Lumina ShaderShaders · 1.8 – 26.xCinematic shaders for Minecraft Java featuring a black hole and white hole in the End, atmospheric lighting, volumetric clouds, water reflections and…
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A shader made to work with Simple Clouds and Project Atmopshere localised weather.
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Atmospheric Shaders is a shader pack made by Gaboouu. A shader made to work with Simple Clouds and Project Atmopshere localised weather.
It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 8,329 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Jun 16, 2026.
Atmospheric Shaders has had 4 releases on Modrinth since Nov 18, 2025. 4 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 0.2, released on Jun 16, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 484 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2 | Jun 16, 2026 | 1.20.1, 1.21.1 | Release |
0.1 | Mar 27, 2026 | 1.20.1, 1.21.1 | Release |
0.0.4 | Nov 24, 2025 | 1.20.1, 1.21.1 | Release |
0.0.1 | Nov 18, 2025 | 1.20.1, 1.21.1 | Beta |
For the latest releases, fixes, and future updates, please use CurseForge.
Atmospheric Shaders is a shader pack focused on sky rendering and lighting.
It is designed to work with SimpleClouds and keeps visuals close to vanilla while improving atmosphere behavior.
The sky uses smoother gradients and better horizon blending.
Light diffusion and sky color transition more gradually across the day.
Clouds react to time of day and lighting conditions.
They are visually blended into the sky instead of appearing as a separate layer.
Sky brightness and color shift based on weather and biome context.
Storms and clear weather produce different ambient tones.
Colors are kept balanced.
Bloom and post effects are limited to keep the image readable and stable.
Dawn and dusk transitions are smoother with more natural color shifts.
Effects are conservative and lightweight.
The pack is intended to remain stable and usable on a wide range of systems.
Cloud visuals will be refined further.
Water and fog behavior will be improved.
Sky scattering and sun coloration will be adjusted.
Some visuals may later react to weather data such as storms or humidity.
If you are using this with SimpleClouds, be aware that there are many incompatibilities.
Before going to the comments saying that this mod does nothing, read this.
Mods like Alexs Caves, Immersive Engineering, Distant Horizons and others break the fragile balance of the rendering pipeline.
This results in depth and scene composition issues.
I have been working on a fix for a long time but have not found a proper solution yet.
If you are comfortable with GLSL or Java and think you might have an idea, feel free to help.
Atmospheric Shaders is a modified shader pack created under the grant provided by Complementary Development.
It is not an official Complementary product.
Original pack: Complementary Shaders by Complementary Development
Website: complementary.dev
License: Complementary License Agreement 1.5 (included unmodified in the pack)
License conditions followed:
The original license file is preserved without modification.
The name does not include the word Complementary.
Credit and an official link are provided.
Visual differences are present during normal gameplay.
All rights remain with Complementary Development.
Atmospheric Shaders is an independent project built within the permissions of the Complementary License Agreement 1.5.
Written by Gaboouu. 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 Atmospheric Shaders 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Shadersthe one you looked at | 8,329 | 1.20 – 1.21 | Jun 16, 2026 | Free |
| Lumina ShaderBenjiaa | 197K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 20, 2026 | Free |
 Principalxsoras | 7,980 | 1.16 – 26.x | Sep 12, 2026 | Free |
 Hysteria ShadersElocinDev | 3.7M | 1.8 – 1.21 | Aug 2, 2024 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Atmospheric Shaders is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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