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Pholas Shaders is a heavy shaders with godrays, reflections etc.
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Pholas Shaders is a heavy shaders with godrays, reflections etc.
Pholas Shaders is a shader pack made by YongWoo. It supports Minecraft 1.19 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 3,191 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Sep 6, 2026.
The newest is r1, released on Sep 6, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.19 – 26.2. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 1.4 MB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
r1 | Sep 6, 2026 | 1.19 – 26.2 | Release |
Sundial Lite, reimagined. PholasShaders takes the speed and efficiency of Sundial Lite and layers in cinematic lighting, glowing ores, and reflective water/metal built for players who want their world to look incredible without needing a monster PC.
Reworked Water & Reflections
A completely reworked wave system gives water a more natural, dynamic ripple, while Diamond, Iron, and Gold blocks now carry true metallic reflective properties the signature look RippleShaders is built around.
Radial sunbeams that break through trees, mountains, and cave entrances sky-aware so they never bleed into torchlight or lava.
Every vanilla ore Coal, Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, Diamond, Emerald, Redstone, Nether Gold, Nether Quartz, Ancient Debris, and all Deepslate variants now glows with a high-contrast emissive shine. Mining has never looked this good.
A layered, organic screen-distortion effect kicks in the moment you go underwater waves ripple across your vision instead of a flat, static underwater look.
Plants and leaves sway at double the default speed, giving the world a constant sense of motion and life.
Optional letterbox bars for that movie-trailer look, toggleable straight from the in-game menu.
Enhanced Motion Blur
Smoother, more noticeable motion blur out of the box for a cinematic feel while exploring.
Built on Sundial Lite's efficient foundation, PholasShaders is tuned to run great on low and mid-range hardware no need to sacrifice FPS for atmosphere.
Credits & License
PholasShaders is a fork of Sundial Lite by GeForceLegend, modified by Dev. All original copyright notices are preserved, and this project is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, in full compliance with the original license
Written by YongWoo. 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 Pholas 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.
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pholas Shadersthe one you looked at | 3,191 | 1.19 – 26.x | Sep 6, 2026 | Free |
| Ripple ShadersGamesofDev | 4,867 | 1.19 – 26.x | Aug 1, 2026 | Free |
 Sildur's Enhanced Default ShadersSildur | 270K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 15, 2026 | Free |
 Lumina ShaderBenjiaa | 196K | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 20, 2026 | Free |
Yes. Pholas Shaders supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19.
Yes. Pholas Shaders is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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