Transparent Wiki & Guide
The community wiki and guide for Transparent — recipes, items, tags and mechanics, kept current for every Minecraft version the mod supports.
About this mod
Transparent allows resource packs to give certain entities textures with transparent (or translucent) pixels. To use, simply install the mod and use or create a resource pack that gives one of the supported entities a transparent texture.
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Resource pack used in the above image: BwW Texturepack.
Officially supports Paintings++ Mod!
Supported Entities
| Entity | Enabled By Default | Reason | Versions | |------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------| | Armor Stand | true | | 1.19.4+ | | End Crystal | true | | | | End Crystal Beam | true | | 1.21+ | | Item Frame | true | | | | Painting | true | | | | Player Cape | true | | 1.21+ | | Player Armor | true | | 1.21+ | | Beacon Beam | false | Enabling transparency causes render layer bugs. | |
If you want another entity to be supported by this mod, please let me know on Discord or GitHub Issues.
Configuration
In order to change the default configuration, paste the following json file content into a file in your resource pack located at /assets/transparent/transparent.json.
{
"armor_stand": true,
"beacon_beam": false,
"end_crystal": true,
"end_crystal_beam": true,
"item_frame": true,
"painting": true,
"player_cape": true,
"player_armor": true
}
Report any issues on GitHub. Chat on Discord in the #transparent channel.
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Compatibility
Which Minecraft versions and mod loaders the mod supports.
| Loader | MC 1.21.5 | MC 1.21.4 | MC 1.21.3 | MC 1.21.2 | MC 1.21.1 | MC 1.21 | MC 1.20.6 | MC 1.20.4 | MC 1.20.2 | MC 1.20.1 | MC 1.20 | MC 1.19.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Forge | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neoforge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Quilt | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Dependencies
Other mods required (or optional) to run this mod.
Recent updates
Latest releases with the author's changelog notes.
- Update to MC 1.21.5.
A full changelog is hosted on GitHub.
- Update to MC 1.21.5.
A full changelog is hosted on GitHub.
- Remove accidentally left in debug cape override.
A full changelog is hosted on GitHub.
- Remove accidentally left in debug cape override.
A full changelog is hosted on GitHub.
- Update to MC 1.21.4.
A full changelog is hosted on GitHub.
Gallery

Related mods
Mods in the same category as this one.
Developer resources
Version history
Transparent 8.0.1+1.20.1-forge (MC 1.20.1) → 21.1.0-neoforge (MC 1.21.1): 0 recipes added · 0 recipes removed · 0 recipes updated.