DefaultEx
Resource packFresh textures, clearer menus, and small story details for your world.
Why no grade
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- Archived on Modrinth.
All 10 criteria
Maintenance
Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.4.1 years ago (5 Sep 2022)Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.Newest supported: 1.19.2. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.19.2. Latest Minecraft: 26.3.Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 3 months.No release in the last 24 monthsStability
Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.None of the 4 modpacks with two or more versions removed itQuick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.NoneTransparency
A resource pack's files can be read in the download. Not counted for resource packs.Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.Does not apply.Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply.Popularity
DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 500,000.149,143Track record
AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.6.9 years, 20 releases
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About
DefaultEx is a vanilla-edit resource pack that refreshes Minecraft’s textures and models while aiming to preserve the game’s familiar visual style; its changes are intended to improve visuals and usability or add touches of lore. It reworks blocks and items across the game, including doors, mangrove blocks, wool, deepslate tiles, boats, minecarts, netherite armor, emeralds, and music discs, with pixel-consistent variants and model updates. Entity changes include a moss-textured creeper, a redesigned baby axolotl and vex, biome-specific villager and zombie-villager appearances, and additional squid variants. The pack also adjusts interface elements such as the furnace screen, recipe-book button, status-effect box, and toasts, and includes optional Dark UI and fast-leaves settings through Respackopts. Some extra visual effects and entity variants use OptiFine, which is recommended but not required; the pack also includes a cloud-fog fix shader.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.14.4 to 1.19.2.
Changes 570 block textures, 197 item textures, 170 mob and entity textures, 54 interface textures, 24 particle textures, 1,477 models, 33 core shader files and 29 other files.
Adds 56 block textures, 54 item textures, 2 mob and entity textures, 2 interface textures, 10 other files, 58 models, 102 sounds, 12 language files and 1 core shader file. In OptiFine's formats: 24 connected textures, 29 custom item textures, 58 entity models, varied textures for 33 mobs, 40 glowing textures, custom colors, 16 texture animations and 200 other files. Also has files for 5 other mods: Respackopts, Figura, Effective and 2 more.
Block textures are mostly 16 by 16 pixels, up to 64 by 64. 55 block and item textures are animated.
Details
- Creator
- Stridey
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 149K
- Created
- 12 Nov 2019
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.14.4 to 1.19.2.
We checked what is inside its files, without opening them in the game.
Why we show this: a resource pack cannot run programs, but its file can hide one. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade.
How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.6 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about all of them. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
Privacy
Sends nothing
A resource pack has no code that can connect to the internet, so it cannot send anything about you.
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files and images and found none.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content declared.
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- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found1,846 images read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
Modpacks that include DefaultEx in at least one of their versions, most downloaded first.
Overly Optimized20K downloadslast version with it 19 Feb 2022
Watch Out for Cave Inns989 downloadslast version with it 16 Aug 2022
F.U.N Origins231 downloadslast version with it 11 May 2022
Scyushi's Adventure Pack181 downloadslast version with it 9 Jan 2022
Pelpiland44 downloadslast version with it 16 Oct 2021Latest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.