🦇 We’ve got a treat for you! 🦇
Starting today, you can see a new & improved bat in Bedrock Beta/Preview & Java Snapshot. Just in time for spooky season!
But wait, we have one more thing:
Use the Block Wizard to create your own custom blocks, design a 3D model in Blockbench, and add it to your Minecraft Bedrock world!
Minecraft Block Wizard, coming out later this month!
Try the new "Minecraft Title Generator" Blockbench plugin by
@ewanhowell5195
and create your own title in the iconic blocky letters, or choose from dozens of other presets!
I just want to plug this because it is one of my new favorite tools, but massive props to the creator of this
@blockbench
plugin!
Making high quality logos in Minecraft's style has never been this accessible, let alone this customizable!
"There's a lot more to Blockbench than people think..."
"Example?"
"Example? Blockbench is like... onions! 🧅"
"...they make you cry?"
"Noo! LAYERS! Onions have layers. Blockbench has layers. You get it... We both have layers!"
Coming soon!
The "Pixel-perfect Brush" lets you draw smooth and more natural looking outlines - by making sure that the line has a consistent width with no double pixels!
Mojang Studios used Blockbench to model and animate the cute new Camels for the Minecraft 1.20 update!
Learn how they added the new mob to Minecraft, and see if you can find the easter egg:
Blockbench 4.7 Sneak Peak!
The update will add a new innovative element type: In addition to Meshes and Cubes, we're introducing Pedro Pascal!
Press the button above the Outliner to add Pedro Pascal to your project. Pedro Pascals are fully compatible with existing tools!
Minecraft 1.21 released today!
Texture Pack designers, you can find the templates for the new mobs in the skin editor, in File > New > Minecraft Skin!
For Bedrock creators, the model format just became more powerful! You can now rotate per-face UVs using this new slider!
New in the upcoming animation update: Waveform preview for sounds and color coding for keyframes!
For more feature previews, join the official Blockbench Discord server:
Blockbench 4.0 is here!
New Features:
🦊Poly Mesh Modeling!
📂Tabs!
🎨Theme Browser!
🗺️Improved UV Editor!
Many other features and improvements!
Full change-log:
Splash Screen by
@Wackyblocks
, who won the Splash Art Contest!
And for all the creators on Minecraft Java Edition, there's a Blockbench update coming out soon that focuses on new features for the Java Block & Item Model format!
#Blockbench
#MinecraftLive2022
Animation Onion Skin lets you compare your current animation pose to the pose at another point in time, using a wireframe preview.
Enable from Animation > Animation Onion Skin!
Reference superpowers!
The upcoming Blockbench 4.7 will let you manage and view all your reference assets directly in your Blockbench project!
You'll be able to find reference images for your model, and put them up on screen, all without ever leaving the app!
Blockbench 4.5 will introduce texture MCMeta support for Minecraft Java block & item models!
Importing a model or texture will automatically find and load the texture animation metadata.
And of course: an animated texture created in Blockbench will now work in MC out of the box!
Blockbench is primarily a low-poly modeling program, but it is also the most advanced Minecraft skin editor, and the choice of an ever growing number of skin artists!
Blockbench 4.5 will feature a new Predicate Override Editor for Minecraft Java item models!
Select models in your resource pack to override the current item when certain conditions are met.
Comes with a generator for repetitive lists!
Pro Tip:
Do you want to make models with a blueprint as reference?
Just switch to a side-view and load your Reference Image.
Right click the image, set Layer to Locked Blueprint, and enable Clear Mode.
Position the blueprint behind your model and you're good to go!
Alongside the Item Wizard, the Block & Entity Wizards have also received a major update!
Block Wizard:
- Rotatable blocks!
- Loot editing!
- More material options
- New presets
Entity Wizard:
- Vehicle preset!
- Loot editing
... and more!
And just like that, a polar bear becomes a grizzly bear all with the power of Blockbench – a creator-made tool so good, we even used it at Mojang to create the goat and the axolotl!
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To all the new users who joined us after
#MinecraftLive
- welcome to the Blockbench community!
I'll use this thread to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the Minecraft Entity Wizard:
When does the stream start? How do I participate in the Mob Vote? What even is a
#MinecraftLive
?!
We asked and answered our own questions so you're ready for the big event on Saturday!
Blockbench 4.11 "The Texture Group Update" is here!
📁Texture Groups
🔪Cube Knife Tool!
🧅Onion Skin and Tiled view
🎬Animation merging
▶️Custom playback ranges
🪟Windows on Arm Support
Changelog:
Splash Art by contest winners
@bonogakure
&
@glenn_turu
The Minecraft Item Wizard is here!
Create custom items for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition in an easy to use Wizard Interface!
Select a presets, customize attributes and functionality, and design your model and icon!
Made in collaboration with
@Minecraft
!
Blockbench 3.7 - The 2nd Animation Update - is now out!
The update features a lot of new and improved tools for animators, including particle preview, IK, smooth interpolation, and motion trails!
Splash Art by
@GrafischMC
who won the Splash Art Contest!
