is the first version to define the existence of a "flowing lava texture", and make sure that earlier versions such as 20091223-1457 don't also define a unique yet identical "flowing lava texture"}}
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100616-1808|20100616-1808]]
|-
! Still
| colspan="3" | [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
|-
! Flowing
! {{tc|No|-}}
| [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
| [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|120px]]
|}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Pocket Edition being based off of the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.3, both the still and flowing water texture placeholders from said version are there by default. They were used for all lava seemingly regardless of device up until v0.7.0 alpha, when lava became animated on seemingly all devices.

They were updated in v0.14.2 to match the animated lava textures introduced in that version, and removed shortly after alongside <samp>terrain_atlas.tga</samp> as a whole in v0.15.0.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="2" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha|v0.1.0 alpha]]
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.14.2 alpha|v0.14.2 alpha]]
|-
! Still
| [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
| [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
|-
! Flowing
| [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|120px]]
| [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|120px]]
|}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Xbox 360 Edition being the same as the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.6.6, both the still and flowing lava texture placeholders from said version are there by default, and would carry over to the other consoles. The procedurally generated lava textures were replaced with animated image versions in TU12, but the placeholder textures remained unchanged.

They were later updated in TU25 and equivalent versions to more closely resemble the animated lava texture. In a PS4 version sometime between 1.76 and 1.92,{{more info}} they were updated again to match Bedrock Edition's lava placeholder textures (despite the animated lava textures being unchanged).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="15" | {{el|lce}}
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU0|TU0]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU1|CU1]]
! [[Minecraft:1.0#Legacy Console Edition|1.00]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU25|TU25]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU14|CU14]]
! [[Minecraft:1.17#Legacy Console Edition|1.17]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition Patch 1|Patch 1]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition 1.0.1|1.0.1]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:1.77#Legacy Console Edition|1.77]] - [[Minecraft:1.92#Legacy Console Edition|1.92]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
|-
! Still
| colspan="5" | [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
|-
! Flowing
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|120px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|120px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|120px]]
|}

== Fire ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
[[File:FIRE TEX! HNST.png|thumb|{{info needed|How would this (the placeholder texture appearing in front of the player) be made to happen?}}]]
Despite fire being added in early Indev in January, a dedicated placeholder texture for fire was not added until late Infdev in June. Initially, the placeholder texture was a messy red-orange scribble, but was changed several days later to a red square with "FIRE TEX! HNST" (Fire texture! Honest) cut out of it.

In Beta 1.2, a second fire texture was added for additional variation; a corresponding identical placeholder texture was added to <samp>terrain.png</samp> below the original copy.

With the split of <samp>terrain.png</samp> into separate textures and addition of animated texture images in 13w02a, these textures were decommissioned and removed soon after.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev|Infdev]]
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta|Beta]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2|1.2]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100617-1531|20100617-1531]]{{verify|can we be sure it wasn't 0617-1 or 0616?}}
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|20100624]]
|-
! Fire 0
| [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
| colspan="2" | [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) JE2.png|60px]]
|-
! Fire 1
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffc7ce" | -
| [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
|}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
[[File:Burning player PE.png|thumb]]
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Pocket Edition being based off of the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.3, both of the spaces that held fire texture placeholders also hold fire texture placeholders here. Interestingly, however, all of the fire placeholders which exist throughout Pocket Edition are different from any of those seen in Java Edition. The first texture, in v0.1.0 alpha, resembles a red U-shape. This texture was quickly changed to a translucent orange texture in v0.1.3 alpha, which, upon further investigation, can be seen to be based off of the water placeholder texture. In v0.8.0 alpha build 1, despite the scrapping of <samp>terrain.png</samp>, two new fire texture placeholders were created, which could be seen in <samp>terrain-atlas.tga</samp>, resembling small orange rectangles.

From Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha - v0.1.2 alpha and from v0.2.0 alpha - v0.6.1 alpha, the fire placeholder texture would appear in front of burning players, successfully functioning as a stand-in for the fire texture. It also appeared as the item texture for [[Minecraft:Technical blocks/Fire|fire as an item]] until v0.7.0 alpha, which made fire render correctly.

