Fix Missing Pink Hearts or Plain Menus When the Pack Won't Show
If you've activated the pack but still see red hearts, drumstick hunger or grey menus, work through these checks in order.
Check Your Pack Setup
1. Open Options > Resource Packs and confirm the Mermaid Pack is in the Selected column, not just Available.
2. Look for other selected packs that change the HUD, hearts or inventory screens. Move the Mermaid Pack above them so its textures win.
3. As a test, temporarily move every other pack back to Available. If the pink hearts and kelp appear, one of those packs was the conflict. Add the others back one at a time, keeping this pack on top.
4. Click Done and let the game finish reloading. You can also force a reload in-game by pressing F3 + T.
Other Things to Check
- Partial changes: sometimes your hearts are pink but the furnace or crafting table looks vanilla. In that case, a different pack is replacing just that screen. Find it and move it below the Mermaid Pack.
- Server packs: some servers push their own resource pack, which can sit on top of yours. Check the server's pack prompt or settings, or test in a singleplayer world.
- Shaders: shaders loaded through Iris or OptiFine change world lighting, not your hotbar or menus. They shouldn't hide this pack. Still, try turning shaders off if you suspect a problem.
Once everything shows correctly, look at your hotbar. You should see pink hearts, kelp hunger, seashell armor and a bubble experience bar.