Why Does My Copper Golem Texture Set Show “Specified Image Could Not Be Found” Error?
Quick Answer: The copper_golem texture set in Bedrock Samples references a MERS (metalness/emissive/roughness/subsurface) texture file that doesn’t exist in the repository. This is a known missing asset in the official samples.
Details: GitHub issues #119 and #120 from the Mojang/bedrock-samples repository report that the copper_golem texture set definition in `textures/items/copper_golem.texture_set.json` references a `copper_golem_mers` texture file that is missing from the repository. The error message “[Texture][inform]-TextureSet (textures/items/copper_golem) | Specified image could not be found” appears when the game tries to load this texture set.
Details: The texture_set JSON defines two properties: `color` pointing to `copper_golem` and `metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface` pointing to `copper_golem_mers`. While the base color texture exists, the MERS texture (which controls metallic/emissive/roughness/surface properties for PBR rendering) is absent from the sample files.
Details: This is a known gap in the official Bedrock Samples repository. The copper golem was a mob vote candidate that wasn’t added to vanilla Minecraft, so its assets were never fully completed in the samples. To fix this in your own addon, you can either: (1) Create a MERS texture file matching your color texture’s dimensions, (2) Remove the `metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface` line from the texture_set JSON if you don’t need PBR properties, or (3) Copy a working MERS texture from another item (like `copper_ingot_mers`) and rename it.
{
"format_version": "1.21.30",
"minecraft:texture_set": {
"color": "copper_golem",
"metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface": "copper_golem_mers"
}
}Last updated: 2026-07-18
