Options

Info

The main options menu

The video settings menu

The music and sound options menu

Minecraft⃢₀ₙs user environment can be configured through the Options setting. A few additional options can only be changed by editing the options.txt options.txt is the file that stores all the options changeable in the in-game options menu and various other information the game needs to store after quitting. It is found in the .minecraft folder and can file manually.

Videos

Options

Selecting Options brings up the main options page:

Option	Description
FOV	Controls how much of the game world is visible on the screen. Also known as Field of View. Ranges from 30⃂₰ to 110⃂₰ (Quake Pro)
Difficulty	Set the difficulty Mobs in full armor are a common sight in higher difficulty levels. Difficulty is an option in Minecraft that has a direct impact on the ease of gameplay. Contents 1 World setting 1.1 Peaceful 1.2 level from the choice of Peaceful, Easy, Normal, and Hard. If the padlock is clicked and confirmed, the difficulty on that world cannot be changed without commands Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Tilde notation 1.2 Target selectors 1.2.1 Target selector variables 1.2.2 Target selector arguments 1.3 Data tags 1.4 Raw JSON text 1.5 Block/item names 2 Summary of commands 3 List of commands . (Note that the difficulty cannot be changed if playing Hardcore The Hardcore mode death screen. Java Edition Only Hardcore mode is a much more difficult variant of the Survival game mode. Contents 1 Features 2 Multiplayer 3 Video 4 History 5 Issues 6 Trivia 7 Mode. On a server, difficulty can only be changed by commands or editing the server.properties The default server.properties file. server.properties is the file which stores all the settings for a multiplayer (Minecraft or Minecraft Classic) server. If you are going to edit server.properties it is important that you use the file.)

Skin Customization

Skin Customization Setting	Description
Cape	Toggles the cape This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. Capes (previously known as cloaks) are extremely rare vanity items and . If set to off, the cape texture for wearing a pair of Elytra Elytra Type Transport Durability 431 Renewable No Stackable No First appearances See History Data values PC: dec: 443 hex: 1BB bin: 110111011 PE: dec: 444 hex: 1BC bin: 110111100 Name elytra “ Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid would also be deactivated.
Jacket	Toggles the body second layer.
Left Sleeve	Toggles the left arm second layer.
Right Sleeve	Toggles the right arm second layer.
Left Pants Leg	Toggles the left leg second layer.
Right Pants Leg	Toggles the right leg second layer.
Hat	Toggles the head second layer.
Main Hand	Switches the main hand, between left and right. Right is default.

Music & Sounds

Sound Setting	Description
Master Volume	The volume of all sounds.
Music	The volume of gameplay music.
Weather	The volume of rain and thunder.
Hostile Creatures	The volume of hostile and neutral mobs "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of .
Players	The volume of players.
Jukebox/Noteblocks	The volume of music and sounds played from Jukeboxes Jukebox Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Hardness 2 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No, but catches fire from lava First appearances See History Drops and Note Blocks Note Block Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Hardness 0.8 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No, but catches fire from lava First appearances See History .
Blocks	The volume of blocks (anvils, chests, doors, etc.).
Friendly Creatures	The volume of passive mobs "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of .
Ambient/Environment	The volume of cave sounds A dark cave. This is where one will most likely hear ambient sounds. Ambience (cave sounds in console edition and eerie noise according to subtitles) is a set of sounds that occasionally play when the and fireworks Firework Rocket Type Manufactured items‎ Durability 0 (one use) Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID 22 Network ID 76 Entity ID fireworks_rocket First appearances See History Data value dec: 401 hex: 191 bin: 110010001 Name fireworks Firework .
Voice/Speech	The volume of speech in Minecraft (for map makers)

