.minecraft

.minecraft (or simply minecraft in macOS) is the folder Minecraft creates to run from. This folder includes the .jar files, sound, music, resource packs, personal options, worlds, etc.

Locating .minecraft

Locating the .minecraft folder can be vital for installing a resource pack, or to locate any made screenshots.

.minecraft/path

The Windows location in the table above is just the default case. Launchers can set the .minecraft at any path.

If you're a Windows user and are unfamiliar with how to find your appdata folder, follow these steps:

1. Click Start → Run. If you don't see "Run", press ⊞ Windows+R.
2. Type %APPDATA%\.minecraft and click "OK".

If you're a Mac user, you can open the folder through Spotlight:

1. Press ⌘ Command+Space or open the Spotlight popup through the magnifying glass icon in the right of the Menu Bar.
2. Type ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft and hit ↵ Enter.

On Linux or macOS, the ~ in the path refers to the home directory. Folders starting with a . are hidden by default. In most file managers, hitting Ctrl + H toggles their hidden status.

.minecraft file hierarchy

List
.minecraft assets indexes version.json log_configs client-version.xml objects skins virtual bin jinput.jar lwjgl.jar lwjgl_util.jar minecraft.jar (it is the client.jar for 1.5.2. The game doesn't use it though; it uses the "versions" folder instead.) natives (.dll files) debug debug-report-year-month-day_hour.minute.second.zip profile-report-year-month-day_hour.minute.second.txt libraries [Various libraries packaged per Maven convention (without POM files)] logs year-month-day-sessionNumber.log.gz latest.log resourcepacks saves worldName advancements uuid.json data idcounts.dat map_id.dat scoreboard.dat raids.dat datapacks DIM1 data raids_end.dat poi r.x.z.mca region r.x.z.mca DIM-1 data raids_nether.dat poi r.x.z.mca region r.x.z.mca generated (namespace) structures name.nbt playerdata uuid.dat poi r.x.z.mca region r.x.z.mca stats uuid.json icon.png level.dat level.dat_mcr level.dat_old resources.zip session.lock screenshots year-month-day_hour.minute.second.png stats stats_player_unsent.dat stats_player_unsent.old texturepacks texturepacks-mp-cache versions version version.jar version.json debug.stitched_items.png debug.stitched_terrain.png hotbar.nbt lastlogin launcher_log.txt launcher_profiles.json options.txt output-client.log output-server.log realms_persistence.json servers.dat textures_0.png textures_1.png textures_2.png textures_3.png textures_4.png usercache.json

Use of a resource pack can be force by naming its zip file to resources.zip and placing it in the root folder of the world save. This feature is single-player only; however, there is another way for servers to ask clients if they want to use the server resource pack.

History

รุ่น Java
1.13			17w43a		Removed structure data.
					Added datapacks folder.
1.14			18w47a		Added raids.dat
			19w13a		Removed villages.dat and added poi region files.

References

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