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.

Replace vanilla glowing shader with optimized and prettier one imo
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Smoother Glowing is a shader pack made by MelonRind. Replace vanilla glowing shader with optimized and prettier one imo.
It supports Minecraft 1.12 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 54,482 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Oct 11, 2026.
Smoother Glowing has had 9 releases on Modrinth since Jul 5, 2023. 2 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.5.1, released on Oct 11, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.17 – 26.3. It runs on Vanilla. The download is 18 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.1 | Oct 11, 2026 | 1.17 – 26.3 | Release |
1.5.0 | Sep 19, 2026 | 1.17 – 26.3 | Release |
1.4.0 | Oct 18, 2025 | 1.17 – 26.2 | Release |
1.3.0 | Jun 19, 2025 | 1.21.6 | Release |
1.2.0 | Mar 30, 2025 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
I've rewritten the glowing post shader to remove the black outline and stop it from covering the entity, it looks better imo.
Also, it's faster than vanilla so you'll lose less fps while there's glowing entity in view.
Feel free to use it anywhere!
It works on Minecraft 1.9 and all the way up. But if you're on below Minecraft 1.14, you'll need a game restart after applying this pack.
(Technically it works on all version because there's no glowing effect before 1.9)
Recently (2025/10/19) found out that it doesn't work below Minecraft 1.17 on macOs, and I didn't bother to debug it. My windows pc broke so I can't test if it still works on windows. I'd like to assume it does..
It should be installed like resource pack.
Why is it in Shaders category? Because this pack only modifies post shader and there's Vanilla filter in Shaders category. So I thought it's technically a resource pack but logically a shader pack.
Here's the answer from Modrinth mod if you're confused too
Minecraft itself has optimized the shader with similar strategy on 1.20.5+, so this pack's optimization won't be as obvious as before. But I still prefer this pack's visual because:
After some testing, this pack still optimizes from 54fps to 60fps on 1.21! (at least on my client)
The radius and final alpha can be changed by editing the entityglow.fsh files. (changing radius affects performance!) If you have a hard time modifying it, try out Shader Reload Mod or join my Discord!
Written by MelonRind. 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 Smoother Glowing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54K | 1.12 – 26.x | Oct 11, 2026 | Free | |
| 949K | 1.20 – 1.21 | Mar 28, 2025 | Free | |
| 459K | 1.12 – 26.x | Sep 20, 2025 | Free | |
| 177K | 1.8 – 1.21 | Feb 10, 2026 | Free |
Yes. Smoother Glowing 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.
Yes. Smoother Glowing is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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