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Mello

Mello is a shader with high performance and great visuals.

ShadersFree1.20 – 26.x
by skotah · listed from Modrinth
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Opens Modrinth · 323,953 downloads there

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What it does

Mello is a shader with high performance and great visuals.

Mello is a shader pack made by skotah. It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 323,953 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 6, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.20

Release history

Mello has had 53 releases on Modrinth since Jun 6, 2025. 41 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 0.734, released on Nov 5, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 26.2, 26.3. It runs on Iris. The download is 95 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
0.734Nov 5, 202626.2, 26.3Beta
0.733Nov 4, 202626.2, 26.3Beta
0.732Nov 4, 202626.2, 26.3Beta
0.731Oct 24, 202626.2, 26.3Beta
0.73Oct 22, 202626.2, 26.3Beta
Description from the author on Modrinth

Mello 🎃

Mello is a shader designed to deliver high performance with great visuals.
It uses efficient and minimal algorithms for visuals to get better performance.
It has profiles you can set and configurable options.

  • Low: Has less samples, lower resolution effects, shadow issues may become apparent but its very fast
  • Medium: Is a sweet in between spot for accuracy and performance
  • High: Has sharper effects, less noise, larger shadow distance with a higher color range to avoid visual banding at the cost of some performance

Features include:

  • Filtered soft shadows
  • Fast soft large bloom with resolution control
  • Screenspace contact and distant shadows
  • Screenspace reflections with perfectly reflected clouds
  • Subsurface scattering with indivisual color travel length
  • Hardcoded materials with different speculars, reflectivity, emission and metalness
  • Screenspace sun rays and end flash rays
  • Tempature affected sky color
  • Rain puddles

What features will come:

  • More accurate effects and efficient code with less visual bugs

Currently in development

Written by skotah. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Mello

  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 Mello 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.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

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Questions

Does Mello work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Mello supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20.

Is Mello free?

Yes. Mello is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Mello still updated?

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

What are the best alternatives to Mello?

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