Screenshot 1 of 4. A pink potion floats above a stone block in a dim stone corridor, shown with Almost Vanilla Potions.
What Almost Vanilla Potions works with.
| Platform | Java Edition |
|---|---|
| Minecraft versions | 1.21.5, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.2 |
Almost Vanilla Potions is a vanilla-like resource pack for Java Edition. It fixes a small annoyance: every potion shares one shape and only the colour changes. Delled gave each type a recognisable silhouette and kept the classic style. The pack needs no mods and loads on the player's side only.
Supported versions
- Minecraft 1.21.5 to 26.2.
What changes visually
The pack covers all splash, lingering and normal potions, plus honey bottles and experience bottles. Everything else stays vanilla. Two details help you read a potion at a glance:
- Long-duration potions carry a red line that stands for redstone.
- Level 2 potions have a gray stopper.
- Each potion type gets its own shape instead of a recolour of one bottle.
How to install Almost Vanilla Potions
Put the .zip in your resourcepacks folder (Options > Resource Packs > Open Pack Folder), then move the pack to the Selected side of the Resource Packs screen. The resource pack install guide walks through the steps for both editions. A pack made for another release can still load, but it shows an incompatibility warning.
Known limitations
The same creator also makes other Almost Vanilla packs for armors and tools, and one for colored enchantment levels, if you want the same restrained approach elsewhere.
Questions about Almost Vanilla Potions.
4 questions
Does Almost Vanilla Potions work on Bedrock?
No. It is a Java Edition pack, hosted on Modrinth, which serves Java content. Bedrock uses a different pack format, so this pack will not load there. Java players can install it by dropping the .zip into the resourcepacks folder.
Which potions does Almost Vanilla Potions change?
It redraws all splash, lingering and normal potions, plus honey bottles and experience bottles. Long-duration potions get a red line for redstone, and level 2 potions get a gray stopper. Other items stay as they are in vanilla.
Can I use Almost Vanilla Potions on older releases?
The pack covers 1.21.5 to 26.2. Delled says an older-release port is not planned, but anyone who wants to make one may do so with credit. Loading it on an unsupported release may trigger an incompatibility warning.
Does Almost Vanilla Potions need any mods?
No. The newest release requires nothing else, and the creator notes there is no mod support for now. It works as a plain resource pack placed in the resourcepacks folder and enabled from the Resource Packs screen.
