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Based 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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Aurora's Shaders is a shader pack made by CrafterAurora. Based on Complimentary Unbound, a beautifully colorful Vanilla+ shader meant for making the game look good while maintaining good performance and vanilla feel.
It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 948,697 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Mar 28, 2025.
Aurora's Shaders has had 10 releases on Modrinth since Nov 19, 2023. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.9, released on Mar 28, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.3 – 1.21.5. It runs on Iris. The download is 394 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9 | Mar 28, 2025 | 1.20.3 – 1.21.5 | Release |
1.8 | Nov 6, 2024 | 1.20.3 – 1.21.3 | Release |
1.7 | Oct 25, 2024 | 1.20.3 – 1.21.3 | Release |
1.5 | Apr 23, 2024 | 1.20.3 – 1.21 | Release |
1.4.1 | Mar 2, 2024 | 1.20.3, 1.20.4 | Release |
Based on Complimentary Unbound
https://github.com/ComplementaryDevelopment
Aurora's Shaders offer a unique look for your game. Beautifully colorful lighting makes the game look incredible while maintaining good performance and the vanilla feel.
While most shaders try to make Minecraft something that it isn't, Aurora's shaders focus on purely enhancing Minecraft's visuals. It's not realistic or fantasy-themed, it's just Minecraft but better.
The overworld, nether and end all look the best they ever have, all 3 dimensions are fine-tuned to be stunning.
I'm not going to ask for money, but I do have a YouTube channel :)
You know what to do
https://www.youtube.com/@CrafterAurora
These shaders are meant for Iris, I'm not sure how well they work on OptiFine or Canvas.
Some user config options may not work as intended or at all. The built-in config works though.
Written by CrafterAurora. 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 Aurora's Shaders 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora's Shadersthe one you looked at | 949K | 1.20 – 1.21 | Mar 28, 2025 | Free |
| Tricked Shaderstricked33 | 96K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 6, 2026 | Free |
 Vanilla AdvancedThePlaneGuy45 | 58K | 1.20 | Oct 19, 2023 | Free |
 Cinematic VanillaDark_PixelForge | 13K | 1.17 – 26.x | Oct 4, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Aurora's Shaders is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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