Minecraft:Rendering

Template:Redirect Template:Stub Rendering refers to the process of converting digital information to a form which can be displayed via a visual output such as a computer monitor. This is often done using dedicated rendering engines such as Minecraft:Blaze3D, or rendering pipelines such as Minecraft:RenderDragon.

Java Edition

World terrain

Blocks comprising the world are defined via block Minecraft:model files. Each model defines "quads", which are often planar rectangles. Each quad is comprised of two triangles. Fluids are also defined geometrically using quads; in this case, they are not necessarily coplanar.

Triangles are defined by three vertices, and have a direction in which to render. Rendering is done by means of a fragment shader.

How blocks render depends on the render type of each block. There are four options: solid, cutout, cutout mipped, and translucent.