Tutorials/Loading a resource pack

These tutorials are meant to help you use resource packs in Minecraft. Resource packs allow players to customize textures, music, sounds, language files, end credits, splashes, and fonts, but do not change the actual game play.

Any platform

Download a resource pack, you should get a .zip file
Open the folder to which you downloaded the file
Copy the .zip file
Open Minecraft
Click on "Options", then "Resource Packs"
Choose "Open resource pack folder"
Paste the file into the resource folder in minecraft
Go back to Minecraft, the resource pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done"

Direct methods

Windows

Download a resource pack, you should get a .zip file
Open the folder, in which you downloaded the file.
Copy the .zip file
Press ⊞ Windows + R then type in: %appdata%\.minecraft\resourcepacks
Paste the file into the directory
Open Minecraft
Go to "Options", then "Resource Packs"
The resource pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".

[NOTE] Folder may not be there until Minecraft has been fully re-launched.

Mac OS X

Download a resource pack of your choice
Do NOT unzip the resource pack just move the .zip file to minecraft's resource pack folder (Should be at ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/resourcepacks)
Open up Minecraft and login
At the main menu select "Options", then "Resource Packs"
Now select your new resource pack and then select done

To access ~/Library/ on a Mac running Mac OS X 10.7 and above, switch to Finder, open the 'Go' Menu, and while holding down ⌥ Option, select 'Library'

Linux

Download a resource pack, you should get a .zip file
Open the folder to which you downloaded the file
Copy the .zip file
Type ~/.minecraft/resourcepacks/ in your file manager's address bar or in the console.
Extract the file into the directory
Open Minecraft
Go to "Options", then "Resource Packs"
The resource pack should now be listed and you can activate it by choosing it and hitting "Done".