Overview#
Bloom and Serenity UI is an interface pack. It does not touch a single block, item or mob - what it replaces is every window the game puts in front of you.
The grey panels become hand-drawn scenes: mossy stone, running water, hanging baskets, flowers. A crafting table looks like a garden workshop, a brewing stand like a cluttered alchemist's bench, a stonecutter like a mason's wall. The HUD is repainted to match, so the hearts, armour, hunger and hotbar belong to the same drawing.
What It Changes#
| Area | What is redrawn |
|---|---|
| Container screens | Crafting, furnace, chest, anvil, enchanting, brewing, loom, stonecutter, smithing, grindstone, barrel and more - each its own scene |
| Player screens | Survival inventory and creative inventory, including tabs and slot frames |
| HUD | Hotbar, hearts, armour, hunger, experience bar |
| Menus | Pause, options, advancements, statistics - carved wooden buttons and a warm background |
| World | Nothing. Blocks, items, entities and terrain are untouched |
Because the world is untouched, the pack is additive: it changes how the game feels to operate, not how it looks to explore.
Installing the Pack#
- Download the pack
.zipfile. - Place the
.zipinto your.minecraft/resourcepacksfolder (do not unzip it). - Launch Minecraft and open Options -> Resource Packs.
- Move Bloom and Serenity UI from the left (available) list to the right (selected) list.
- Click Done. The menus change immediately.
The pack can be turned on or off at any time from the same screen.
Layering With Other Packs#
This is the pack's main strength. Since it only ships interface art, it can sit above a texture pack you already use and you keep that pack's world with these menus.
- Texture packs - no conflict. Put Bloom and Serenity UI higher in the selected list.
- Other UI packs - these do conflict, since only one can own a given screen. Whichever sits higher wins.
- Shaders - unaffected; shaders do not draw the interface.
- Servers - client side only. Nothing needs installing anywhere else.
It also carries interface art for a number of popular mods, which is used automatically if you happen to run them and ignored if you do not.
Notes#
- The illustrated backgrounds are larger and busier than vanilla's plain panels; if you prefer a quieter inventory, this is not the pack for you.
- Screen readability was kept in mind: slots stay clearly outlined against the artwork.
- Nothing is stored in the world, so it is safe to add or remove from an existing save at any time.
- If a screen still looks vanilla, check that no other interface pack sits above this one.
