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A horror atmosphere shader for Minecraft (Iris & OptiFine): crushing darkness, creeping fog, film grain and flicker. Fully adjustable in-game.
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A horror atmosphere shader for Minecraft (Iris & OptiFine): crushing darkness, creeping fog, film grain and flicker. Fully adjustable in-game.
Dreadlight is a shader pack made by noxantgames.clip. It supports Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 6,219 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Jul 18, 2026.
The newest is V1, released on Jul 18, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21.10. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 4 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
V1 | Jul 18, 2026 | 1.17 – 1.21.10 | Release |
Dreadlight turns your world into somewhere you don't want to be alone.
A lightweight horror shader for Minecraft, compatible with Iris and OptiFine. It crushes ambient lighting so torches and lava become your only real lifeline, wraps distant terrain in a suffocating fog, and layers film grain, subtle chromatic aberration and an unstable light flicker on top for a found-footage kind of dread.
Features
Crushed ambient lighting — real darkness, not just dim
Creeping fog that swallows the horizon
Film grain + chromatic aberration for an unsettling look
Tightening vignette
Occasional flicker, like a torch about to die
Every value adjustable in-game (Shader Options): fog density, grain, darkness, vignette, flicker
No heavy shadows or GPU cost — just pure, oppressive atmosphere. Perfect for horror maps, atmospheric survival worlds, and creepy let's-plays.
Written by noxantgames.clip. 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 Dreadlight 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.
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreadlightthe one you looked at | 6,219 | 1.17 – 1.21 | Jul 18, 2026 | Free |
| Zombie Horror ShaderBeboNaiem | 9,741 | 1.17 – 26.x | Jun 25, 2026 | Free |
 Insanity ShaderElocinDev | 8M | 1.8 – 1.21 | Jun 13, 2024 | Free |
 Cyanide Shadersmlgimposter | 159K | 1.12 – 1.21 | Jan 21, 2023 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.
Yes. Dreadlight is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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