How to make Minecraft look like Lego

Minecraft has excellent gameplay, interesting and challenging mobs, and a world that lets players build almost anything. But where the game lacks is the visuals. Despite more than 15 years of popularity, which is still growing, it looks like something from the early 2000s. Thankfully, you can install texture and resource packs for a more modern aesthetic.

There's a texture pack to add a unique twist and make Minecraft look like Lego, called MineBricks. It completely transforms the way the game looks. Here’s how to download and install the pack, among other details.

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Make Minecraft look like Lego

Make the game look like Lego (Image via MineBrick || Mojang Studios)

The MineBricks texture pack replaces all the blocks in Minecraft with custom-designed Lego blocks that have a plastic appearance. It also changes the Hotbar's appearance and the ambient sounds like walking and interacting.

Before starting with the tutorial, ensure you have the OptiFine mod installed as the texture pack won't work without it. Also, the latest version of the MineBrick texture pack is compatible with Minecraft 1.20 and not the latest version.

So if you want to use this texture pack, make sure

• Your game’s version is 1.20 or earlier (and not 1.21)
• You have OptiFine already installed.

With all that set, follow these steps to install this texture pack:

• Head over to any of the popular mod websites like CurseForge or Planet Minecraft to download the texture pack
• After the download is finished, launch the game.
• Go to the Settings option from the title screen and click on Resource Packs.
• Click on Open Resource Pack Folder which will open a folder in the .minecraft directory.
• Copy and paste the MineBrick .zip file here and then click the window.
• Open Resource Pack again and you will find the MineBrick texture pack present.

With all that set, you might notice that the texture pack does not look the same as the pictures. There might be some differences in lighting, and to fix that, make sure you have shaders installed as well. The most popular shaders are the BSL shader pack and SEUS PTGI shaders, so have either of these installed.

For the best appearance, open the shader options and head over to the ray tracing section; make sure all the best settings are applied. This will however take a toll on your computer, so ensure your hardware can run the shaders and the texture pack at high settings.