Aurora's ShadersShaders · 1.20 – 1.21Based on Complimentary Unbound, a beautifully colorful Vanilla+ shader meant for making the game look good while maintaining good performance and vanilla feel.
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A shaderpack that gives Minecraft a modern visual overhaul while staying faithful to its original look.
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Vanilla Plus Shader is a shader pack made by RRe36. A shaderpack that gives Minecraft a modern visual overhaul while staying faithful to its original look.
It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 2,761,939 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Feb 28, 2025.
Vanilla Plus Shader has had 5 releases on Modrinth since May 7, 2023. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 3.3, released on Feb 28, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.16.5 – 1.21.4. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 435 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3 | Feb 28, 2025 | 1.16.5 – 1.21.4 | Release |
3.2 | Jun 12, 2023 | 1.16 – 1.20.1 | Release |
3.1 | May 13, 2023 | 1.16 – 1.20 | Release |
3.0b | May 7, 2023 | 1.16 – 1.19.4 | Release |
3.0 | May 7, 2023 | 1.16 – 1.19.4 | Release |
This shaderpack gives the the game a modern and streamlined visual overhaul while staying faithful to the original visuals.
Written by RRe36. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.
Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine for your Minecraft version: shaders need one of them.
Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.
In Minecraft, open Options, then Video Settings, then Shader Packs, and click Open Shader Pack Folder.
Drop the .zip file into that folder, pick Vanilla Plus Shader in the list and click Done.
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
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Plus Shaderthe one you looked at | 2.8M | 1.16 – 1.21 | Feb 28, 2025 | Free |
| Aurora's ShadersCrafterAurora | 949K | 1.20 – 1.21 | Mar 28, 2025 | Free |
 Simplicissimus ShaderRRe36 | 240K | 1.12 – 1.20 | Jun 13, 2023 | Free |
 Tricked Shaderstricked33 | 95K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 6, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Vanilla Plus Shader is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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