Aurelia ShadersShaders · 1.21 – 26.xWarm, cinematic golden-hour shaders — soft PCSS shadows, global illumination, volumetric clouds, glowing ores, vibrant biome atmosphere.
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A warm, cozy atmosphere and heartwarming shadows.
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Soleron is a shader pack made by xsoras. A warm, cozy atmosphere and heartwarming shadows.
It supports Minecraft 1.8 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 3,127 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Sep 12, 2026.
Soleron has had 2 releases on Modrinth since May 24, 2026. 2 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.1, released on Sep 12, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.10 – 1.14. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 32 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1 | Sep 12, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.14 | Release |
0.8 | May 24, 2026 | 1.10 – 1.20.3 | Release |
Cold atmosphere. Warm light. No compromise.
Soleron is a performance-conscious Minecraft Java shader built for players who want cinematic visuals without sacrificing control. Every feature is slider-tunable directly from the in-game shader menu — no config file editing required.
Soft Shadows that actually look soft.
Soleron uses PCSS (Percentage-Closer Soft Shadows) paired with a 32-sample Poisson PCF filter on a 4096px shadow map. Shadows widen naturally as distance from the caster increases — just like real sunlight. Shadow softness, bias, sample count and search radius are all slider-adjustable.
Volumetric God Rays with moonlight.
An 80-sample raymarched god ray pass casts dramatic light shafts through trees, windows and overhangs. Works at night too — moonlight casts its own subtle shafts. Density, decay and weight are fully configurable.
Six tone mapping operators.
Choose between Reinhard, ACES, Hable, Lottes, Uchimura and AgX from the shader menu. ACES is the default — punchy highlights, deep shadows, no blown-out skies.
Colored shadows.
Stained glass, leaves and translucent blocks cast tinted shadows on the ground. Three quality tiers: off, balanced, high.
Vegetation SSS.
Leaves and tall grass scatter light from behind, glowing warmly when backlit by the sun. Strength is adjustable.
Floating dust particles.
Tiny animated dust motes drift around light sources — torches, lanterns, sunbeams. Adds life to dark corridors and forest scenes without a noticeable FPS cost.
Dual-pass Gaussian bloom.
Smooth, controllable bloom with a separate threshold slider so only the brightest surfaces glow. No halo artifacts.
Full post-processing suite.
Chromatic aberration · film grain · lens flare · vignette · depth edge fringe — each toggleable and tunable individually.
Atmospheric fog.
Height-based ambient fog with density, start distance and height ceiling controls. Works seamlessly with the god ray pass.
Loader · OptiFine 1.16+ / Iris 1.18+
Java Edition · 1.16 — 1.21
GLSL · #version 120
Render Pipeline · GBuffers + Composite
Tested on Nvidia RTX 5070 and above. AMD/Intel may require setting shadow samples to 32 and colored shadow quality to "Balanced".
Shadow softness · PCSS angle · bloom strength · tone mapper · exposure · saturation · god ray density · sun halo · ambient fog · wave speed · water alpha · vignette · film grain · chromatic aberration · and more.
Made with OptiFine/Iris GBuffer pipeline.
Written by xsoras. 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 Soleron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soleronthe one you looked at | 3,127 | 1.8 – 26.x | Sep 12, 2026 | Free |
| Aurelia Shadersjankrodev | 7,888 | 1.21 – 26.x | Sep 29, 2026 | Free |
 Vanilish ShadersTypon | 66K | 1.8 – 1.21 | Feb 16, 2026 | Free |
 Earth ShadersGamesofDev | 44K | 1.20 – 26.x | Apr 30, 2026 | Free |
Yes. Soleron supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16, 1.13, 1.12, 1.8.
Yes. Soleron is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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