There are very few projects that get you excited. The URBAN resource pack appears to be one of the few that manages to stir the interest of even the most veteran Minecraft players. This is because it is not just a texture resolution upscale. It is also not just a recoloring of existing textures. It is the kind of project that takes hours of sleepless nights to come to fruition. Developed by artist Aryan Nikose, the URBAN texture pack set itself on the ambitious path of completely changing how Minecraft looks, feels, and plays. It manages to make the game breathtaking. A true eye candy that a player can just sit and admire. Pushing the capabilities of the game, the artist had to resort to path-traced shaders. For this purpose, the developer chose to use BSL, a commonly available shader pack for Minecraft. It pushed BSL to its limits to accomplish something that no longer looks like a blocky game. The URBAN resource pack brings a certain degree of photorealism that is unprecedented in Minecraft. Objects and items look stunningly real, albeit with more corners and sharp edges but completely different than what they look like in vanilla Minecraft. The work done by the developer using BSL shader’s features would not suffice to make Minecraft so visually beautiful. It had to be supported by improved textures. For this reason, Aryan Nikose had to develop it using higher resolution textures. The lowest resolution available is 128x which is in itself resource demanding.
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There is also a 512x and a 1024x version which is even more demanding and requires a considerably powerful computer to run properly. However, the 128x version a little bit pales in comparison to the 1024x one. There is such a level of detail that pixels on textures are no longer observable. Every single texture on any object in the game is smooth and photorealistic. Such a level of realism was achieved by reworking and designing completely new textures. It is not enough to upscale existing resolutions. Many textures were created manually to ensure that they perfectly represent the vision of Aryan Nikose for the game. He added many new textures in the game such as new types of stone, wood, tools crates, sand and more. There are also new models for certain objects that have more polygons to make them more realistic. Things such as small rocks, leaves, grass, all have more polygons to make them appear considerably closer to reality. While there may not be much information available about the URBAN resource pack, the developer uses his official channels to communicate updates. He shares the progress of his work over Instagram and has a dedicated Patreon page for the URBAN resource pack. The 128x version of his resource pack is available for free. Higher resolution ones are available for author’s Patreon subscribers that is meant to support the creator continue his work on the resource pack. It is also on Patreon where the developer posts future updates and the latest version first.
URBAN should be compatible with all of these Minecraft versions: 1.21.11 - 1.21.10 - 1.21.9 - 1.21.8 - 1.21.7 - 1.21.6 - 1.21.5 - 1.21.4 - 1.21.3 - 1.21.2 - 1.21.1 - 1.21 - 1.20.6 - 1.20.5 - 1.20.4 - 1.20.3 - 1.20.2 - 1.20.1 - 1.20 - 1.19.4 - 1.19.3 - 1.19.2 - 1.19.1 - 1.19 - 1.18.2 - 1.18.1 - 1.18 - 1.17.1 - 1.17 - Bedrock Edition - PE
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How to install URBAN Resource Pack:
- Most resource packs require Optifine, so be sure to download and install it. – general recommended step for all packs, Optifine is also needed for most shaders
- Download the URBAN texture pack for Minecraft from the download section below. – if there are many different versions, just choose the one you like, is compatible with your version/edition of Minecraft, the one you think your computer can handle in terms of performance.
- Launch the game client through the Minecraft launcher.
- On the main menu, click "Options".
- On the options menu, click "Resource Packs...".
- Click on "Open Resource Pack Folder". – folder titled "resourcepacks" will pop up
- Move the .zip file you downloaded in the first step to the newly opened "resourcepacks" folder.
- Click "Done".
- Click on "Resource Packs..." again.
- Your pack should have appeared in the left window, just hover over it and click on the arrow pointing to the right.
QUICK TIP: Sometimes, when activating a pack, the game may say that the pack is made for a newer or older version of Minecraft. This is just a warning, it does not affect your gameplay in anyway, and you can still activate and enjoy the pack by simply clicking the "Yes" button when prompted.
- Click "Done" again.
- The pack has now been successfully loaded and ready to be used in your world!
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Comparison slider #1 for those who want to compare vanilla Minecraft without any texture packs installed (on the left) with Minecraft using this particular texture pack (on the right).
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Bedrock Edition:
[128x] [1.20.x] Download URBAN Bedrock Edition Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[512x] [1.20.x] Download URBAN Bedrock Edition Resource Pack – for Patrons only;
Java Edition:
[128x] [1.21.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[128x] [1.20.6 – 1.20.2] Download URBAN Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[128x] [1.20.1 – 1.20] Download URBAN Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[128x] [1.19.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[128x] [1.18.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[128x] [1.17.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – absolutely free;
[256x] [1.21.x – 1.17.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – for Patrons only;
[512x] [1.21.x – 1.17.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – for Patrons only;
[1024x] [1.21.x – 1.17.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – for Patrons only;
Fabric Compatibility:
[256x – 1024x] [1.21.x – 1.17.x] Download URBAN Resource Pack – for Patrons only;
Curseforge: download starts automatically after a few seconds;
Mediafire: click the big blue button with the text "DOWNLOAD";
Google Drive: in the top right corner you will see a small download icon (down arrow), click it and the download should start;
2,112 votes
Look.. 2112 users have already liked this pack. Give a diamond if you like it too!
chrissi
double box isnt working
Em
Turned my world neon pink? What happened
Pavia
How long before its opdated for 1.21.1? :)
aryan
Updated!
owen
does it work with optifine
URBAN
Yes, it is a requirement.
