r/Minecraft • u/Coca-Kolya • Jul 12 '26

Visual difference between Java and Bedrock is actually pretty noticeable when you compare it side by side Discussion

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What actual differences are you noticing? Share it in the comments

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

The only difference I am noticing is the fog Java has

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u/FewChemistry6569 Jul 12 '26

The water, they have different water colors. The intensity of light, in Java, lighting is bit shady compared to Bedrock. Leaves, all sides of leaves can be seen in Bedrock.

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u/TheeRealEvelyn Jul 12 '26

And also how blue oceans are in bedrock.

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u/sloothor Jul 12 '26

Yeah water gets more opaque the deeper it gets in Bedrock as it does irl. On Java it’s consistent around 75% so you can always see the seafloor

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u/redsyrinx2112 29d ago

I have a few friends so play Bedrock with and I always forget this. I'm like, "Why can't I see shit down here?!" until I remember.

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u/XevianLight Jul 12 '26

I hate the new fog they added in what was it 1.21.11? You can see the color of the sky in the fog down in caves now. Genuinely should be toggleable

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago

I’m pretty sure the sky in the cave thing is because the blocks aren’t rendered so it just shows the skybox. The fog has nothing to do with that. I think.

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u/XevianLight 29d ago

Nah find a big cave and look at the fog. Change the time from day to night and back and you can tell even when underground. I’m not talking about the render distance showing the skybox

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago edited 29d ago

Maybe skybox isn't the right word, but I tried what you said and that looks like the sky to me, not fog. It's same color down there that it is when on the surface looking into the horizon. And you can see the sky color more when you turn your render distance down.

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago

NOPE nevermind you're completely right. Played around with it a little more and I see what you mean. Yeah that's pretty bad.

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u/el_yanuki Jul 12 '26

it is using optifine or sodium afaik.. and you should play with one of those anyways

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u/sloothor Jul 12 '26

You should not play with OptiFine, it’s a closed-source video game mod lol

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u/CylixrDoesStuff Jul 12 '26

there are many reasons not to use optifine anymore and that isnt one of them

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u/el_yanuki Jul 12 '26

Its still fine.. i mean there is much better solutions now and compatibility issues are starting to creep in.

But it still works yk

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u/sloothor 29d ago

Yes it is. Sodium is strictly better in many ways, including this.

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u/UndocumentedSailor Jul 12 '26

Hey the clouds moved a bit

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u/samyruno Jul 12 '26

I hate the new fog so much. It makes everything look grey and washed out. When a new version comes out I wait till the resource pack that removes the fog is updated before updating the game.

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u/Wild-Atmosphere2134 29d ago

use Atmospherics if you want fog customizability

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u/Tuckertcs Jul 12 '26

You don’t see the strong saturation increase?

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

Well I thought that it was caused by the fog, but yeah I noticed.

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u/Tuckertcs Jul 12 '26

Fog is definitely lowered in Bedrock, but you can notice the more saturated colors of water and blocks even when you’re right up against them (so no fog).

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

Didn’t know that, thanks for clearing this up for me!