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Shaderific

Simplistic yet stylish shaders for the vanilla client, enable Fabulous graphics options for the full experience!

ShadersFree1.20
by DawnKiro · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Shaderific is a shader pack made by DawnKiro. Simplistic yet stylish shaders for the vanilla client, enable Fabulous graphics options for the full experience!

It supports Minecraft 1.20. It has been downloaded 58,308 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Jul 21, 2023.

Supported versions

1.20

Release history

Shaderific has had 2 releases on Modrinth since Jul 15, 2023. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 0.2, released on Jul 21, 2023. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.1. It runs on Vanilla. The download is 239 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
0.2Jul 21, 20231.20.1Beta
0.1Jul 15, 20231.20, 1.20.1Beta
Description from the author on Modrinth

I no longer have the time or patience to work on this project, and I don't plan to update it in the near future. If you are a shader dev and are interested in picking up this project, feel free to contact me on Discord.

A somewhat simplistic shader built using vanilla Minecraft's rendering pipeline.
This shader is a resource pack, so don't add it to the shader packs folder, use the resource packs folder instead!
This shader may be incompatible with certain rendering or performance mods, and is meant to be used purely vanilla (though should still be compatible with most mods). Known incompatibilities are Sodium and Optifine.

Features included:

  • Waving foliage
  • More natural lighting with soft shadows
  • Bloom
  • Automatic exposure
  • Depth of field
  • Sparkling night sky
  • Colored moon
  • Gradual fog (originally from Confogurable (Classic))
  • Gleaming armor (from the pack with the same name)
  • Square entity shadows
  • Stylistic highlights, a light outline around blocks and entities
  • Glowing/shiny gems (there is a known issue with some item models, may be fixed in a later update)
  • More foggy nether portal
  • Advanced beacon block model
  • Not really shader-related but 3D rails and randomized hay blocks with partially connecting textures
  • Double layered clouds (there is a known issue with going above them, it may be fixed in a later version)
  • Better water coloration in some places
  • Tilted rain
  • Custom player skin features including blinking, customizable damage color, damage expression, emissive pixels, and a cape! Help setting this up will be provided on request in the discord server.
  • Built-in compatibility with Stable Player Display when Shaderific is applied on top

Note that this pack is still in beta so there may be graphical inconsistencies and performance issues in certain scenarios. Help is provided in my discord.

Written by DawnKiro. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Shaderific

  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 Shaderific 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
1.20
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

Shaderific compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

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Super Duper VanillaEldeston8.3M1.13 – 1.21Jul 8, 2025Free

Questions

Does Shaderific work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.20.

Is Shaderific free?

Yes. Shaderific is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Shaderific still updated?

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

What are the best alternatives to Shaderific?

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