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Reflective, refractive, and rippling water.
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Water Shader Alpha is a shader pack made by MahoganyCraft. Reflective, refractive, and rippling water.
It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 13,898 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Apr 19, 2025.
Water Shader Alpha has had 4 releases on Modrinth since Apr 12, 2025. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is v1.4, released on Apr 19, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.20, 1.21. It runs on Iris. The download is 2.5 MB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
v1.4 | Apr 19, 2025 | 1.20, 1.21 | Alpha |
v1.3 | Apr 18, 2025 | 1.20, 1.21 | Alpha |
v1.2 | Apr 17, 2025 | 1.20, 1.21 | Alpha |
v1.0 | Apr 12, 2025 | 1.20, 1.21 | Alpha |
Water Shader Alpha is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is Water Shader Alphav1.4, published on Apr 19, 2025.
Before that: Water Shader Alphav1.3 (Apr 18, 2025), Water Shader Alphav1.2 (Apr 17, 2025).
The Water Shader Mod is an old mod created by Necrowizzard and later updated by Superbomb17 that features reflections, refractions, and waving water. This shaderpack is a complete rewrite of the original water shader mod and updates it to a shaderpack compatible with Iris for Minecraft 1.20+. This new shader is more stable, suffers fewer bugs, and fixes issues from the original mod.
Written by MahoganyCraft. 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 Water Shader Alpha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Shader Alphathe one you looked at | 14K | 1.20 – 1.21 | Apr 19, 2025 | Free |
| Fluxurekillameep | 428 | 26.x | 7 days ago | Free |
 oh shinysimplysunny | 295 | 1.20 – 26.x | 7 days ago | Free |
 Lumina ShaderBenjiaa | 198K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 20, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Water Shader Alpha is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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