
Backwards Library
Backports template models and provides item redirection for ID changed items - Intended to make supporting older versions easier
⬇ Download on Modrinth

Overview
This is a pack that backports template models (cube*.json, *template*.json) and provide item redirections for ID changed items (like scute to turtle_scute and grass_path to dirt_path)
This resource pack has been made to make supporting older versions of Minecraft easier!

Documentation
Template Model Backporting
Every model that has cube or template in it is backported, except if their parent is builtin/entity.
Item Redirections
If an item's ID had been changed, a redirection will be made in the following way.
{
"parent": "<insert new location here>"
}
old_location.json
This makes it so it copies over every information from the new model into the old one, including the texture.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.13, 1.13.1, 1.13.2
- 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 Backwards Library.zip
- Download size: 51 KB
- Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.