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As light as light, as beautiful as painting. Make you have both high FPS and good image quality.
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LIGHT Shaders is a shader pack made by Author87668. As light as light, as beautiful as painting. Make you have both high FPS and good image quality.
It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 622,052 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Oct 17, 2026.
LIGHT Shaders has had 15 releases on Modrinth since Jun 24, 2025. 10 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.9.0, released on Oct 17, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.10 – 1.20.3. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 172 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9.0 | Oct 17, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
1.8.0 | Aug 23, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
1.7.1 | Aug 22, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
1.7.0 | Aug 11, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
1.6.0 | Aug 10, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
As light as light, as beautiful as painting.
Make you have both high FPS and good image quality.
Extended version with PBR and GI: LIGHT Ray Shaders
Optimized based on Chocapic13's Shaders,
Removed some unnecessary features,
Some bugs have also been fixed,
Let you have an excellent FPS.
Removed some features of Chocapic13's Shaders,
But it's not one-size-fits-all like some shaders,
Instead, it retains excellent picture manifestation:
And added a few features of it own.
Gives you a unique atmosphere.
Doesn't make you feel so dark in the Nether instead of you can't see anything like the usual shaders.
Written by Author87668. 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 LIGHT 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.
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHT Shadersthe one you looked at | 622K | 1.8 – 26.x | 24 days ago | Free |
| Butter ShadersTypon | 100K | 1.8 – 1.21 | Feb 16, 2026 | Free |
 Vanilla AdvancedThePlaneGuy45 | 58K | 1.20 | Oct 19, 2023 | Free |
 Bloop Shadersespen96 | 2M | 1.16 – 26.x | Mar 25, 2026 | Free |
Yes. LIGHT Shaders 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, 1.8.
Yes. LIGHT Shaders is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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