Item Variants

Item variants are a new tooltip field used by similar items to group them together & shorten long item names.

List of Variants

baked
black
blue
brown
chipped
chiseled
coarse
cooked
cracked
cut
cyan
damaged
dead
deepslate
dried
enchanted
exposed
flowering
gray
green
large
light_blue
light_gray
lime
magenta
medium
mosaic
mossy
ochre
orange
oxidized
pearlescent
pink
polished
purple
raw
red
small
smooth
stripped
verdant
weathered
white
yelloyellow

Item Variant Definition

The JSON definition for variants is the same as tags:

{
  "values": [
    "minecraft:dried_kelp",
    "minecraft:dried_kelp_block"
  ]
}

Files are placed in assets/[namespace]/variants/

If adding a new variant type, the system will expect a translation for that variant:

• variant.item.dried

When an item is listed inside a variant definition, it's backend translation key will expect a .variant suffix appended to it:

• block.minecraft.dried_kelp_block -> block.minecraft.dried_kelp_block.variant

The variant system adds the translated variant key to the item's tooltip, under the name. It is expected that the item's variant translation simply removes the variant's name from it.

• Dried Kelp Block -> Kelp Block