Frequently Asked Questions

Faithful is a project spanning several Minecraft resource packs bearing the same name. The aim of Faithful is to provide a higher-resolution experience while still maintaining the look and feel of the vanilla textures. Faithful was originally started by Vattic in 2010, and since then he has given the current Faithful administration the authority to maintain and update the pack officially.

The Faithful project was initially called Compliance, prior to when we had received approval from Vattic to continue Faithful under his brand. In addition, Classic Faithful was an entirely separate project called Emulated Vattic Textures (EM for short), but merged with the Faithful Project and adopted the Classic Faithful name during the Faithful rebrand. Essentially, Faithful and Compliance are one and the same, and Classic Faithful and Emulated Vattic are also one and the same.

Vattic, the original creator of Faithful 32x32, left the project in 2016 following real-life difficulties. An artist named Kraineff (formerly xMrVizzy) soon took over, claiming Vattic gave him ownership. In November 2020, Kraineff's history of poor management culminated in an exodus of Faithful contributors, who formed their own community-run project called Compliance. Soon after, these contributors gained contact with Vattic, confirming that Kraineff had falsely claimed ownership and moreover had been profiting off a stolen name for years. With Vattic's blessing, Compliance rebranded to Faithful despite Kraineff refusing to give up the name, thus leading to both projects sharing the same name. For more details, watch AntVenom's video here.

Each pack has its own page where downloads and articles are linked. These pages can be found using the links here:

• Faithful 32x
• Faithful 64x
• Classic Faithful 32x
• Classic Faithful 32x Jappa
• Classic Faithful 64x Jappa

We recommend giving this Minecraft Wiki page a read. Add-ons and mod support work in exactly the same way, except by applying them on top of the given base pack rather than alone.

There are methods of installing custom resource packs on consoles, but they're very unreliable and change often as it's not officially supported behavior. There's no universal method that will work for everyone and hacky workarounds will probably be needed, sometimes even involving paid file managers. You may have luck searching up methods for an individual console online but results are not guaranteed and may stop working in the future.

It's a matter of personal preference—no pack is "better" than the others since they all aim to accomplish completely different things. The best way to find which pack is your favorite is to simply try all of them and see which one(s) you like the most.

Each pack is different:

• Faithful 32x currently supports Bedrock Edition, and Java versions from 1.6 to the latest release, 1.4 and Beta 1.7.
• Classic Faithful 32x Jappa and PA are also available from 1.6–the latest release and Bedrock Edition, but are currently not complete for b1.7–1.5.
• Both 64x packs only currently support the latest Minecraft Java and Bedrock version.

Since Faithful is a community-driven project, progress is dependent on people submitting textures. This means that there are no hard deadlines for a given pack to be completed for a new version. However, you can usually use an experimental build of the pack in the mean time, which may include missing textures. If you want to help out with pack progress, read the Contributor's Handbook and inquire in the pack's respective Discord for more information.

You're most likely using an incomplete pack. Currently, the only 100% finished packs are both Faithful 32x and Classic Faithful 32x (Jappa and PA) for Java Edition. You can see each pack's completion at the top of the channel list of their respective Discord servers. If you want to help to get rid of these missing textures, you can help Faithful out by making a texture!

The version of Faithful 32x previously listed on the Bedrock Marketplace was unauthorized and had been monetizing our stolen work, so we contacted Mojang to remove it. Unfortunately, publishing Faithful legitimately on the marketplace is complicated if not impossible due to restrictions surrounding free and contributor-led projects. We would like to eventually release Faithful there if possible, but only if it can remain free for all.

Each pack has listings on our website, CurseForge, and Planet Minecraft, and some are on Modrinth and MCPEDL too. You can also find our other media and each download link organized by pack on our Discord. Downloads from any other sites are unofficial, unsupported and could be dangerous! Remember to stay safe on the internet.

