How To Add Bedrock Behavior Packs

Looking to spice up your Bedrock world? Behavior and texture packs are an incredible way to completely customize your Minecraft server. They act similarly to mods or data packs on Java Edition, allowing you to change mob behaviors, add custom items, modify loot tables, and so much more.

Getting them running takes a few steps since we have to link the pack to your specific world file, but it is super straightforward. Let us get your new packs installed!

Step 1: Prepare Your Pack

First, you need to download the behavior or texture pack you want to use from a reputable site like MCPEDL. The pack will usually download as either a .mcpack or a .zip file.

1. If your downloaded file ends in .mcpack, simply rename the file extension to end in .zip instead (e.g., change coolpack.mcpack to coolpack.zip).
2. Extract the .zip file on your computer. You should now have a folder containing several files inside, including one very important file named manifest.json. This entire folder is what we need to upload.

Step 2: Upload the Pack to Your Server

Next, we need to upload your extracted pack folder to your server's file manager.

1. Log into your MintServers panel and click the Stop button.
2. On the left-hand sidebar, click on the Files tab.
3. Locate either the behavior_packs folder or the resource_packs folder (depending on the type of pack you downloaded) and click to open it.
📁 behavior_packs (or resource_packs)
📁 YourCustomPackFolder
📄 manifest.json (Upload your entire pack folder here)
4. Click the Upload button and upload the entire pack folder (the one with the manifest.json file inside) into this directory.

Step 3: Activate the Pack in Your World

Just uploading the files is not enough; we now have to tell your specific world to load the pack using its unique ID.

1. In the pack folder you just uploaded to the panel, click on the manifest.json file to open it in the text editor.
2. Look closely at the code. You need to highlight and copy two specific values from the "header" section: the uuid and the version. Keep these handy!

3. Go back to your main file directory and navigate into the worlds folder, and then open your specific world's folder (usually named Bedrock level unless you changed it).
📁 worlds
📁 Bedrock level
📄 world_behavior_packs.json (Click to edit this file)
📄 world_resource_packs.json (Click to edit this file)
4. Click on the world_behavior_packs.json file (or world_resource_packs.json if you are installing a texture pack) to edit it. If it does not exist, create a new file with that exact name.
5. You will need to paste your new pack's UUID and version into this file using a specific format. For a single pack, format it exactly like this:

[
  {
    "pack_id": "PASTE_YOUR_UUID_HERE",
    "version": [ 1, 0, 0 ]
  }
]

If you are adding multiple packs at once, you must list them all inside the main square brackets [], separated by a comma. It should look like this:

[
  {
    "pack_id": "FIRST_PACK_UUID_HERE",
    "version": [ 1, 0, 0 ]
  },
  {
    "pack_id": "SECOND_PACK_UUID_HERE",
    "version": [ 1, 2, 5 ]
  }
]

6. Once your UUIDs and versions are perfectly pasted in, click Save Content.
7. Head back to the Console tab and click Start. Your world will now load with the packs fully activated!