1. Check your system
You need Minecraft Bedrock Edition on Windows 10 or 11. Make sure you have the version from the Microsoft Store (not Java Edition — they’re different games).
For full RTX ray tracing:
• An NVIDIA RTX GPU (RTX 2060 or newer)
• Up-to-date NVIDIA drivers (download here)
• DirectX Raytracing (DXR) support (all RTX cards have this)
Don’t have an RTX card?
You can still use the pack with Vibrant Visuals (the new built-in rendering option). Vibrant Visuals works on Xbox, PlayStation, mobile, and PCs without RTX. You won’t get full ray tracing, but you’ll still get enhanced visuals with no mods needed.
⚠ Common Mistake Vibrant Visuals works on Xbox, PlayStation, and mobile without mods. You don’t need an RTX card for the basic visual enhancements — but full ray tracing is NVIDIA RTX only.
💡 Tip AMD GPUs with ray tracing (RX 6000+) may also work, but they’re not officially tested. Results may vary.
2. Download the pack
Get the Optimum Realism Bedrock RTX .mcpack file from the official download page or Patreon. Make sure you’re downloading the Bedrock / RTX version — the Java pack is a different file and won’t work here.
The Bedrock version is available in 64x (free), 128x, and 256x resolutions.
⚠ Java and Bedrock packs are completely different. If the file ends in .zip, it’s probably the Java version. The Bedrock version is a .mcpack file.
💡 Tip The Bedrock version has fewer features than Java Edition due to platform limitations. It doesn’t include custom entity models, but it does support RTX ray tracing for incredible lighting and reflections.
3. Import the pack
Method 1 (easiest): Just double-click the .mcpack file. Minecraft Bedrock opens automatically and imports the pack. You’ll see a notification at the top saying it was imported successfully.
Method 2 (manual): If double-clicking doesn’t work, you can manually place the pack. Open File Explorer and go to:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\resource_packs
To get there, press Win + R and paste the path above. Then rename the .mcpack file to .zip, extract it, and place the extracted folder there.
⚠ Common Mistake If you’re using the manual method, make sure you extract the .mcpack into a folder. Don’t just drop the .mcpack file into resource_packs — it needs to be an extracted folder with a manifest.json inside.
4. Activate the pack
Step 1 — Global activation:
Open Minecraft and go to Settings → Global Resources. Find Optimum Realism in the list and click Activate. This applies the pack to all worlds by default.
Step 2 — Enable ray tracing:
Create a new world (or edit an existing one). Go to the world settings and look for the Ray Tracing toggle — turn it ON.
The first time you enter an RTX world, it may take a minute to load while the game compiles ray tracing shaders. This is normal.
⚠ Common Mistake Ray tracing only works in worlds that have it enabled. You need to toggle it ON in each world’s settings — it’s not a global option.
5. Performance tips
RTX ray tracing is very demanding. Here are some tips to get the best experience:
• Render distance: Start with 8–12 chunks. RTX is much heavier than normal rendering.
• Upscaling: Enable DLSS (or FSR on AMD) in video settings. This renders at a lower resolution internally and upscales, giving you a big FPS boost with minimal visual loss.
• Ray tracing distance: If available in settings, lower it from "far" to "medium" for better performance.
• Close background apps: RTX uses almost all of your GPU. Close anything else that’s using GPU power.
Expected performance:
• RTX 2060: 30–45 FPS at 1080p with DLSS
• RTX 3070: 50–70 FPS at 1080p, 30–45 FPS at 1440p
• RTX 4070+: 60+ FPS at 1440p with DLSS
These are rough estimates — your actual performance depends on your system, render distance, and pack resolution.
💡 Tip For the best screenshot quality, try turning DLSS off temporarily and lowering render distance. You get native resolution without any upscaling artifacts.
6. Optional — install Better RTX for the marketing-screenshot look
If you’ve seen striking Bedrock RTX screenshots online, on YouTube, or in our gallery, they’re almost certainly using Better RTX rather than vanilla Bedrock RTX. Better RTX is a free community shader mod that fixes Minecraft’s default ray tracing and adds path tracing, better reflections, tone mapping, and depth of field. It works alongside the Optimum Realism RTX pack and dramatically lifts the quality of what you see in-game.
How to install (60 seconds):
1. Press Win + S, type PowerShell, then click Run as Administrator.
2. Paste this command and press Enter:
iwr https://bedrock.graphics/installer/v2/$PsUICulture | iex
3. The installer auto-detects your Minecraft installation and applies the mod. Pick a preset when prompted (Path Tracing is the cinematic one).
4. Launch Minecraft and enter an RTX world — the difference is immediate.
Full details, alternative installers, and preset previews: bedrock.graphics. Community + support: the BetterRTX GitHub.
⚠ Better RTX modifies game files. Every Minecraft Bedrock update can overwrite the changes — if the look suddenly reverts after a Microsoft Store update, just re-run the installer to reapply it. It’s not officially supported by Mojang/Microsoft, but it’s widely used by the Bedrock community without issue.
⚠ Common Mistake Better RTX is not the texture pack. It changes how Minecraft renders ray tracing. You still need Optimum Realism active in Global Resources for the actual textures — Better RTX just makes those textures look much closer to the marketing screenshots.
💡 Tip Most of the Optimum Realism Bedrock RTX screenshots on Discord, Patreon, and our before/after gallery are taken with Better RTX + Path Tracing preset. If you want the pack to look like the screenshots, install this.