The procedural fire textures were replaced with animated image versions in v0.14.2, but these placeholder textures remained unchanged until their removal in v0.15.0 alongside <samp>terrain_atlas.tga</samp> as a whole.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="4" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha|v0.1.0 alpha]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.3 alpha|v0.1.3 alpha]]
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha|v0.8.0 alpha]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha build 1|build 1]]
|-
! Fire 0
| [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) BE1.png|60px]]
| [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
| [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) BE3.png|60px]]
|-
! Fire 1
| [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) BE1.png|60px]]
| [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
| [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) BE3.png|60px]]
|}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Xbox 360 Edition being the same as the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.6.6, both fire texture placeholders from said version are there by default, and would carry over to the other consoles. The procedurally generated fire textures were replaced with animated image versions in TU12, but the placeholder textures remained unchanged.

In a PS4 version sometime between 1.76 and 1.92,{{more info}} they were updated to match the animated fire textures.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="10" | {{el|lce}}
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU0|TU0]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU1|CU1]]
! [[Minecraft:1.0#Legacy Console Edition|1.00]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition Patch 1|Patch 1]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition 1.0.1|1.0.1]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:1.77#Legacy Console Edition|1.77]] - [[Minecraft:1.92#Legacy Console Edition|1.92]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
|-
! Fire 0
| colspan="5" | [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) JE2.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) BE4.png|60px]]
|-
! Fire 1
| colspan="5" | [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) BE4.png|60px]]
|}

== Nether portals ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
The Nether portal placeholder texture was added in Alpha v1.2.0, alongside the Nether portal block itself. It remained unchanged until its removal in 13w02a alongside <samp>terrain.png</samp> as a whole.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0|Alpha v1.2.0]]
|-
! ?
|-
! Portal
| [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
|}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Pocket Edition being based off of the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.3, the Nether portal texture placeholder from said version is there by default. However, due to the absence of Nether portals in this version, it remained unused until its removal in v0.8.0 alpha build 2. A different placeholder texture was added when Nether portals were actually added in v0.12.1 alpha build 1; this texture appears to be the result of resizing the entire 512×16 Nether portal animation strip down to a single 16×16 tile using bilinear filtering.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="4" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha|v0.1.0 alpha]]
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha|v0.8.0 alpha]]
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha|v0.12.1 alpha]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha build 1|build 1]]
! [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha build 1|build 1]]
|-
! Portal
| [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
| [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]]
|}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
Due to the first <samp>terrain.png</samp> in Xbox 360 Edition being the same as the <samp>terrain.png</samp> from Beta 1.6.6, the Nether portal texture placeholder from said version is there by default, and would carry over to the other consoles. The procedurally generated Nether portal texture was replaced with an animated image version in TU12, but the placeholder texture remained unchanged.

In a PS4 version sometime between 1.76 and 1.92,{{more info}} it was updated to match the animated Nether portal texture.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="10" | {{el|lce}}
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition|360]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition|One]]
! [[Minecraft:PlayStation Edition|PS]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition|Wii U]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition|Switch]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU0|TU0]]
! [[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU1|CU1]]
! [[Minecraft:1.0#Legacy Console Edition|1.00]]
! [[Minecraft:Wii U Edition Patch 1|Patch 1]]
! [[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition 1.0.1|1.0.1]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
! [[Minecraft:1.77#Legacy Console Edition|1.77]] - [[Minecraft:1.92#Legacy Console Edition|1.92]]
! {{tc|No|-}}
! {{tc|No|-}}
|-
! Portal
| colspan="5" | [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|60px]]
| colspan="5" | [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) BE3.png|60px]]
|}

== Gears ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
The gear placeholder textures were added in the January 28, 2010 build of Indev, alongside gears themselves. There were two gear placeholders, corresponding to the two possible rotation directions. These were removed in Alpha v1.0.1 alongside gears themselves.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: auto;"
! rowspan="3" | Texture \ Version
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev|Indev]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31|0.31]]
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100128-2200|20100128-2200]]
|-
! Clockwise
| [[File:Gear (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
|-
! Anticlockwise
| [[File:Gear (placeholder texture) JE1.png|60px]]
|}

== Other animated textures ==
=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{more images|section=1|Static placeholder versions of all the listed textures. They were updated in PS4 Edition for the texture update, so that also needs to be accounted for.}}
Due to Legacy Console Edition storing block and item textures in {{samp|terrain.png}} and {{samp|items.png}} for its entire lifespan, placeholder textures existed for ''every'' additional animated texture added to the game. While most{{info needed|All?}} of them were simply a copy of the first frame of the animated texture, they nevertheless still served the purpose of being placeholders for said animated versions.

