Panorama

The panorama (also known as the cubemap^[1]) is a slowly panning wide-angle view of a Minecraft world displayed on the title screen and most other menu screens. It is themed after the latest named update and can be customized with a resource pack.

The panorama is shown as a background in all menu screens that do not cover the entire background. This includes all menu screens in Java Edition and in Bedrock Edition the main menu, loading world screen (except Realms), pop-up windows, all Ore UI menus, and the Dressing Room. Non-Ore UI error screens display a static background instead.

A separate panorama is shown when Vibrant Visuals is enabled. The brightness of this panorama is affected by the "Adjust Gamma" setting. Exclusive panoramas are also shown for Minecraft Preview with Vibrant Visuals disabled and Minecraft Education.

In the options, the panorama scrolling can be adjusted with the "Panorama Scroll Speed" accessibility setting in Java Edition and the "Screen Animations" video setting in Bedrock Edition. A blur overlay can be adjusted in the options in Java Edition.

The panorama files in Java Edition are found in the indexes directory as multiple square images (panorama_<0-5>.png) and are extracted in the same way as sound files, as denoted in Tutorial:Sound directory. In Bedrock Edition, the regular panorama is stored in the regular vanilla resource pack in  textures/ui. Each Vibrant Visuals panorama (including discontinued) is stored in the internal resource pack of the respective version as .hdr files.

With resource packs, the vanilla panorama may be overwritten with custom images. Six square (1080x1080) images named panorama_<0-5>.png (or panorama_<0-5>.hdr for Vibrant Visuals) need to be placed in the  assets/<namespace>/textures/gui‌^{[JE only][verify]}/ textures/ui‌^{[BE only]} directory. The first four panoramas are used horizontally from left to right, panorama_4 is rendered above panorama_0 and panorama_5 is rendered below the first panorama. Custom panoramas reverse the animation in Bedrock Edition by default (moving right instead of left). Several Marketplace add-ons and Minecraft Education events contain custom panoramas.

Launching a world created from a world template locked in older versions with Vibrant Visuals enabled briefly switches the panorama to a historical panorama from that version, or the missing texture before 1.21.90.

Regular	Vibrant Visuals
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In Java Edition, this panorama was introduced in 25w45a, currently used in 25w41a onward. In Bedrock Edition, this panorama was introduced in Preview 1.21.130.26 and used until Preview 26.10.24. A different panorama shows when Vibrant Visuals is enabled.

The regular panorama was taken in Java Edition and the Vibrant Visuals panorama was taken in Bedrock Edition. Both panoramas were taken in worlds using the seed -6464260789280200050 at coordinates X=-409 / Y=63 / Z=-105.^[2] The world spawn of this seed is in a desert at X=-16 / Y=63 / Z=16 and the coordinates X=-409 / Y=63 / Z=-105 are located in the same desert biome 411 blocks to the west.

Minecraft Education
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In Minecraft Education, this panorama was introduced in 1.21.132. It is the same as the one used in The Copper Age, with the agent and balloon edited into the image.

Bedrock Edition / Minecraft Education
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This panorama is exclusively available in Previews of Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education after Preview 1.18.20.22 and Preview 1.21.40.1 respectively, and in betas after Bedrock Edition beta 1.21.80.21. It is the only panorama that the player can see in Previews and betas when Vibrant Visuals is turned off.

This panorama was taken on the seed 2510333169515186510 at coordinates X=979 / Y=71 / Z=-11, in Java Edition.

Although this panorama is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, it was actually taken in Java Edition 1.17.1, which can be inferred from the color of water, the way in how clouds fade at high distances, the back side of leaves not rendering, and the side texture of the dirt path.

This section describes content that is currently in development.

 

This content has appeared in development versions for First Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

Regular	Vibrant Visuals
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In Bedrock Edition, this panorama was introduced in Preview 26.10.25. A different panorama shows when Vibrant Visuals is enabled.

Both panoramas were taken in Bedrock Edition on an unknown seed.

