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Verlixia

An high-end overhaul of BSL Shaders, featuring multi-colored block lighting, heat haze effect, realistic wet reflections and more!

ShadersFree1.8 – 26.x
by KaiakK · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Verlixia is a shader pack made by KaiakK. An high-end overhaul of BSL Shaders, featuring multi-colored block lighting, heat haze effect, realistic wet reflections and more!

It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 32,938 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Aug 30, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.161.131.121.8

Release history

Verlixia has had 5 releases on Modrinth since Mar 17, 2026. 5 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 2.2, released on Aug 30, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.10 – 1.20.3. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 2.1 MB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
2.2Aug 30, 20261.10 – 1.20.3Release
2.1Apr 17, 20261.10 – 1.20.3Release
2.0Apr 4, 20261.10 – 1.20.3Release
1.1Mar 17, 20261.10 – 1.20.3Beta
1.0Mar 17, 20261.10 – 1.20.3Beta
Description from the author on Modrinth

DISCLAIMER!

Most of the Verlixia code is originally by Capt Tatsu in his BSL Shaders. Verlixia is a "fork" of BSL Shaders v8.3 / 10.1 with permission by Capt Tatsu himself. Credits to Capt Tatsu!

Verlixia!

Verlixia is a shaderpack based on BSL that adds/changes:

  • Color toning: Warmer colors during the day but cooler colors during night time and storms!
  • Better darkness: Nights and caves are more darker for realism, including storms.
  • Wet reflections: Water is now reflective by default and now after it rains, blocks will have a shiny wet reflection!
  • Multi-colored block lighting: Soul torches and redstone objects have their own colored glow, but is pretty subtle!
  • Heat haze: A wavy effect when you are looking at things like lava, fire, torches or in a desert, savanna or the Nether!
  • Wind gust system: Waving is now randomized and can be a little wavy up to wavy based off wind gust.
  • New atmospherics: The End has an endless purple aurora in the sky and way more purple toned than BSL, the Moon has a more bluish tint than BSL too.
  • Darkness effect rework, including desaturtion, film grain boost and a slight chromatic aberration effect, for horror effect.

Platforms, versions and hardware requirements

Verlixia can be ran with the Iris mod with Sodium and/or OptiFine, works best on Iris due to its modern architecture and Sodium integration. Verlixia can work also on many versions and subversions like BSL, this includes:

  • 1.21.x (has been tested)
  • 1.20.x
  • 1.19.x
  • 1.18.x
  • 1.17.x
  • 1.16.x
  • 1.15.x
  • 1.14.x
  • 1.13.x
  • 1.12.x
  • 1.11.x
  • 1.10.x
  • 1.9.x
  • 1.8.x

Verlixia is pretty demanding, more demanding than BSL so you will need these for your PC for High experiences on 1440p:

Tier · Recommended GPUs · Target Performance
Minimum · RTX 1660 Super / RX 5600 XT / Arc A380 · 35+ FPS
Recommended · RTX 5070 / RX 9070 · 120+ FPS
Best Performance · RTX 5090 · 240+ FPS

Tier · Recommended CPUs · Target Performance
Minimum · Ryzen 5 3600 / i3-12100 · 35+ FPS
Recommended · Ryzen 7 7700X / i9-12700K · 120+ FPS
Best Performance · Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 / i9-14900KS · 240+ FPS

However these are just estimates and may be inaccurate and depends on how powerful your CPU is. These estimates only count 1440p and High, 1080p + Medium has lower requirements and 4K + Ultra has way higher requirements. This also depends on how much RAM you have, 32 GB is recommended / give Minecraft 6GB.

License & testing info

Verlixia is created by KaiakK, original BSL shaders by Capt Tatsu. This plugin was tested on a RTX 4060, 1440p, 16GB of RAM! First shader pack by me ever, probably the last too.

Thanks for 32,000 downloads!

Written by KaiakK. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Verlixia

  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 Verlixia 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.

Full guide: How to install Minecraft shaders

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.13, 1.12, 1.8
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 11, 2026)

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Questions

Does Verlixia work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Verlixia 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.

Is Verlixia free?

Yes. Verlixia is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Verlixia still updated?

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

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