Video Settings

Video Setting	Description
Graphics	Fancy enables higher quality graphic effects. Graphic effects include transparent When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with leaves Leaves Transparency Partial (diffuses sky light) Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Sapling (0–1) @@@#@@@Apple(apple.com)###@### (0–1) (from oak and dark oak leaves) Data values Oak/Spruce/Birch/Jungle dec: 18 hex: 12 , increased rain A view of hills during rain. Rain is a type of weather that occurs occasionally in Minecraft. Contents 1 Behavior 2 Effects 2.1 Rain particles 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 References Behavior edit particles, a black vignette around the screen in darker areas, and the world border World border First appearances See History Java Edition Only See the customizable border. For the physical edge of the playable world, see World boundary. For the phenomenon that existed before Beta 1.8, red warning vignette effect. Fast disables those effects for better performance.
Render Distance	The render distance controls how many chunks Visualization of the ground portion of a single chunk. The entire chunk extends up to a height of 256. Chunks are 16 × 16 × 256 segments of the Minecraft worlds. Contents 1 Generation 1.1 of the world are visible at once. The fewer chunks that are included, the faster each frame can be rendered, resulting in a higher FPS. The most distant terrain is faded into the sky color as if by fog, to avoid a sharp edge to the visible world; so this option is also known as "fog". Note: diameter = radius ⃗ 2 + 1 Name View distance (radius) Total count Blocks Chunks Sections 32 chunks ("Extreme") 512 4225 67,600 31 chunks 496 3969 63,504 30 chunks 480 3721 59,536 29 chunks 464 3481 55,696 28 chunks 448 3249 51,984 27 chunks 432 3025 48,400 26 chunks 416 2809 44,944 25 chunks 400 2601 41,616 24 chunks 384 2401 38,416 23 chunks 368 2209 35,344 22 chunks 352 2025 32,400 21 chunks 336 1849 29,584 20 chunks 320 1681 26,896 19 chunks 304 1521 24,336 18 chunks 288 1369 21,904 17 chunks 272 1225 19,600 16 chunks ("Far") 256 1089 17,424 15 chunks 240 961 15,376 14 chunks 224 841 13,456 13 chunks 208 729 11,664 12 chunks (default) 192 625 10,000 11 chunks 176 529 8464 10 chunks 160 441 7056 9 chunks 144 361 5776 8 chunks ("Normal") 128 289 4624 7 chunks 112 225 3600 6 chunks 96 169 2704 5 chunks 80 121 1936 4 chunks ("Short") 64 81 1296 3 chunks 48 49 784 2 chunks ("Tiny") 32 25 400
Smooth Lighting	Lighting is smoothed across the blocks (ambient occlusion), or each block has a distinctive light level. This setting does not change the gameplay in any way, but it has a slight effect on performance.
Max Framerate	Limits the FPS. Limiting the framerate to a multiple of your monitor`s refresh rate can save processing power.
3D Anaglyph	Enables the player to use 3D glasses.
View Bobbing	Toggles the "bobbing" motion of the camera as the player is walking. Disabling it may increase performance.
GUI Scale	Controls the GUI (Graphical User Interface) scale. This also controls the HUD (Heads Up Display) size. Using the "Auto" GUI scale can set the normally un-obtainable "Larger" GUI scale, if playing with a large resolution.
Clouds	Fancy causes the clouds to be rendered in 3D. Fast causes the clouds to be rendered flat. OFF causes no clouds to be rendered.
Brightness	Dims down or lights Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 up the game`s surfaces, even if fully dark. It has no effect on gameplay, it is only a visual effect. Works in any dimension and affects the Night Vision "Healing" redirects here. For health, see health. Contents 1 Behavior 2 Summary of effects 3 List of effects 3.1 Absorption 3.2 Bad Luck 3.3 Blindness 3.4 Fire Resistance 3.5 Glowing 3.6 Haste 3.7 Health Boost status effect.
Particles	Allows particles effects such as sprinting particles, falling particles and particles from lava and water drips. Block breaking particles are not affected. In "Minimal" particle setting, rain is silent and hearts appearing around mobs in Love Mode do not appear.
Fullscreen	Puts Minecraft into Fullscreen mode, keeping it off keeps it in a window. Can also be changed with F11.
Use VSync	Limits your frames per second to the screen`s refresh rate, which is usually 60Hz, 75Hz on some CRT screens, or 120 to 144Hz on some gaming-targeted screens. Enabling VSync fixes tearing, but increases input latency and causes stuttering if one`s computer cannot draw enough frames per second.
Mipmap Levels	The higher the level, the more the textures look "smooth".
Use VBOs	Toggles vertex buffer objects.
Entity Shadows	Determines whether entities will display simple shadows.
Attack Indicator	OFF No attack indicator renders. Crosshair A little grey translucent bar appears below the crosshair displaying attack power Hotbar A little grey sword bar appears on the side of the hotbar (on the same side as the player`s main hand) displaying attack power

Controls

Language

Settings

Allows you to change the language that is viewed by your client.

Chat Settings

Option	Description
Chat	Shown enables your ability to see the chat on a server. Commands Only allows you to only see the output of commands in the chat. Hidden hides the chat on all servers.
Colors	ON allows you to see the chat in many different colors. OFF disables this function and only allows you to see the chat in a light gray color.
Web Links	ON allows you to see URLs and other links in the chat. OFF disables this function and blocks all URLs and other links.
Opacity	The opacity of the chat.
Prompt on Links	ON forces a prompt to appear on your screen whenever you click on a URL to makes sure that you wish to exit Minecraft and head to the website. OFF turns the prompt off.
Scale	How large the chat is shown.
Focused Height	The max height that the chat is allowed to appear when in focus (chat input and history open).
Unfocused Height	The max height that the chat is allowed to appear normally (chat input and history closed).
Width	The max width that the chat may appear.
Reduced Debug Info	Toggles reduced information on the debug screen Java Edition Only Screenshot showing the debug information "Debug" redirects here. For world type, see Debug mode. The debug screen is triggered when the F3 key is pressed. It shows the chunk cache, the memory .

