Important Minecraft Settings

For the best playing experience, use the following highly reccommended Minecraft settings.
The Optifine mod is also extremely encouraged.

Connected Textures: OFF

Options > Video Settings > Quality > Connected Textures

Animated Textures: ON

Options > Video Settings > Animations > Textures Animated

Custom Fonts: ON

Options > Video Settings > Quality > Custom Fonts

Smooth Lighting: OFF

Options > Video Settings

GUI Scale: Above 3

Options > Video Settings

Lazy Chunk Loading: OFF

Options > Performance

Optimal Render Distance: 15

Options > Video Settings

Minimum Entity Distance: 200%

Options > Video Settings > Details