The following textures had placeholder versions like this:
* [[Minecraft:Prismarine]]
* [[Minecraft:Sea Lantern]]
* [[Minecraft:Magma Block]]
* [[Minecraft:Potion]] in a [[Minecraft:cauldron]]
* [[Minecraft:Seagrass]]
* [[Minecraft:Tall Seagrass]]
* [[Minecraft:Kelp]] (top and middle)
* [[Minecraft:Campfire]] base and flame
* [[Minecraft:Lantern]]
* [[Minecraft:Blast Furnace]] front
* [[Minecraft:Smoker]] front
* [[Minecraft:Stonecutter]] blade

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.19a|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] The old textures of water and lava are now used as placeholders.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20091231-1856|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added a second water placeholder texture for flowing water.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100110|[[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added a second lava placeholder texture presumably for flowing lava.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100128-2200|[[File:Gear (placeholder texture) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gear (placeholder texture) JE1.png|32px]] Added two identical [[Minecraft:gear]] placeholder textures, one per direction.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||Minecraft Infdev|dev=20100616-1808|link=Minecraft Infdev|slink=Java Edition Infdev 20100616-1808|[[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|64px]] [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|64px]] The flowing water and lava placeholder textures have been resized to 32x32.
|All fluid placeholder textures are now located at the bottom-right of <samp>terrain.png</samp>.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100617-1531|slink=Java Edition Infdev 20100617-1531|[[File:Fire (placeholder texture) JE1.png|32px]] A hilarious placeholder texture for fire has been added.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100624|slink=Java Edition Infdev 20100624|[[File:Fire (placeholder texture) JE2.png|32px]] The fire placeholder texture has changed. The text reads "FIRE TEX! HNST", which means "Fire texture! Honest".}}
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.1|Removed the gear placeholder textures, alongside gears themselves.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=preview|[[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] A placeholder texture for nether portals has been added.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|[[File:Fire (placeholder texture) JE2.png|32px]] A second copy of fire's placeholder texture has been added. It was used to mark the location of the alternate fire animation, which slightly differs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w02a|With <samp>terrain.png</samp> being split into separate files and the new support for animated textures, placeholder textures are no longer needed. The placeholder textures for water, lava, fire and nether portals have been removed.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|64px]] [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|64px]] [[File:Fire (placeholder texture) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire (placeholder texture) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Being based off of the Beta 1.3 <samp>terrain.png</samp>, the water, flowing water, lava, flowing lava, both fires and nether portal placeholder textures are present.
|The nether portal placeholder is unused due to the absence of nether portals, and the fire placeholder has an exclusive texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.3|[[File:Fire (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Fire (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] The fire placeholder texture has changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Fire (placeholder texture) BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Fire (placeholder texture) BE3.png|32px]] With the scrapping of <samp>terrain.png</samp> and introduction of <samp>terrain-atlas.tga</samp>, the fire placeholder texture has changed.
|The nether portal placeholder has also been removed as a result.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.10.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|64px]] The water placeholder textures have been updated to more closely visually resemble the generated water, although opaque.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|[[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] With the introduction of nether portals, there is once again a nether portal placeholder texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.2|[[File:Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|64px]] The lava placeholder textures have been updated to match the animated lava texture also introduced in this version.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|dev=build 1|With <samp>terrain-atlas.tga</samp> being split into separate files and the new support for animated textures, placeholder textures are no longer needed. The placeholder textures for water, lava, fire and nether portals have been removed.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU0|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|64px]] [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) JE2 BE1.png|64px]] [[File:Fire (placeholder texture) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Fire (placeholder texture) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Having the same <samp>terrain.png</samp> as Beta 1.6.6, the water, flowing water, lava, flowing lava, both fires and nether portal placeholder textures are present.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU25|xbone=CU14|ps3=1.17|psvita=1.17|ps4=1.17|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|64px]] [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) LCE2.png|64px]] The water and lava placeholder textures have been updated to match the animated textures.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) LCE3.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) LCE3.png|64px]] All translucent block textures have been made clearer, which includes the water placeholder.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=unknown|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Water (placeholder texture) BE2.png|64px]] [[File:Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Flowing Lava (placeholder texture) BE2.png|60px]] [[File:Fire 0 (placeholder texture) BE4.png|32px]] [[File:Fire 1 (placeholder texture) BE4.png|32px]] [[File:Nether Portal (placeholder texture) BE3.png|32px]] The placeholder textures for water, lava, fire, and nether portals have been updated to match Bedrock Edition's animated textures.}}
}}

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