Server options

Resource Packs

Allows you to change your Resource pack See the system to customize assets since 1.6.1. For the system used before 1.6.1, see Texture pack. The default textures, with a custom resource pack (DokuCraft) in the center. The resource pack settings.

Snooper Settings

Snooper allows Mojang to collect information about your machine to help improve Minecraft by knowing what they can support and where the biggest problems are. All of this information is able to be viewed within the settings page. They promise they won`t do anything bad with this data, but if you want to opt out then feel free to toggle it off!

Game

Option	Description
Username	Changes your public username (locked if signed in to Realms Minecraft Realms Hosts Mojang Website http://minecraft.net/realms Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/realms/ Support address https://help.mojang.com This article needs updating. Description: PCPersonal Computer and PE/Win10 Realms have a number of differences. 1] If you have questions that need official sources, feel ; can be changed through Xbox Live).
Sound Volume	Choose the level of sound volume.
Difficulty	Select difficulty (Total of 4 Difficulties, same as PC Version (As of Alpha 0.12.1)).
Third person view	Toggles third person view.
Multiplayer Game	Allow users to join the server.
Broadcast to LAN	Allow local users to join the server.
Broadcast to Xbox Live	Allow friends from Xbox Live to the join the server

Feedback

Graphics

Option	Description
Brightness	Adjusts the brightness of the game.
Render Distance	Changes the render distance. Available in 3-5 subsections on the slider (depending on the device). For low end devices (less than 512MB of available RAM). 4 chunks 6 chunks 8 chunks (Higher end) 10 chunks For top end devices 6 chunks 8 chunks 10 chunks 12 chunks 14 chunks
FOV	Changes the field of view.
View Bobbing	Chooses whether to show the bobbing when walking.
Fancy Graphics	Toggles fancy graphics. Note that clouds on fast graphics remain volumetric but become opaque.
Beautiful skies	Toggles the sun The sun. The sun is a celestial body that provides light and life for the Minecraft world. Contents 1 Daytime 2 Sunlight 2.1 Effects on mobs 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 , moon A full moon. The moon is a celestial body that appears during the Minecraft night. Contents 1 Nighttime 1.1 Stars 2 Phases 2.1 Effects on mobs 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 , clouds Clouds as they appear with Fancy graphics Clouds are graphical effects in the sky. They serve a solely aesthetic purpose. Contents 1 Appearance 2 Behavior 3 Video 4 History 5 Issues 6 Gallery 7 References , stars and sky color.
Animated water	Toggles animated texture for water Water Transparency Partial (-2 to light) Luminance No Blast resistance 500 (Flowing) 500 (Still) Tool Renewable Yes Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Water dec: 08 hex: 8 bin: 1000 Still Water dec: 09 hex: 9 bin: 1001 , lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still and fire Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1 .

Experimental

Windows 10 Edition

As it is simply Pocket Edition ported to PC, it has only 2 different options from Pocket Edition Alpha 0.13.1

• Fullscreen
• View Distance
  • Has 6th slider on supported devices

Console Edition

There are settings for the music, sound, gamma, visibility on maps, vertical split screen, view bobbing, and sensitivity. The option to turn bedrock fog on or off was present until title update 31 - which removed bedrock fog entirely.

Render distance varies depending on device and the number of players on the same console. Note that the implementation of fog is different on console, giving the appearance of a higher render distance at the cost of pop in.