The difference is in the art style, not in the textures that are being upscaled. Faithful has a more modern, detailed approach to redrawing textures, while Classic Faithful attempts to follow Vattic's art style from the original Faithful 32x32 as closely as possible, opting for a more brushed, smooth appearance.

JAPPA is the online nickname of Jasper Boerstra, Minecraft's art director and the author of the majority of textures used in versions 1.14 and newer. The "new" Minecraft textures are often called Jappa textures in his honour. Programmer Art (oftentimes abbreviated as "progart" or "PA") is the name given by Mojang and used by the Minecraft artist community for the old textures, used in Minecraft prior to release 1.14. It's also the name of the built-in resource pack featured in newer versions that contains the old textures. Whether a texture is Jappa or Programmer Art is not related to its pixel resolution (e.g. 16x16, 32x, 64x).

"32x" means the textures, as a base, are 32 by 32 pixels (rather than default's 16 by 16 pixels). "64x" means the textures are 64 by 64 pixels. Higher numbers mean higher resolution textures. While these values are technically arbitrary, anything other than powers of two can cause issues in-game. The pixel resolution of the textures aren't related to whether they are "Jappa" or "Programmer Art".

Classic Faithful 32x is the programmer art counterpart to Faithful, complete with the original textures from 2011 by Vattic. There are plans for a modern Faithful-styled Programmer Art pack in the future, but for the time being all programmer art packs are based on the original Faithful art from that time period.

The simple answer is no. The amount of effort required for a 128x or 256x pack increases exponentially compared with our highest-supported resolution currently, 64x, and the difference in-game becomes harder and harder to notice. There are "Faithful" packs that may have higher resolution textures, but these aren't official or endorsed by us so your mileage may vary.

Please post any bug reports and/or opinions about the pack in the relevant support channel or report them as an issue on the appropriate GitHub repository. Faithful GitHub • Classic Faithful GitHub

On https://webapp.faithfulpack.net/, log in with your Discord account. Using the sidebar, navigate to the "Upload" tab in the add-on category. Finally, fill out the form that you're presented with, and when you're finished, click the Submit button. Your add-on will appear on the website when it has been reviewed and approved by a manager.

Yes, we are currently in an early stage of rebooting Faithful 32x mod support, and many textures for various mods have already been made. For now, you can download what's done via the Faithful Mods GitHub repository—a more convenient mod picker website is planned for our future site rewrite. Please check out the README file for more information, including how to contribute. You can also talk to others on our Discord. Mod support for any packs besides Faithful 32x and Classic Faithful 32x Programmer Art is not currently planned. (If you decide to make textures for them, you can, just ask a manager to set up a new repository.)

Mod support textures for Vattic-era Faithful were made by numerous people, and were collected and hosted by a group called the F32Organization. Their website that hosts the textures still exists at http://f32.me/, but goes down often (it has most likely gone down indefinitely at the time of writing). Currently, the most reliable place to get the old Faithful mod textures is the F32Organization GitHub. We used to host these textures on our website as well, but over time our mod picker broke down, leading to us removing them. When the time is right, we intend to group the old F32Org textures with Classic Faithful 32x and give them a mod picker on the rewritten website alongside the new Faithful 32x mod support.

The short answer is no. While ludicrously high-resolution packs may cause a minor decrease (well above the scope of the Faithful project), in general shaders or mods are the major graphics-related culprit for causing large amounts of lag, not resource packs. When a resource pack claims to boost FPS, there's a good chance it's completely lying or it will cause a very marginal increase at best.

Visit our Crowdin and see if you can help translate CompliBot or or the Faithful Web App. Once your translations get accepted, ping an online manager to add the role.

This is a vanilla bug that's been in Bedrock for over a year (MCPE-120618) which affects any pack with textures larger than default. A workaround has been found for most items, which is already included in all Faithful packs (any items that are still oversized in Faithful are likely unfixable), but for other packs there's a standalone fix made by MultiPixel available.

First, read our license to see that your project meets our terms (no monetization, giving clear credit, etc). If it meets all the terms and conditions, no further permission is required.