In the upcoming version 4.5, Blockbench will be able to jump to parent models of Minecraft Java item or block models, and even adopt the textures of the child model in the process!
Thank you for 10.000 Twitter Followers!🎉
Here's a Twitter exclusive preview of some of the new texture editing tools that will be introduced in the upcoming version 4.2
Blockbench 3.8 is here!
New in this update:
📈Animation Graph Editor!
🔗Option to share models via short link
📱 Mobile progressive web app
🔧Option to merge other projects into the current project
📂Foldable panels and sidebars
🛰️Added Orbit Gizmo
Blockbench turned 4 years old this week.
Even though I still write all code myself, the project has gotten so big that it would no longer be possible to maintain it alone. So I want to use this occasion to thank everyone who has contributed, directly or indirectly.
Thread!
Blockbench 3.6.0 - The Streamer Update - is here!
To install the update, please download and run the installer from .
Check out the change-log on
The Update Art is by
@Wacky
, who won the latest Splash Art Contest!
You've been working on a model for a while, and now the texture is a bit of a mess?
Go to Paint mode, and click Image > "Clear Unused Texture Space". That will clear everything from your texture that isn't actually used by any elements.
It’s snow time! Let’s goat! While we open up a whole new barrel of ill-advised puns, join the latest Bedrock beta to try your hand at your first Caves & Cliffs features: powder snow and goats!
Learn exactly how to get started:
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Happy April Fools day!
The rainbow minigame disappears from Blockbench end of today.
If you want to keep playing, it's now available as a plugin:
If you're interested in an actual game engine thats similar to Blockbench & compatible, check out
@godotengine
Did you know that Blockbench can automatically optimize animations for you?
Just click Animation > Optimize Animation!
This will remove all redundant keyframes and reduce the complexity of the animation without changing how it looks.
Blockbench sidebar file browser!
This plugin allows you to navigate through your project and view or open your models & textures - all from the sidebar!
Minecraft videos have reached 1,000,000,000,000 views on YouTube!
There are many hidden secrets and easter eggs in every shot! Can you spot the Blockbench reference?
Blockbench 3.9 is here!
New in this update:
⏲️Edit History!
🧊Hold Alt to resize cubes in both directions!
🌅Gradient tool
⌨️Load, export and share keymaps and settings!
☕️Many new QoL Features!
Splash Screen by
@LorenOLoren1
and
@Dxnkbarkeit
, who won the Splash Art Contest!
Blender is awesome! But did you know that there are some cool features that you only get in Blockbench?
For example:
Pixel art tools!
Project tabs!
Real-time collaboration
File drag 'n 'drop
Share via link
Fully customizable toolbars
The Minecraft Block Wizard is here!
Add custom blocks with 3D models to Minecraft Bedrock - through an easy-to-use wizard UI!
Developed in partnership with
@Mojang
Requires Bedrock 1.19.40, make sure you're updated!
Want to learn how to render your Blockbench model? The new wiki article "Rendering Models" has you covered!
Find out which rendering program is the best match for you, and learn how to use it.
Blockbench 4.2 is here!
🪟 Flexible UI with floating panels!
🖌️ New texture editing tools!
🔗 Move Texture with UV option
✂️ Added Seam Tool and improved automatic mesh templates!
Changelog:
Splash Art by contest winners
@ShroomyArts
and
@Redstone_mvv
The first beta for Blockbench 4.2 is out!
Also, the Splash Art Contest for the update is starting right now!
To learn more, join the Blockbench Discord server:
Have you ever wanted to erase an entire color, or an entire face at once?
Just select the fill tool and enable Erase Mode!
Works with the shape tool too!
Blockbench 3.0 - The Format Update - is here!
New Modeling Format System, new Design, new Bedrock Features and much more!
Check out the full changelog on
Key Art by
@iWackyMinecraft
(Splash Art Contest winner for the second time :O)
Today, the new Blockbench website launched!
The site is designed from scratch to give newcomers a good impression of the capabilities, and it hosts the brand new Blockbench Wiki, the central place for guides, references, and docs around Blockbench!
The new theme "Purplexed" by
@GeodeModels
is now available as a default theme in Blockbench!
File > Preferences > Themes... to choose your favorite theme!
Blockbench 4.1 is here!
⛓️ Inverse Kinematics!
🧊 Collada Exporter!
🎞️ GIF Cropping!
⛱️ Ground Plane
🕚 Many small improvements for your workflow!
Changelog:
Splash Art by contest winners
@MisterGriimm
and
@MidnitePixel_
Create your own mob in less than 30 seconds?! You better believe it! 😮
Take a look at our Minecraft Live Creator recap and learn about the tools you can access for free:
Be sure to share your creations with us using the hashtag
#MinecraftCreator
!
Blockbench was used to create these cool example models shown at Minecon.
I am really excited for the new modeling features coming to Bedrock this year and of course Blockbench will support the new features when the update is released!
We got big news for all you modders out there!
@adrianorsz
and
@argo_major
are here to share news on new ways to modify the Bedrock version of Minecraft, including a scripting API coming this fall!
#MINECON