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Windy water in Vanilla Minecraft.
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Wavy Water is a shader pack made by AlphaLeoli. Windy water in Vanilla Minecraft.
It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 48,142 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Aug 24, 2026.
Wavy Water has had 5 releases on Modrinth since Aug 21, 2025. One of them came out in the past year. The newest is 2.0.4, released on Aug 24, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.2 – 26.2. It runs on Minecraft. The download is 12 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.4 | Aug 24, 2026 | 1.20.2 – 26.2 | Release |
2.0.3 | Nov 1, 2025 | 1.20.2 – 1.21.10 | Release |
2.0.2 | Oct 7, 2025 | 1.20.2 – 1.21.10 | Beta |
2.0.1 | Aug 22, 2025 | 1.20.5 – 1.21.8 | Release |
2.0.0 | Aug 21, 2025 | 1.20.5 – 1.21.5 | Alpha |
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This is a texture pack (not a mod or shaderpack) that works in Vanilla Minecraft. To use, all you need to do is apply the pack. No other required installs and no required settings tweaks. There are optional settings that you can access in the texture pack itself or with an optional mod called respackopts.
The waves in the texture pack are extremely simple, and is done by calculating a sine wave for the x direction and a cosine wave for the z direction (both based on height, speed and frequency) then just taking the average of the two. The waves are not meant to be realistic, and instead are meant to add more depth to the base game.
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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 Wavy Water 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48K | 1.20 – 26.x | Aug 24, 2026 | Free | |
| 5,766 | 1.17 – 1.21 | Mar 6, 2026 | Free | |
| 5,171 | 1.18 – 26.x | Oct 8, 2026 | Free | |
| 19 | 26.x | 6 days ago | Free |
Yes. Wavy Water supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20.
Yes. Wavy Water is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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