Video

History

Classic Classic Starting version 0.0.9a (May 16, 2009) Latest version 0.30 (Dec. 22, 2009) Paid No Classic versions 0.0.11a to 0.0.13a_03, as well as version c0.30_01c are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note
0.0.12a This is not an official version history or changelog. For the official list, please visit the Minecraft website. For versions 1.11 and prior, please check the Mojang website. For versions prior to Beta 1.8, please					New fog distance option.
0.23 This is not an official version history or changelog. For the official list, please visit the Minecraft website. For versions 1.11 and prior, please check the Mojang website. For versions prior to Beta 1.8, please					Added the options page.
					New custom keymappings.
Beta Beta Starting version Beta 1.0 (Dec. 20, 2010) Latest version Beta 1.9-pre6 (Nov. 13, 2011) Paid Yes These versions are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions contain bugs. You ll
1.3 Beta 1.3 Release date Feb. 22, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.3 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.2 ◄ Beta 1.2_02 Beta 1.3_01 ► Beta 1.4 ►► See the computer edition.					Smooth lighting was added.
1.8 Beta 1.8 Official name Adventure Update (Part 1) Release date Sep. 15, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8-pre2 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.8 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄					The Brightness setting was added.
Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first
1.0.0 1.0.0 Type Release Release date Nov. 18, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.9-pre1 Beta 1.9-pre2 Beta 1.9-pre3 Beta 1.9-pre4 Beta 1.9-pre5 Beta 1.9-pre6 Release candidates 1.0.0-RC1 1.0.0-RC2 Download Client (.json) Server Other editions			Beta 1.9-pre5		The Clouds setting was added (be that as it may, texture packs This page contains content that is no longer in the game. In 1.6.1, texture packs were replaced with resource packs. Be that as it may, texture packs still exist in the Console Edition. See custom world were able to remove them before this option was introduced).
1.3.1 1.3.1 Release date Aug. 1, 2012 Development versions View all Snapshots 12w15a 12w16a 12w17a 12w18a 12w19a 12w21a 12w21b 12w22a 12w23a 12w23b 12w24a 12w25a 12w26a 12w27a 12w30a 12w30b 12w30c 12w30d 12w30e Pre-releases 1.3-pre 1.3.1-pre Download Client			12w21a 12w21a Type Snapshot Release date May 24, 2012 1] Snapshot for 1.3.1 Download Client Server .exe ◄◄ 1.2.5 ◄ 12w19a 12w21b ► 1.3.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see		The options menu was improved with a new "Chat Settings" menu.
1.4.2 1.4.2 Official name Pretty Scary Update Release date Oct. 25, 2012 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 12w32a 12w34a 12w34b 12w36a 12w37a 12w38a 12w38b 12w39a 12w39b 12w40a 12w40b 12w41a 12w41b 12w42a 12w42b Pre-releases 1.4-pre 1.4.1-pre			12w34a 12w34a Type Snapshot Release date Aug. 23, 2012 1] Snapshot for 1.4.2 Download Client Server .exe ◄◄ 1.3.2 ◄ 12w32a 12w34b ► 1.4.4 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see		Added new Full-screen toggle to the Video settings.
					Added new use Vsync toggle in the Video settings.
1.4.6			1.4.6-pre		Added an option to toggle touchscreen mode.
1.5			13w09b		Moved Texture Packs setting from the main menu to the options menu.
1.7.2			13w36a		The options menu was revamped, including a brand new layout, new key binds and a "Super Secret Settings" button in the menu.
			13w36b		The "Super Secret Settings" button now plays a random sound when clicked.
			13w38a		The "Super Secret Settings" button now creates a shader effect on the game`s display, in the following order: FXAA, Art, Bumpy, Blobs_2, Pencil, Color_Convolve, Deconverge, Flip, Invert, NTSC, Outline, Phosphor, Scan_Pincushion, Sobel, Bits, Desaturate, Green, Blur, Wobble, Blobs, Antialias, Default.
1.7.4			13w47a		Added "Twitch Broadcast Settings" and "Twitch Chat Settings" buttons.
1.7.6			1.7.6-pre1		Server Resource Packs option is now per-server, and has three settings: Prompt, Enabled, and Disabled.
			1.7.6-pre1		The minimum FOV setting is now 30 rather than 70.
1.8 Beta 1.8 Official name Adventure Update (Part 1) Release date Sep. 15, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8-pre2 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.8 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄			14w25a		Dropped items now always render in 3D, rather then just while on fancy graphics
1.8.1					The option to enable entity shadows is now controlled separately from the standard fast and fancy graphics.
					The cloud`s "fast" and "fancy" shape are controlled by the same option which enables clouds, rather then by the standard fast and fancy graphics.
1.9			15w31a		Removed "Super Secret Settings" and "Broadcast Settings".
					Removed Alternate Blocks from video settings.
					Added "Main Hand" to the skin settings.
			15w34a		Added "Attack Indicator" to the video settings.
			16w02a		added "Voice/Speech" to the music & sound settings.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.1					Added split screen option.
0.4.0					Added option for peaceful mode.
0.7.0					Redesigned options menu. There are now four sections in the menu, game, controls, graphics, and sound.
0.8.0					Removed option for smooth lighting. It is now always on.
					Added far (256 blocks) and farthest (400 blocks) render distances. Default is now far.
					By default, fancy graphics is now on.
0.9.3					View distance on Android is no longer limited to 3 sliders.
0.10.0					Added the brightness slider. It is located in the graphics menu.
0.11.0					Worlds can now be renamed.
					Gamemode can be changed in the world edit menu.
					On creative mode worlds the daylight cycle can be locked to day.
0.12.1					Added option to swap jump and sneak.
0.13.0					Multiplayer can now be disabled in the options menu.
0.13.1					Removed sound section in the options menu. The volume slider is now in the Game section.
					On the title screen the options icon is no longer a wrench.
					Made the options icon slightly bigger.
0.16.0			build 1		Redesigned options screen.