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Resources / Shaders / Pickle Shade

Pickle Shade

A shader for low pc's that still looks cool

ShadersFree1.16 – 26.x
by Bassbuilderjurre · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Pickle Shade is a shader pack made by Bassbuilderjurre. A shader for low pc's that still looks cool.

It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 2 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 11, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.16

Release history

The newest is 1.0.0, released on Nov 11, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.16.5 – 26.3. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 16 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.0.0Nov 11, 20261.16.5 – 26.3Release
Description from the author on Modrinth

🥒 PickleShade

v1.0.0. "First Brine"

A vanilla shaderpack built for low-end PCs.

Big looks, footprint. No shadowmaps, no TAA, no ray tracing. Clean classic GLSL that runs great even on potato GPUs.

✨ What you get

  • 🌿 A living world. Grass, flowers and leaves sway in the wind water ripples on the surface
  • ☀️ directional shading. The sun and moon light up faces naturally
  • 🌫️ Distance fog. Matched to the sky color, underwater and in lava
  • 🌊 Deep water. Fades to blue and turns opaque with distance
  • ✨ Bloom. Warm glow around the sun, torches, glowstone and lava
  • 🎞️ Filmic look. ACES tone mapping, rich color grading and a subtle vignette

🪶 Why its fast

No shadowmaps to render no temporal effects, no heavy compute shaders. Every effect is a single lightweight fullscreen pass. On graphics or a 10-year-old GPU this is the shader that still keeps your FPS high.

🎛️ Your rules

13 adjustable settings in-game, under Shader Pack Settings. Wave speed & intensity bloom, exposure, saturation, contrast, color temperature, vignette. All apply instantly no restart needed.

📦 Compatibility

  • Iris. Minecraft 1.16.5 – 1.21.x (recommended)
  • OptiFine. Minecraft 1.14+

🚀 Install

  1. Drop PickleShade_v1.0.0.zip into your.minecraft/shaderpacks folder
  1. Select it under Options > Video Settings > Shader Packs
  1. Done. Enjoy the breeze. 🍃

Written by Bassbuilderjurre. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Pickle Shade

  1. Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine for your Minecraft version: shaders need one of them.

  2. Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.

  3. In Minecraft, open Options, then Video Settings, then Shader Packs, and click Open Shader Pack Folder.

  4. Drop the .zip file into that folder, pick Pickle Shade in the list and click Done.

  5. 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

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
CC BY
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 16, 2026)

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Simplicissimus ShaderRRe36241K1.12 – 1.20Jun 13, 2023Free

Questions

Does Pickle Shade work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Pickle Shade supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16.

Is Pickle Shade free?

Yes. Pickle Shade is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Pickle Shade still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Pickle Shade?

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