Minecraft:Unused textures/Hidden in transparency

File:Alpha Viewing Tutorial.png

Method of viewing 0 opacity pixels being used to view the zombie villager head present in the zombie texture file.

Some textures include colored pixels set to 0 opacity, making their color information present and retrievable by disabling the alpha channel.<ref group="note">This can be done in GIMP for example, by going to "Colors > Levels", changing the channel to "Alpha", and then moving the black arrow under "Output Levels" to the right.</ref> These colored pixels often reveal scrapped ideas for textures and models. This page reveals hidden colored pixels on textures that include them.

Items

• The first texture iteration of the netherite sword with hidden pixels revealed, showing plans for a unique crossguard shape.
  The first texture iteration of the netherite sword with hidden pixels revealed, showing plans for a unique crossguard shape.
• The Minecraft:boat item texture without its alpha channel. The first texture pixels can be seen on the top of it.
  The Minecraft:boat item texture without its alpha channel. The first texture pixels can be seen on the top of it.
• Minecraft:Allium showing blue pixels from earlier designs and the rose thorns.
  Minecraft:Allium showing blue pixels from earlier designs and the rose thorns.
• Minecraft:Poppy showing possibly the earlier design for poppies and the rose texture.
  Minecraft:Poppy showing possibly the earlier design for poppies and the rose texture.
• Minecraft:Barrier showing some grey splotches.
  Minecraft:Barrier showing some grey splotches.
• Firework rocket showing the old empty grid texture.
  Firework rocket showing the old empty grid texture.
• Flower pot showing earlier design and the old empty grid texture.
  Flower pot showing earlier design and the old empty grid texture.
• Minecraft:Carrot showing earlier design and the old empty grid texture.
  Minecraft:Carrot showing earlier design and the old empty grid texture.
• Name tag showing some old colors and editing artifacts.
  Name tag showing some old colors and editing artifacts.
• Minecraft:Steak with older texture and extra pixels.
  Minecraft:Steak with older texture and extra pixels.

Atlas

There are many hidden pixels in the texture atlas. The first one is that some Items has the old and new textures of items:

-A lot items are mixed with Pre-1.3 and 1.3 textures, which the 1.3 textures made a lot items centered properly. Another one is from the heads, which were changed in 12w36a to center it.

-Some are from snapshots/dev versions.

• 13w01a Minecraft:items.png with the alpha channel removed.
  13w01a Minecraft:items.png with the alpha channel removed.
• Ditto, but for 13w02b Minecraft:stitched_items.png.
  Ditto, but for 13w02b Minecraft:stitched_items.png.
• Minecraft:Blocks.png-atlas, showing parts hidden in transparency.
  Minecraft:Blocks.png-atlas, showing parts hidden in transparency.
• Pre-release Minecraft:dye textures hidden within Minecraft:items.png.
  Pre-release Minecraft:dye textures hidden within Minecraft:items.png.

Particles

There are a few hidden pixels visible within the Minecraft:particles.png file.

• Two duplicated villager heads can be seen, along with what seems to be a checkerboard pattern behind the potion swirl particles.
  Two duplicated villager heads can be seen, along with what seems to be a checkerboard pattern behind the potion swirl particles.

Entities

There are hidden pixels on these entities. As of 1.19.2, all mobs (except ocelots) still have them.

• Minecraft:Arrow texture was used as a template for the Minecraft:leash knot.
  Minecraft:Arrow texture was used as a template for the Minecraft:leash knot.
• All Minecraft:shield textures have hidden Minecraft:banner texture.
  All Minecraft:shield textures have hidden Minecraft:banner texture.
• Chainmail armor was used as a template for the Minecraft:stray's robe.
  Chainmail armor was used as a template for the Minecraft:stray's robe.
• Minecraft:Bell appears to have some extra faces.
  Minecraft:Bell appears to have some extra faces.

Iron Golem

An unused face texture can be seen, along with what seems to be larger limbs.

• File:Iron Golem (texture no alpha) JE1.png
• A recreation of the unused iron golem.
  A recreation of the unused iron golem.

Alex

In 1.8, Alex was added to the game. Invisible pixels include Alex's face with glasses, a reference to Minecraft:Jeb, a Mojang developer, as well as an unfinished arm texture similar to Steve's used texture.

• Alex's texture with hidden pixels shown
• File:Alex hidden skin.png
• File:Alex hidden skin back.png

Silverfish

The silverfish was added in Beta 1.8, but the texture was added in Beta 1.7. Invisible pixels consist of a few different colored regions around the "hair" textures.

• Silverfish texture with hidden pixels revealed

Creeper

There is a singular green stray pixel to the right of its head.

• File:Creeper noAlpha.png

Endermite

The snapshot texture of the endermite is seen underneath the new one.

• Endermite texture with hidden pixels revealed

Bat

An unused face texture can be seen and the spider head texture is seen under the wing. The spider texture was used as a template for the bat.

• Bat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• A recreation of the unused bat.
  A recreation of the unused bat.

Ocelot and Cat

The ocelot and the cat variants were added in 1.2.1. The ocelot's hidden pixels contain an extra head texture, and all the cat textures feature an orange texture with black lines across it. After 1.14, the ocelot texture no longer contains hidden pixels. Most of the new cat textures are edited from the old ones, as indicated by the similar hidden patterns. The textures also appear to have been cropped, since a large part of the old hidden texture is missing, with the exception of the red cat texture, which appears to be unchanged.

• The black cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The tuxedo cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The british shorthair cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The calico cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The jellie cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The persian cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The ragdoll cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The red cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The siamese cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The tabby cat texture with hidden pixels revealed
• The white cat texture with hidden pixels revealed

Wolf

The wolf was added in Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4. All four wolf texture files feature similar hidden textures base on the Minecraft:cow, which suggests that the cow was used as a template for wolf textures. The most extreme is the collar texture, which originally contains only the collar, but there is an entire wolf and other unused textures hidden in transparency.

• Wolf texture with hidden pixels revealed
• Angry wolf texture with hidden pixels revealed
• Wolf collar texture with hidden pixels revealed
• Tame wolf texture with hidden pixels revealed

Blaze

The blaze has a hidden body texture.

• Blaze texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• A recreation of the unused blaze.
  A recreation of the unused blaze.

Magma cube

A second pair of eyes are visible.

• Magma Cube texture with hidden pixels revealed.

Wither

The wither's armor texture was based on creeper's charged armor. In the wither textures, there is a copy of the main head under the smaller one. The light blue color is visible without removing transparency.

• Wither's armor layer texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• Wither texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• Invulnerable wither texture with hidden pixels revealed.

Guardian and Elder Guardian

It seems that a template texture was used for designing the guardian and elder guardian textures.

• Guardian's beam texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• Elder guardian texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• Guardian texture with hidden pixels revealed.

Vex

The old vex head is bigger and there seems to be leftover wing design.

• Vex texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• Charging vex texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• A recreation of the unused vex.
  A recreation of the unused vex.

Zombie and Husk

• Husk texture with hidden pixels revealed.
• Zombie texture with hidden pixels revealed.

The zombie and husk textures have a zombie villager's head hidden in its texture.

GUI

• stats_icons.png having normally fully transparent language button with separate speech bubble layer, which implies they were created and stored here before being moved into gui.png.
  stats_icons.png having normally fully transparent language button with separate speech bubble layer, which implies they were created and stored here before being moved into gui.png.