
Emissive Library
Uses core shaders to allow emissive texture support for blocks, items, armor, and more! This is a library for other resourcepack creators to use.
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Updated Version
For support for newer versions check out Emissive Library Plus by Wanders_Test3
Notes
THIS PACK DOES NOTHING ON ITS OWN, IT IS A LIBRARY!
Emissive blocks do not work with Sodium. Everything else does. It will show a error when using sodium but just ignore that as it is only for the blocks.
As of the 1.21.2 snapshot 24w33a you can create emissive blocks from their models. This resourcepack still supports making emissive blocks from its style. I would recommend using the model method instead of the one provided with this pack since it works with sodium and this doesn't.
As of this pack version 0.4 you can no longer create emissive blocks using this. Instead you will have to use the vanilla way with their block models
Example's of this pack's use
This is an example resourcepack I made for showcasing the use of this library (Download from github)

This also works on skin outer layers and capes!

How This Works
This pack uses core shaders to allow the support of emissive blocks / items / entities / more. This means that it should work in any version 1.18+. This pack makes anything with the translucency value of 254 glow. This makes it easy to implement on existing packs.
For Resource Pack Developers
Read the how to implement section of this page. Feel free to use this in any pack you create or link this page as a dependency. You can use any content in this pack in your own pack with credit to me. You can use this pack as long as you credit this page in your work. You do not need my permission you just need to credit me.
How to Implement in Your Packs
All you have to do is change the pixels that you want to be emissive to have a translucent / alpha value of 254. You can use Paint .net, GIMP, or any other software to do this.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java resource packs walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as Emissive Library v0.4.zip
- Download size: 21 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.