How To Fix Mods Not Working In Minecraft PE (2025 Guide)

If you are looking for a guide on How to Fix Mods Not Working in Minecraft PE, this one is for you! So you downloaded a mod, followed the install steps, loaded up your world and… nothing. Mod’s not there. Or maybe it’s there but half of it doesn’t work. Or your game just crashes immediately. Yeah, that’s frustrating as hell. Happens to everyone though, even people who’ve been modding Minecraft for years. PE mods are finicky – way more than PC mods because mobile has limitations and compatibility issues PC doesn’t deal with.

The good news? Most mod problems have pretty simple fixes. Usually it’s something dumb like wrong Minecraft version or files in the wrong folder. Sometimes it’s your phone being weird. Occasionally the mod itself is just broken and there’s nothing you can do about it. I’ve dealt with basically every mod problem that exists at this point. Game crashes, missing features, import failures, worlds that won’t load, all of it. Most of the time I figured out what went wrong within like 5 minutes once I knew what to check.

This guide covers the actual solutions that work, not the generic “try reinstalling” advice that doesn’t help anyone. We’re going through the real problems – version mismatches, file structure issues, experimental settings, conflicts between mods, corrupted downloads, all that stuff. If your mod’s not working there’s a reason. Let’s figure out what it is and fix it so you can actually play.

If you haven’t installed mods yet, check out our complete guide on how to install mods in Minecraft PE.

Make Sure Your MCPE Version is Compatible

This is the number one reason mods don’t work and people always overlook it. Mods are built for specific Minecraft versions. A mod made for 1.20 probably won’t work on 1.21. Might not even import. Or it imports fine but then breaks your world or crashes the game when you try using it. Check what version of Minecraft you’re running. Open the game, it shows the version number right on the main menu in the corner. Write that down or screenshot it or whatever.

Your options if versions don’t match – either update Minecraft to match the mod, or find a different version of the mod that matches your Minecraft. Updating Minecraft’s easier usually. Just be aware that updating can break other mods you already have installed. There’s no way to force a mod to work on the wrong version. People ask about this all the time and the answer’s always no. Version compatibility isn’t optional, it’s how the game’s coded. Wrong version means broken mod, that’s just how it is.

Before downloading anything, check versions first. Saves you so much troubleshooting time later.

Verify That Mods Are Properly Installed

Half the time mods don’t work because they’re not actually installed right. Easy mistake to make. Go back to your file manager and check where you put the mod files. Open Internal Storage, then games, then com.mojang. Inside there you should see behavior_packs and resource_packs folders. Open those folders and look for your mod. Is it there? Is it a folder or is it still a zip file? Because if it’s still zipped it won’t work. You gotta extract it first. The actual folder needs to be sitting in behavior_packs or resource_packs, not a zip file.

Also check if you put it in the right folder. Behavior stuff goes in behavior_packs, resource stuff in resource_packs. Sounds obvious but it’s easy to mix them up when you’re installing multiple mods. Open the mod folder itself. There should be a manifest.json file in there. If you don’t see that file, something went wrong during extraction or download.

Fix Missing Textures or Items

Okay so this one drove me crazy for weeks when I first started modding. You install a mod, it shows up in your pack list, you activate it, load the world and… some stuff’s just not there. Or blocks look all glitchy and purple-black checkered. First thing I learned – missing textures usually means the resource pack part didn’t load. Check if the mod needs both behavior AND resource packs activated. I’ve made this mistake so many times where I’d turn on the behavior pack, forget the resource pack, then wonder why everything looks broken. Both need to be active in your world settings.

Go back to your world edit screen. Scroll to where you activate packs. Make sure both are turned on and they’re in the right order. Resource pack should be activated after behavior pack. I don’t know the technical reason but swapping that order has fixed things for me before. Sometimes textures are missing because the mod file got corrupted during download. This happened to me with a furniture mod once – only half the items showed up correctly. I redownloaded it from the same site and suddenly everything worked. Your download might’ve cut out or the file was damaged. Delete what you have, download fresh, reinstall.

Clear Cache and Restart MCPE

This sounds like generic tech support advice but it actually works more often than I want to admit. Minecraft PE holds onto a bunch of temporary files and data while it’s running. Sometimes that cached stuff gets corrupted or conflicts with new mods you just installed. I’ve had mods that straight up wouldn’t work until I cleared everything out and started fresh. On Android – go to your phone settings, find Apps, scroll to Minecraft, tap Storage, then hit Clear Cache. NOT clear data, that deletes your worlds. Just cache. Does the same thing as the classic turn it off and on again but more thorough.

iOS doesn’t let you clear cache the same way which is annoying. Your only option is fully closing the app and reopening it. Double tap home button or swipe up depending on your iPhone, swipe Minecraft away completely. Don’t just minimize it, actually close it. Then wait like 30 seconds before opening again. Gives your phone time to actually dump the memory. I’ve also found that restarting your actual phone helps when mods are being weird. All those background processes and apps eat up RAM that Minecraft needs. I had a mod that kept crashing my game until I restarted my phone – then it ran fine. No idea why that fixed it but it did.