Mellow 2.OShaders · 1.20 – 26.xModified version of Mellow Shader with a Balanced profile for better performance on low-end PCs. Any suggestion OR other pack work just hit the comment. OR…

A higher performance shader forked from Mellow. Support low end and higher end builds. Even runs on integrated graphics!
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Velocity is a shader pack made by nxghtCry0. A higher performance shader forked from Mellow. Support low end and higher end builds. Even runs on integrated graphics!
It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 28,727 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Oct 5, 2026.
Velocity has had 4 releases on Modrinth since Jun 25, 2026. 4 of them came out in the past year. The newest is velo-12, released on Oct 5, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.0 – 1.19.4. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 651 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
velo-12 | Oct 5, 2026 | 1.0 – 1.19.4 | Release |
velocity-11 | Aug 13, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
10 | Jul 22, 2026 | 1.20 – 26.2 | Release |
velo-v9 | Jun 25, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
A higher performance fork of Mellow Shaders for every modern Minecraft version.
This project results in a remarkable framerate for the actual image quality and shader quality itself, and is certainly amoung the more optimized shader choices.
Per the original author's request, this project has been named Velocity instead of Mellow: Reimagined, so if you dig through the files and see references to it, this is why. I didn't see the file until the end of development nearing release.
There are many choices you can make for the ideal graphics and performance balance, among the more popular choices is the Fabulously Optimized modpack, one of the top, if not the top, modpacks here on Modrinth. However, despite the Fabulously Optimized modpack featuring nearly unrivaled performance over vanilla, some prefer Remarkably Optimized (the one I used while developing this)
If your running this on integrated graphics, disable water reflections, set the profile from custom to Potato, disable dynamic shadows and lighting, and if you want to be extra cautious, disable the sun rays and bloom.
It's not fair to say this is the most performant shader out there without honestly listing my specs here, for all to see
When I started this project (version 10 and below) I had an PNY NVIDIA Quadro P2200 5GB Workstation Card.
Current Specs:
My memory is particularly slowing this down, so you can easily outperform me even with a weaker CPU or GPU given my memory bottleneck.
Any DDR5 build should perform significantly better and hit up to 500 FPS on max
Written by nxghtCry0. 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 Velocity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29K | 1.8 – 26.x | Oct 5, 2026 | Free | |
| 22K | 1.20 – 26.x | Jul 29, 2026 | Free | |
| 100 | 1.20 – 26.x | 11 days ago | Free | |
| 58K | 1.20 | Oct 19, 2023 | Free |
Yes. Velocity 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.
Yes. Velocity is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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