Pop-out Clocks Wiki

Put a clock in an item frame in vanilla Minecraft and you get a flat sprite pressed against the wall - the same picture that sits in your hotbar, just larger.

Pop-out Clocks replaces that one case with a real three-dimensional model: a clock case with a rim that stands out from the frame, the way a wall clock actually hangs. The dial still runs off the world time, so the hand sweeps round through the day and the face darkens at night, exactly like the clock in your hand.

Precisely one thing, and only in one place.

That split is deliberate. The pack's item model definition selects on the display context and swaps in the 3D model only for the one an item frame uses, falling back to the vanilla model everywhere else. Nothing about the item itself changes: same crafting recipe, same behaviour, same stack.

• Item frames and glow item frames - both supported.
• Walls, floors and ceilings - the model orients itself with the frame, so a clock laid flat on the floor or fixed overhead still looks right.
• The Overworld - clock faces only track real time in the Overworld, which is vanilla behaviour; in the Nether and the End the dial spins randomly there too.

64 separate faces are included, so the hand moves in small steps rather than jumping, and a wall of framed clocks stays in sync with itself.

1. Download the pack .zip file.
2. Place the .zip into your .minecraft/resourcepacks folder (do not unzip it).
3. Launch Minecraft and open Options -> Resource Packs.
4. Move Pop-out Clocks from the left (available) list to the right (selected) list.
5. Click Done, then put a clock into an item frame.

The pack can be turned on or off at any time from the same screen.

• Texture packs - no conflict unless the other pack also redefines the clock item. If it does, whichever pack sits higher in the selected list wins.
• Shaders - fine, and the raised case picks up shader lighting the flat sprite never could.
• Servers - client side only. Other players see their own version of the clock; you see yours.
• Mods that add clocks - untouched. Only the vanilla clock item is redefined.

The download is tiny and adds no measurable cost, since only a handful of small models are involved.

• The effect is easiest to appreciate from an angle: face-on, the difference is the rim; from the side, the whole case stands off the wall.
• A row of framed clocks makes a good entrance or shop decoration and needs no redstone at all.
• Nothing is stored in the world, so the pack is safe to add or remove from an existing save at any time.
• If a framed clock still looks flat, check the pack is above any other pack that touches the clock item.