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Like vanilla, but better Minecraft shaders for almost any PC
Every shader pack carries a performance tier its own author set, and a style. Pick what your card can handle and what you want it to look like. We are not judging which is prettiest; we are reporting what the authors said.
Integrated graphics, an old laptop, a machine that struggles with vanilla. These are built to cost almost nothing. Keeps Minecraft looking like Minecraft. Softer light, real water, nothing you would not recognise.
Complementary Shaders - Reimagined10.7k followers · up to 26.2Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.PowerfulMid-rangeModestAnythingOptiFineIrisreflections · shadows · bloom · volumetric light
Miniature Shader1.8k followers · up to 26.2Extremely lightweight with shadows and reflectionsModestAnythingOptiFineIrisreflections · shadows · volumetric light
MC VHS575 followers · up to 1.21.5A relatively simple shader for minecraft, made to emulate the look of old VHS recordings.AnythingOptiFineIris
Bloop Shaders476 followers · up to 26.1.2A shader aimed at maximum speed while maintaining good visuals.
Scalable from low to high end computers.PowerfulMid-rangeModestAnythingIrisOptiFinereflections · shadows · bloom · volumetric light
Potato Shaders469 followers · up to 1.20.1A very lightweight shaderpack that is still fancy in its own way.AnythingIrisOptiFinebloom · waving foliage
RenderPearl436 followers · up to 26.2Clean, high performance shaders for modern hardwarePowerfulMid-rangeModestAnythingIrisreflections · shadows · volumetric light · PBR textures
Epoch345 followers · up to 1.20.2A vintage and Lo-Fi emulating shader.ModestAnythingIrisOptiFineshadows · PBR textures
CTR VCR332 followers · up to 26.2Retro stylized shader that brings artifacts from CRT and VCR / VHSModestAnythingIrisOptiFinebloom
E-LITE shaders (MakeUp edit)314 followers · up to 26.2A MakeUp - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast!ModestAnythingIrisOptiFinereflections · shadows · bloom · volumetric light
Just Colored Lighting313 followers · up to 26.2Just Colored Lighting and Dynamic Lights added to a very fast shader for Potato computers, with optional shadows, texture upscaling, and great PBR support. Voxy and Distant horizons are also supported.AnythingIrisshadows · PBR textures · coloured lighting
Builder's QOL Shaders262 followers · up to 1.20.3A lightweight shader pack designed to enhance the vanilla aesthetic.AnythingIrisOptiFine
Pegasus Shaders259 followers · up to 1.21.11A shader that blends high performance range with new features, and lots of stylistic range!PowerfulMid-rangeModestAnythingIrisreflections · shadows · bloom · volumetric light
VanillAA258 followers · up to 1.20.1Vanilla rendering, but with TAAAnythingIrisOptiFine
Flashlight Shader216 followers · up to 1.21.4Iris shader that gives you a flashlight!AnythingIrisOptiFinevolumetric light
BVS - Best Vanilla Shader214 followers · up to 26.2Very Simple and Best shader for You!PowerfulMid-rangeModestAnythingOptiFineIrisshadows · PBR textures · coloured lighting · waving foliage![[BTB] Back To Basics in game](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/jiOSfcba/images/729b94891981617672e24c74edcff4cc65e96a15_350.webp)
[BTB] Back To Basics197 followers · up to 26.1.2BTB is a shader that emulates the looks of old retro PS1 3D games.AnythingOptiFineIrisvolumetric light
LIGHT Shaders169 followers · up to 26.2As light as light, as beautiful as painting.
Make you have both high FPS and good image quality.PowerfulMid-rangeModestAnythingOptiFineIrisreflections · shadows · volumetric light · waving foliage
RetroVision150 followers · up to 1.21.11Add a VHS TV Effects Shader and MOREAnythingIrisOptiFineshadows · bloom
Stereo's Default+144 followers · up to 1.21.4Shadows, Waving Water and LavaAnythingOptiFineIrisshadows
Simplicissimus Shader140 followers · up to 1.20.1A shaderpack that tries to stay as simple as possible while still adding dynamic shadows and preserving as much of the vanilla rendering as possible.AnythingIrisOptiFineshadows · bloom
Acid Shaders 1.5139 followers · up to 1.21.1This is a minecraft shader pack that is a fan-made remaster of acid shaders, It has several different modes, and has a fast way to make your own custom deformation fomulas.AnythingOptiFineIris
Simply Upscaled129 followers · up to 1.21.11A very Vanilla high performance shader with live Texture Upscaling/Filtering and optional shadows. Configurable subtly enhanced vanilla feel.ModestAnythingIrisOptiFineshadows · PBR textures
TAA Project129 followers · up to 26.1.2Lightweight TAA shaderpack.ModestAnythingOptiFineIris
Yamashita Shimejize 🍄125 followers · up to 26.1.2A shader with a slight rain scent.AnythingOptiFineIrisshadows · volumetric light
Frequently asked
Which Minecraft shader runs best on a weak PC?
232 of the shader packs we track are tagged by their own authors as running on very weak hardware, including integrated graphics. That tag is the author's own claim about their pack, not a benchmark we ran, which is why it is worth more than a top ten list somebody wrote once.
Do I need Iris or OptiFine?
One of the two, and Iris is the usual answer now: it is faster, it works alongside Sodium, and it loads packs written in the OptiFine format. OptiFine still has features nothing else replicates, so a pack built specifically for it may behave differently under Iris.
Will shaders lower my frame rate?
Yes, considerably. Shaders rewrite how the game draws light and shadow, which is expensive whatever your hardware. Running Sodium alongside Iris buys some of that cost back, which is why the two are usually installed together.
How is this list ordered?
By followers, not downloads. A shader bundled inside a popular modpack inherits that pack's download count, so downloads say more about the modpack than the shader. Nobody follows a shader pack by accident.
Installing them is a separate question: setting up Sodium and Iris covers what to install and in what order. Or browse every shader pack by Minecraft version.
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