Install Mods on Minecraft PE
Minecraft PE is a fun game, but mods can make it a completely different experience. Installing mods for the Pocket Edition of Minecraft is a bit more challenging than the PC version, but the process has gotten much easier with the release of some powerful modding tools for both Android and iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch). A word of caution if you are playing on an iOS device: You'll need to be jailbroken in order to install mods.
Steps
iOS (Jailbreak Only)
- Jailbreak your device. Your iOS device MUST be jailbroken in order to install mods for Minecraft PE. There is no other way to install mods on Apple devices.
- Click here for instructions on jailbreaking your device. The instructions work for iPods, iPhones, and iPads.
- Download and install iFile. This app is only available for jailbroken iOS devices, and can be downloaded from the Cydia store.
- Visit the SharedRoutine website to download the ModLoader program. Once you have iFile installed, you're ready to install ModLoader. Visit sharedroutine.com/mcpe/modloader/ on your device and scroll down to the "Downloads" section.
- Tap "here" at the top of the Downloads section. This will open the download page for ModLoader.
- Tap "Open in iFile". This will launch the iFile app.
- Tap "Installer". This will install ModLoader. If you don't see the option, tap the com.sharedroutine.mcloader.deb file and then tap "Installer".
- Return to SharedRoutine and download any mods you want. There is a small selection of mods that are available from the SharedRoutine website that you can use. Download and install these the same way you did ModLoader.
- Download additional mods from Cydia. There are tons of different mods that are available on Cydia, and most of them work with ModLoader. As long as the file is a .deb file, you can download it and install it using iFile.
- The mod must be designed to run with ModLoader. Most of the popular mods are built for this.
- Open Minecraft PE and tap the new "MCPE Mod Menu" button. You can drag this button around so that it is placed somewhere more convenient.
- Adjust your mod settings. The settings for each of your installed mods will be displayed in the Mod Menu. Depending on the mod, you can use the sliders to adjust the effects, or toggle the mods ON or OFF.
Android
- Download and install BlockLauncher. This is a free app that manages mod files for Minecraft PE. It is one of the only reliable ways to install mods on the Pocket Edition of Minecraft. Another possible launcher app is PocketTool, which uses mostly the same process.
- You can find BlockLauncher on the Google Play Store.
- BlockLauncher only works with the Google Play Store version of Minecraft PE.
- Note that BlockLauncher will not work with Android devices that use the Intel Atom chip. This applies mainly to some Vexia and ASUS tablets and phones. You can see the full list of Android devices running Intel chips here.
- Find the mod that you want to download. There are lots of mods available for the Android version of Minecraft PE. You can find them on a variety of different mod and fan sites. Minecraft PE mods will have a link to a .js file, which is the mod code, and they may also have a link to a .zip file for textures.
- You can only use mods specifically made for the Pocket Edition of Minecraft, and they should be for the version of Minecraft PE you are currently using.
- You cannot use mods that were developed for the PC or Mac versions of Minecraft.
- Download the necessary files. Tap each of the download links to download the mod files to your Android device. Most files are small and should download in a couple of seconds.
- Use BlockLauncher to load a texture file. If you didn't download a texture file, you can skip to the next step. Loading texture files requires BlockLauncher Pro.
- Start BlockLauncher. This will load Minecraft PE through the BlockLauncher app.
- Tap the BlockLauncher Settings button. This is located at the top of the screen after starting BlockLauncher.
- Select "Launcher Options (Requires restart)".
- Tap "Texture Pack" and then tap "Select".
- Open the "Downloads" folder and select the .zip file that you downloaded.
- Use BlockLauncher to load the mod file. Start BlockLauncher and tap the BlockLauncher Settings button.
- Select "Manage ModPE Scripts".
- Tap "Import" and then select "Local storage".
- Open your Downloads folder and tap the .js file that you downloaded.
- Enable the mods. During gameplay, you can enable and disable installed mods through the BlockLauncher Settings menu. Tap the mod you want to toggle and then select "Enable" or "Disable".
