How to install Addons on a Minecraft Bedrock Server

Sometimes you join a Minecraft world and think:

“Dang, I wish I could add cool mobs or custom weapons here!”

Let’s say you run a small Bedrock server with your friends.
You’ve found a really cool RLCraft Addon online and want everyone to use it — but after uploading, nothing works... 😩

Don’t worry, we’ve all been there.
Let’s walk through how to properly install Addons so everything runs smoothly! 🚀

1. What Are Addons?

In Minecraft Bedrock Edition, Addons are like mods — they can change how mobs behave, add new items, or even modify the whole world.

Basically, there are two types:

🧠 Behavior Pack → controls how entities act or how the game logic works.
🎨 Resource Pack → changes textures, sounds, or models.

When combined, they can transform your world into something totally new!

2. What You’ll Need

Here’s what you need to get started:

🖥️ Minecraft Bedrock Server
👉 Don’t have one yet? You can easily get a server from Octavia.
📦 Your Addons (Resource + Behavior) → The Addons you want to install.

🧰 You Can Install Addons in 2 Ways:

Directly on the Server → Manually edit the files and upload.
Server → Singleworld → Server → Download the world, install the Addons locally, then re-upload it.

3.1 Installing Directly on the Server

If you want to do everything manually, here’s the setup — a bit more technical, but it gives you full control:

📂 Upload your Resource Pack to
worlds/Bedrock Level (or your world)/resource_packs/
(you can create the folder if it doesn’t exist)
📂 Upload your Behavior Pack to
worlds/Bedrock Level (or your world)/behavior_packs/
(you can create the folder if it doesn’t exist)

After that, link both packs to your world by creating and editing the following files:

📁 Resource Pack Config

Create world_resource_packs.json in the worlds/Bedrock Level (or your world) folder

[
  {
    "pack_id" : "", // Required, insert the Resource UUID
    "subpack" : "", // Optional, name of default subpack
    "version" : [ 0, 0, 0 ] // Required, Resource version
  }
]

Create world_resource_pack_history.json in the worlds/Bedrock Level (or your world) folder

{
  "packs": [
    {
      "can_be_redownloaded": false,
      "name": "", // Required, Resource name
      "subpacks_count": 0, // Optional
      "uuid": "", // Required, Resource UUID
      "version" : [ 0, 0, 0 ] // Required, Resource version
    }
  ]
}

📁 Behavior Pack Config

Create world_behavior_packs.json in the worlds/Bedrock Level (or your world) folder

[
  {
    "pack_id" : "", // Required, Behavior UUID
    "version" : [ 0, 0, 0 ] // Required, Behavior version
  }
]

Create world_behavior_pack_history.json in the worlds/Bedrock Level (or your world) folder

{
  "packs": [
    {
      "can_be_redownloaded": false,
      "name": "", // Required, Behavior name
      "uuid": "", // Required, Behavior UUID
      "version" : [ 0, 0, 0 ] // Required, Behavior version
    }
  ]
}

Once all files are uploaded and linked, restart your server — and your Addons should now load correctly! ✅