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A high-end shader focused on great visuals, packed with features like blocklight shadows, colored block lighting, CSM shadows, realistic water physics (vertex…
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Lumenite Shaders is a shader pack made by Willek. A high-end shader focused on great visuals, packed with features like blocklight shadows, colored block lighting, CSM shadows, realistic water physics (vertex…
It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 7,644 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 7, 2026.
Lumenite Shaders has had 15 releases on Modrinth since Oct 3, 2026. 15 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 2.9.33, released on Nov 7, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.20 – 26.3. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 7.3 MB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
2.9.33 | Nov 7, 2026 | 1.20 – 26.3 | Release |
2.9.30 | Oct 28, 2026 | 1.20 – 26.3 | Release |
2.9.8 | Oct 17, 2026 | 1.20 – 26.3 | Release |
2.9.7 | Oct 17, 2026 | 1.20 – 26.3 | Release |
2.9.6 | Oct 17, 2026 | 1.20 – 26.3 | Release |
packed with features like blocklight shadows, colored block lighting, CSM shadows, realistic water physics (vertex manipulation), shader grass, snow footprints, volumetric clouds, god rays and much more. The Nether and the End each have their own look, with glowing lava, Nether haze and a custom End sky. Supports labPBR resource packs, Voxy and Distant Horizons, and LambDynamicLights. Comes with presets from Potato to Ultra, plus a full settings menu to tune the shader to your taste.
Requires Minecraft 1.21.x and Iris 1.8 or newer (made on Iris 1.10.7 and Sodium 0.8.12).
labPBR resource packs are fully supported, and vanilla textures get built-in materials (shiny metals, glinting ores, wet stone).
Voxy and Distant Horizons: far-away terrain is lit and fogged to match the rest of the world.
LambDynamicLights works with no setup, and held light is colored by the item.
Physics Mod: Full compatibility.
Minecraft 1.21.x
Iris 1.8 or newer (made on Iris 1.10.7 and Sodium 0.8.12)
A GPU with OpenGL 3.3. The default High preset is aimed at an RTX 4070 Ti class card; use Low or barebones optimized on weaker hardware.
Install
Put Lumenite [[version]].zip in your shaderpacks folder without unzipping it. Then go to Options, Video Settings, Shader Packs and select Lumenite.
Written by Willek. 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 Lumenite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumenite Shadersthe one you looked at | 7,644 | 1.20 – 26.x | 3 days ago | Free |
| Butter ShadersTypon | 101K | 1.8 – 1.21 | Feb 16, 2026 | Free |
 VerlixiaKaiakK | 33K | 1.8 – 26.x | Aug 30, 2026 | Free |
 RAY TRACING POTATOoct2one | 4,748 | 1.16 – 26.x | 25 days ago | Free |
Yes. Lumenite Shaders supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20.
Yes. Lumenite Shaders is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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