Stay True

A visual remaster of Minecraft's default textures. Subtle changes that add diversity without breaking the vanilla color scheme. 45.6 million downloads on CurseForge — one of the most downloaded vanilla-plus packs available .

Quick facts

CategoryVanilla-plus
EditionJava
Minecraft1.21.5 and older supported versions
SourceCurseForge
Downloads45.6M (CurseForge)
Resolution16x
OptiFineRequired for connected textures

Source status

Verified

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What Stay True does

Stay True is a 16x pack that redraws Minecraft's default textures. The goal is not higher resolution or a new art style — it is to make the existing textures look better while keeping the game recognizable. Grass has more variation, stone has subtle detail, and wood has more natural grain.

The pack includes connected textures for glass, bookshelves, and other blocks. On OptiFine, these work automatically. On Fabric, you need Continuity to get the same effect .

What it changes

  • Terrain blocks — grass, dirt, stone, sand, and gravel with more variation.
  • Wood — more natural grain and color variation.
  • Connected textures — glass, bookshelves, and other blocks connect seamlessly.
  • Pink birch leaves — an optional feature that changes birch leaves to pink .

Installation

  1. On OptiFine: Install OptiFine, place the Stay True ZIP in resourcepacks, and enable it.
  2. On Fabric: Install Continuity for connected textures. Place the ZIP in resourcepacks and enable it.
  3. Launch the game. The pack applies automatically.
Pink birch leaves: Stay True includes an optional feature that turns birch leaves pink. If you do not want this, check the pack settings or use an older version without the feature.

Frequently asked questions

Does Stay True need OptiFine?
Only for connected textures and the pink birch leaves feature. The base textures work on vanilla Minecraft or Fabric without OptiFine. For the full experience, OptiFine or Continuity is recommended .
Is Stay True 16x or 32x?
Stay True is 16x. It does not increase resolution. The goal is to improve the existing textures, not to double their size.
Will it work with shaders?
Yes. Stay True is a standard resource pack and works with Iris and OptiFine shaders. It does not include PBR textures, so it will not add normal or specular mapping to shader packs.

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