How to Fix Dark Ores When Using the X-Ray Texture Pack

Even when the X-Ray Texture Pack makes dirt and stone invisible, Minecraft's normal lighting engine still applies to buried blocks. Ores that are completely surrounded by solid blocks have a light level of zero and will appear pitch black or hard to distinguish from afar.

Brewing Night Vision Potions

The X-Ray Texture Pack works best with a Night Vision potion, which removes darkness from all rendered blocks regardless of how deep underground they are.

1. Place a Brewing Stand and fuel it with Blaze Powder.

2. Add Water Bottles to the bottom slots and brew them with Nether Wart to create Awkward Potions.

3. Brew the Awkward Potions with a Golden Carrot to create Potions of Night Vision.

4. Optionally, brew the finished potions with Redstone Dust to extend their duration for longer mining sessions.

Combining Night Vision with Brightness Settings

Before enabling your X-Ray pack, open Options, go to Video Settings, and drag the Brightness slider all the way to the maximum setting. Return to your game and drink a Potion of Night Vision.

When you activate the X-Ray Texture Pack with Night Vision active, every exposed and buried ore vein—along with underground gravel pockets—will appear fully lit at their standard 16x resolution, letting you tell different ore types apart from a distance.