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Solas Shader

A modern fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and stunning visuals

ShadersFree1.12 – 26.x
by Septonious · listed from Modrinth
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Direct download from Modrinth · 18,686,104 downloads

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What it does

Solas Shader is a shader pack made by Septonious. A modern fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and stunning visuals.

It supports Minecraft 1.12 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 18,686,104 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 2, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.161.131.12

Release history

Solas Shader has had 38 releases on Modrinth since Dec 13, 2022. 10 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 3.9, released on Nov 2, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.12 – 1.21.10. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 1.2 MB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
3.9Nov 2, 20261.12 – 1.21.10Release
3.8Oct 14, 20261.12.2 – 1.21.11Release
3.7bAug 23, 20261.12 – 1.21.10Release
3.7Jul 1, 20261.12 – 1.21.10Release
3.6Apr 29, 20261.12 – 1.21.10Release
Description from the author on Modrinth

Showcase

About

  • Solas is a fantasy stylized shaderpack aiming to provide stunning visuals at a moderate performance cost. Screenshots showcasing the shader can be found in the Gallery section.

Important links

  • Discord / Boosty / GitHub / Solas Website

Main features

  • Advanced lighting
  • Colored block lighting
  • Realtime shadows without light leaking in caves
  • Cloud shadows
  • Subsurface scattering on certain blocks
  • High quality volumetrics
  • 3D Clouds, crepuscular rays, fireflies, Nether smoke, Ender protoplanetary disk
  • Beautiful sky effects
  • Aurora, Milky Way, Ender Nebula and Black Hole, rainbows
  • Customizable post-processing
  • Fine-tuned tonemapping, bloom, lens flare, chromatic aberration, depth of field, motion blur, tilt-shift
  • Realistic water
  • Procedural waves, caustics, light absorption and refraction
  • Integrated PBR resourcepack
  • Emissive textures, reflective materials and procedurally generated normals
  • PBR resourcepacks support
  • Both LabPBR and OldPBR/SeusPBR formats are supported
  • Turn on "PBR Resourcepack" in shader settings!
  • Mod compatibility
  • Voxy
  • Distant Horizons
  • Iris Shaders (Preferred loader)
  • OptiFine (Custom skyboxes and colored block lighting are not supported)

Credits

  • EminGT and gri573 for improved shadow sampling.
  • SixthSurge for voxelization & light propagation algorithm.
  • Capt Tatsu for antialiasing and a few other pieces of BSL's code.
  • Community members for contributing to Solas in different ways.

Written by Septonious. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Solas Shader

  1. Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine for your Minecraft version: shaders need one of them.

  2. Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.

  3. In Minecraft, open Options, then Video Settings, then Shader Packs, and click Open Shader Pack Folder.

  4. Drop the .zip file into that folder, pick Solas Shader in the list and click Done.

  5. Shaders are heavy on the graphics card. If the game gets slow, pick a lower profile in the shader settings.

Full guide: How to install Minecraft shaders

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.13, 1.12
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 11, 2026)

Solas Shader compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

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Questions

Does Solas Shader work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Solas Shader supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.13, 1.12.

Is Solas Shader free?

Yes. Solas Shader is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Solas Shader still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Solas Shader?

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