Tutorial 6 steps ~3 minutes iPad
Exporting to Minecraft
The Export screen is how your work leaves MiniBench and becomes a file Minecraft can open. Here's how to read it, pick the right format, and get a clean pack out every time.
New here? Start with
Your first pack: blank → in-game
for the full round trip. This tutorial goes deeper on just the export step.
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Open the Export screen
Open your project and tap Export. MiniBench shows everything about the pack it's about to build — its name and type, the export format, the version, and a validation report — all on one screen before anything leaves the app. -
Read the validation
MiniBench checks your pack and tells you what it finds before you export — a malformed manifest, a missing pack_icon.png, or, here, that there's no tick.json so your functions won't auto-run. Warnings like this don't block the export; they just tell you what to expect in-game (this pack runs with /function instead). A clean pack simply reports that all checks passed. -
Choose your format
Pick what Minecraft receives:
· .mcpack — a single pack (the default, and what you want most of the time).
· .mcaddon — a behavior pack + resource pack bundled together, for add-ons.
· .mcworld — your pack embedded in a ready-to-play world, so it's active the moment it opens. (.mcworld export is part of MiniBench Pro.) -
Tap Export — the share sheet appears
MiniBench packages the file and hands it to iOS. The standard share sheet slides up with your pack — here, Redstone Manor · 164 KB — ready to send anywhere. -
Send it straight to Minecraft
Tap Minecraft and the game imports your pack automatically — no files to move by hand.
Don't see Minecraft? It only appears if Minecraft Bedrock is installed on the same device. Install it, then export again. -
…or save it for later
You don't have to send it to Minecraft right away. Save to Files keeps the .mcpack in iCloud or on-device, and AirDrop sends it to another device — handy for sharing a pack with a friend or moving it to another iPad.
Exported — now get it running.
Once your pack is in Minecraft, you still have to turn it on. Next up: activating a behavior pack on a world and running it.
Activate & run your pack