Java Edition Beta
1.8			preview				Replaced background in the main menu with panorama. Added panorama<0-5>.png.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Changed panorama0.png.
			RC2				Brightened the panorama overlay.
1.6.1			13w24a				Renamed panorama<0-5>.png to panorama_<0-5>.png.
1.7.2			13w36a				The panorama is now flipped horizontally when drawn.
			13w38a				The change to the panorama from 13w36a has been reverted.
1.13			pre1				Changed panorama to reflect Update Aquatic.[3]
			pre2				Compressed panorama textures.
1.14			November 28, 2018				Changed panorama in all released 1.14 snapshots to reflect Village & Pillage.
1.15			19w41a				Changed panorama in all released 1.15 snapshots to reflect Buzzy Bees.
1.16			20w14a				Changed panorama in all released 1.16 snapshots to reflect the Nether Update.
1.17			21w15a				Changed panorama in all released 1.17 snapshots to reflect Caves & Cliffs: Part I.
			21w18a				Changed panorama_0.png, panorama_1.png and panorama_5.png to eliminate torches.
1.18			21w41a				Changed panorama in all released 1.18 snapshots to reflect Caves & Cliffs: Part II.
1.19			22w15a				Changed panorama in all released 1.19 snapshots to reflect The Wild Update.
1.19.3			22w42a				The panorama scroll speed can now be customized in the accessibility settings.
1.20			23w14a				Changed panorama in all released 1.20 snapshots to reflect Trails & Tales.
1.20.5			24w09a				The panorama is now visible in more in-game menus such as the world selection and creation menus as well as the options menu if accessed from the main menu, with a blur overlay in such cases.
1.21			24w18a				Changed panorama to reflect Tricky Trials.
1.21.4			24w44a				Changed panorama to reflect The Garden Awakens.
1.21.5			25w10a				Changed panorama in all released versions since 25w08a to reflect Spring to Life.
1.21.6			25w19a				Panorama textures must now all be the same size and square.
			25w20a				Changed panorama in all released 1.21.6 snapshots to reflect Chase the Skies.
1.21.9			25w34a				Changed panorama in all released 1.21.9 snapshots to reflect The Copper Age.
1.21.11			25w45a				Changed panorama in all released 1.21.11 snapshots to reflect Mounts of Mayhem.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.7.3							Replaced background with panorama. Added panorama<0-5>.png.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Changed panorama.
December 2017							Changed panorama to reflect the 2017 holiday season.
?							Reverted to the previous panorama after the holiday season.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.4				Changed panorama to reflect Update Aquatic.
1.8.0			December 20, 2018				Changed panorama to show off cats and pandas.
1.11.3							Changed panorama to reflect Village & Pillage.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Changed panorama to reflect Buzzy Bees.
			beta 1.14.0.2				Changed panorama again to match Java Edition. Exclusively changed clouds on panorama_<0-4>.png. Only panorama_5.png identical to Java Edition.
			October 18, 2019				Added panorama for beta versions.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Changed panorama to reflect the Nether Update.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.54				Changed panorama to reflect Caves & Cliffs: Part I.
October 1, 2021							Changed panorama in all released 1.16 and 1.17 versions to reflect 2021 Halloween season.
November 1, 2021							Reverted to the previous panorama after the Halloween season.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.21				Changed panorama to reflect Caves & Cliffs: Part II.
1.18.30			Preview 1.18.20.22				Added panorama for Preview versions.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.25				Changed panorama to reflect The Wild Update.
October 4, 2022							Changed panorama in non-beta versions from 1.19.0 and beta versions from beta 1.19.10.20 to reflect 2022 Halloween season.
November 1, 2022							Reverted to the previous panorama after the Halloween season.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.23				Changed panorama to reflect Trails & Tales.
							Changed the panorama rotation from counterclockwise to clockwise.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.24				Changed panorama to reflect Tricky Trials.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.26				Changed panorama to reflect The Garden Awakens.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.26				Changed panorama to reflect Spring to Life.
1.21.80			Preview 1.21.80.21				Changed panorama from Minecraft beta to reflect the Preview versions.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.25				Changed panorama to reflect Chase the Skies.
			Preview 1.21.90.26				Added a new panorama that is used when the Vibrant Visuals setting is turned on.
							Changed main panorama again to match the Vibrant Visuals panorama.
			Preview 1.21.90.28				Changed main panorama again to match Java Edition.
1.21.111			Preview 1.21.110.25				Changed panoramas to reflect The Copper Age.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.26				Changed panoramas to reflect Mounts of Mayhem.
							The panorama scroll direction has been inverted, moving left instead of right.
26.0			Preview 26.0.27				The panorama scroll direction has been fixed, moving right instead of left again.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.10			Preview 26.10.25				Changed panoramas to reflect the first drop of 2026.

Minecraft Education
1.0.0			v0.14.2				Added panorama.
1.0.21							Changed panorama.
1.7.0							Changed panorama to reflect Update Aquatic.
1.9.0			1.8.0				Changed panorama to show off cats and pandas.
1.12.0							Changed panorama to reflect the Back to School Update.
1.14.31			1.14.30				Added panorama for demo.
							Changed panorama to reflect Buzzy Bees.
			release				Changed panorama.
1.14.50			1.14.40				Changed panorama. Changed format of textures from PNG to JPG.
1.17.30			1.17.30.2				Changed panorama to reflect the GOAT Update. Changed format of textures from JPG to PNG.
			release				Slightly changed the panorama to include some Education Edition features.
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Changed panorama to reflect Mobile, Multiplayer & More.
			release				Changed panorama to include some Education Edition features with new seed.
1.19.52			1.19.50.0				Changed panorama to reflect The Wild Update.
			release				Changed panorama to include some Minecraft Education features.
1.20.12			1.20.10.0				Changed panorama to reflect Trails & Tales.
			release				Changed panorama to include some Minecraft Education features.
1.21.03			Preview 1.20.70.0				Changed panorama to reflect the new cloud world backup functionality.
1.21.91							Changed panorama to reflect Chase the Clouds.
1.21.132							Changed panorama to reflect Copper, Collaborate & Compete.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added the classic panorama to the top screen.
							A second panorama representing the Nether is shown on the bottom screen.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
1.66.0016.0							Added panorama to the menu screen. At the time, it scrolled from left to right, but was changed later to loop endlessly.
0.66.0054.0							Added night version of panorama background.
							Changed panorama to the tutorial world.
TU5							Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.
TU7							Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.
TU12	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00			Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.
TU20	CU8	1.13	1.13	1.13	Patch 1		Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.
TU57							Changed panorama speed. (Xbox 360 Edition only)
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Changed panoramas to reflect the new tutorial world.

• In the Legacy Console Edition 0.66.0054.0 panorama, a second castle can be seen in the far distance.

Issues relating to "Panorama" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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