Heather Mitchell
what would the pack look like for the 128x?
Admin
Slightly more pixelated than the higher versions, but also with higher fps, especially if you have lower hardware.
chris
some swords in 1.19.2 and 1.20 pack are missing
URBAN
covered and fixed.
PkWolf
Great Urban/Modern texture packs. hadn’t had any issues except a few texture glitches. So far I’ve only seen the second half of the double chest and beds glitch out. like multiple textures combined, and the top of bed looks like wood making it look like a bench rather than a bed. That’s not the texture glitch but thought I’d bring it up since not sure if it was intentional or part of the glitch. Other than that the textures are perfect. Might be my favorite Urban TP.
PkWolf
Yep now even my inventory is back to vanilla and same with several items. this sucks I was really enjoying this texture pack. Also im up to date both on mc java and the texture pack in case yall were wondering.
URBAN
The chest and bed in URBAN are jem models and require optifine.
Eccentric Warmonger
I really want to use this resource pack. However, I’m running it with the BSL shader (latest version) and there are so many glitches. For example, chunks just disappear or chunks render with no shader values and are flat colors. I’ve left everything alone with the shader packs, so I’m using out of the box values. Any ideas?
Soulinks
While most things look nice, the stone blocks are just horrendous looking. Bye bye pristine and nice looking Stone Bricks! Hello grimy dirt looking stones instead. And what is with the Chiselled Stone blocks? Horrible! Quite disappointing. I was hoping for some really nice and tidy stone blocks to use with this pack, too.
Shimi86
Just use the Deepslate tile or the smooth stone? The stone brick looks great for roads.
Minecraft
pls fix tree leaves. Very buggy with black collor particles.
is not cool
Nick
fixed!
Shimi86
The doors texture is messed up in 1.19.3 with Optifine (Pre3 -1.19.3) and BSL Shaders. So are the shovels and hoes. Is there a way to fix this?
Vaina
I haven’t seriously played Minecraft since pre-1.14 and this was just what I needed to get back into the game, thank you so much <3 9/10
Two critiques, I can't run the god rays without getting a hazy pixelation around blocks in the path of the sunlight (which may be entirely due to my poor GPU), and more importantly the skybox glitches underwater which I cannot seem to find a fix for. Any ideas? Otherwise everything looks amazing and really brings a surprisingly immersive feel for a voxel-based game~
Vaina
Oh, I should mention I’m running it on 1.19.2 instead of .3 after noticing the same incompatibility errors that others were.
nutella
It’s not real, it’s much worse than it looks. don’t believe
Admin
It’s real if you installed it correctly. Don’t forget that you will need optifine and shaders with correct settings for this pack to work.
xN03L
is good or not?
Gamer001rGr
Is it compatible with Iris shaders (that thing similar to optifine) ?
Gary
Incompatible with latest update. 1.19.3
urbanfan
Using this on the 1.19.3 optifine HD U 12 pre2 – as it’s the newest optifine release, there is significant lag and I noticed the diamond Hoe textures are pink and black (incomplete).
I was previously using 1.19.2 optifine and it worked great, will switch back to the older version for now.
I will try the texture pack with the full optifine 1.19.3 release when it’s available.
Just wanted to make you aware that the pack may need updating to work properly and smoothly with 1.19.3.
Will be honest though this is definitely one of the best texture packs out there. It’s how Minecraft is supposed to look, keep up the fantastic work!
(using the x128 version)
URBAN
Hey sir, Will definately look into it.
Thanks for the review <3
Starcoolman
I tried downloading, but it instead sent me to a google drive. What do I do?
Starcoolman
nvm i got it
OOF3679
so the same thing is happening to me and it is taking me to google drive what did you do th download it
Admin
Download from google drive. What’s the issue?
andy
hey i dont know how to download the texture pack help please
DesmonatorTX
click one of the downloads, go into minecraft, go to settings, options, resource packs, open file folder, downloads, click on the top one, then click open near the name at the bottom, click yes, then click the pack you just downloaded, then click it again, then hit done.
harley
I’m confused what do you mean by open the zip file also when I downloaded the urban texture pack and then when I opened it there was nothing in the file.
Gabe
It’s not 3d like it shows in the pictures???
Admin
You need optifine and shaders for the same effect.
DesmonatorTX
use a 3d resource pack
Commix
Book Shelf broken and Netherite Pickaxe aswell..
Nick
Use optifine.
Anonimowy
texture of door are broken
sid
Lol I got this but I ran 30 fps but it was worth it
a gamer
I like this but to me the none textured things just make it out of place for me
Gabe
same, they dont change any of the food items, powdered snow is unchanged, and more