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    Karma Shader Nightmare

    Shader

    A horror shader that fills dark worlds with fog and lurking threats.

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    Files come from CurseForge servers.

    Karma Shader Nightmare.zip

    Released 13 Jun 2026 · 70.1 KB

    Passed: our checks found nothing harmful in this file.

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    Required to run

    • Iris ShadersAMinecraft 26.2 · Fabric (release 1.11.4)
    • SodiumNeeded by Iris ShadersAMinecraft 26.2 · Fabric (release 0.9.2)
    B82/ 100
    Security
    Passed
    Privacy
    Nothing sent
    Minecraft versions
    Up to 26.2
    • OverviewB
    • SecurityPassed
    • PrivacyNothing sent
    • AINone found
    • CompatibilityUp to 26.2
    • ModpacksIn 19
    • ReleasesLatest 13 Jun
    OverviewSecurityPrivacyAICompatibilityModpacksReleases

    Why grade B

    How grades work

    Strengths

    • Regular releases for Minecraft 26.2, a version many recently updated mods still support
    • Stable releases

    Points lost

    • First release only 4 months ago−7 points
    • Under 5 million downloads−1 point
    All 10 criteria

    • Maintenance

      Full points21 / 21
      Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.4 months ago (13 Jun 2026) 12 / 12
      Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.Newest supported: 26.2. 77% of the 170 popular Quilt mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 26.2. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9
      Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 3 months.Does not apply. The project is under 6 months old.

    • Stability

      Full points10 / 10
      Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.None of the 10 modpacks with two or more versions removed it 5 / 5
      Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.
      Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5

    • Transparency

      Does not apply. A shader's files can be read in the download. Not counted for projects only on CurseForge.
      Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.Does not apply.
      Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker or a Discord server.Does not apply.

    • Popularity

      1 point lost3 / 4
      DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.84,190 3 / 4

    • Track record

      7 points lost1 / 8
      AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.4 months, 1 release 1 / 8
    Total82 / 100

    35.4 of the 43 points that apply = 82 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.

    Images

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    About

    Karma Shader Nightmare is a cinematic, semi-realistic horror shaderpack that reshapes Minecraft into an oppressive survival experience, with dark atmospheres and a world that responds to fear. Remaining in pitch-black darkness raises fear, warping vision, making shadows crawl, and revealing glowing eyes in cave walls that can be warded off with light. At night in deep woods, Ghost Faces, tall Shadow Figures, and lidless Watcher Eyes appear in the distance and dissolve as the player approaches. Low, true 3D fog banks drift with the wind and thicken during storms, while rare Blood Moon nights bathe the landscape in crimson. The Nether becomes the Ash Hell, lit only by lava amid falling ash and rising columns of black smoke. In the End, a volumetric black ocean replaces the sky; ripples from unseen figures walking above send columns of light down onto the islands. Desaturated cinematic grading emphasizes blood and fire reds, jaundice highlights and teal shadows, with breathing vignettes, analog film grain, and a red death-throb when health is low.

    Written from CurseForge . How we write it

    In-game changes

    Changes how the game looks: 14 shader programs, for the Nether and the End. Draws its own shadows, water, sky and clouds.

    Details

    Creator
    Haider_x
    License
    All rights reserved
    Downloads
    87K
    Created
    13 Jun 2026
    Official page
    CurseForge

    Security

    No harmful code found

    We checked what is inside its files, without opening them in the game.

    Why we show this: a shader cannot run programs, but its file can hide one. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade.

    How we checked · The latest file checked, last on 16 Oct 2026
    • FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.
      1 latest file, for a recent version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases

    Privacy

    Sends nothing

    A shader has no code that can connect to the internet, so it cannot send anything about you.

    AI

    No sign so far that AI was used to make it

    We looked for AI tools in its description, files and images and found none.

    We have not read its changelogs yet.

    Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.

    How we checked · 3 places read
    • Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.
      Not on Modrinth.
    • Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.
      Nothing found in the description
      Changelogs not read yet
    • Its filesCredits and texts in the files you download that name an AI tool.
      Nothing found
    • Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.
      Nothing found

    Compatibility

    See the file in Releases
    Minecraft
    1.181.201.2126.1

    Point at or tap a version to see it.

    RequiresProjects you must also install for it to work. From the author's lists for its files for recent Minecraft versions, or from its project page.
    Iris ShadersA
    OptionalProjects it can work with but does not need. The author lists them.Nothing
    IncludesProjects packed inside its files.Nothing
    Speed of updatesHow fast it gets a file for new Minecraft versions, on average, compared with similar projects. Not part of the grade.It got a file the same day Minecraft 26.2 came out. No file yet for Minecraft 26.3.

    Modpacks using this project

    Modpacks that include Karma Shader Nightmare in at least one of their versions, most downloaded first.

    ModpackDownloadsLast version with it
    Epic Shaders - All The Shaders579K downloadslast version with it 19 Oct 2026Shaders Shaders Shaders!83K downloadslast version with it 18 Jun 2026Immersive Shaders42K downloadslast version with it 17 Sep 2026I Love Shaders4.8K downloadslast version with it 28 Jul 2026Simply ALL the Shaders557 downloadslast version with it 6 Oct 2026~1nst's Shaders~419 downloadslast version with it 13 Oct 2026Celkak'Island383 downloadslast version with it 17 Aug 2026Nightmare Undead Apocalypse309 downloadslast version with it 19 Jun 2026Goatman All of Them294 downloadslast version with it 15 Oct 2026Create Physics Bound270 downloadslast version with it 2 Sep 2026
    1 to 10 of 1912

    Latest files

    The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.

    MinecraftVersionSecurityRequires
    1.18.2 to 26.2Karma Shader NightmareKarma Shader Nightmare · Karma Shader Nightmare.zipRequires:NothingPassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.

    1 release

    MinecraftVersionReleasedSecurityGet it onDownload
    1.18.2 to 26.21.18.2 to 26.2The latest file for its Minecraft version and loaderKarma Shader NightmareKarma Shader Nightmare · Karma Shader Nightmare.zip·13 Jun 2026PassedOur checks found nothing harmful in this file.Open this file on CurseForgeDownload · Stable · 70.1 KB