Brighter Ores
A resource pack that makes ores emissive in vanilla minecraft.
How?
As of Java Edition 1.21.2, Mojang added light_emission to models, allowing glowing models in vanilla.
Why?
All existing emissive ores resource packs require optifine or iris or another mod as far as I know.
Also, I saw the emissive torchflowers resource pack, and decided to do that for ores.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4
- 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.
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- Downloads as brighter ores.zip
- Download size: 8 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.