Vanilish Shaders
ShaderSoft lighting and warm colors give your world a natural look.
- Security
- Passed
- Privacy
- Nothing sent
- Runs on
- Client only
- Loaders
- Iris, OptiFine
- Minecraft versions
- Up to 1.21.11
Why gradeA
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No place to report problems−3 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
All 10 criteria
Maintenance
Full points27 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.8 months ago (16 Feb 2026) 12 / 12Supports 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: 1.21.11. 42% of the 170 popular Quilt mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.21.11. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 3 months.Releases in 3 of the last 24 months 6 / 6Stability
Full points10 / 10Removed 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 / 5Quick 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 / 5Transparency
3 points lost0 / 3Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.Does not apply. A shader's files can be read in the download.Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker or a Discord server.No link to report problems 0 / 3Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.161,171 3 / 4Track record
Full points8 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.12 months, 2 releases 8 / 8
47.8 of the 52 points that apply = 92 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Vanilish Shaders gives Minecraft a warm, natural atmosphere while retaining its vanilla visual style, with soft lighting, natural water reflections, and warm sky and world colors. Its visual effects include shadows, depth of field, temporal anti-aliasing, improved ambient occlusion, chromatic aberration, motion blur, volumetric clouds and light, reflections, and waving plants. The shader aims to balance visual quality with efficiency across low-end and high-end PCs, and modifies MakeUp Ultra Fast Shaders with changes to color, lighting, and atmospheric effects.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
Changes how the game looks: 23 shader programs, for the Overworld, the Nether and the End. Draws its own shadows, water, sky, clouds and weather.
Details
- Creator
- Typon
- License
- GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
- Downloads
- 161K
- Created
- 9 Nov 2025
- Official pages
- Modrinth , 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
- 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
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
Privacy
Sends nothing
A shader has no code that can connect to the internet, so it cannot send anything about you.
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files and images and found none.
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
- 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.No AI content declared.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found1 of 5 changelogs read
- 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 found2 images read
Compatibility
See all 2 filesPoint at or tap a version to see it.
Modpacks using this project
Modpacks that include Vanilish Shaders in at least one of their versions, most downloaded first.
Epic Shaders - All The Shaders579K downloadslast version with it 19 Oct 2026
Shaders Shaders Shaders!85K downloadslast version with it 18 Jun 2026
Kuri's Fresh (Actions & Stuffs recreation)65K downloadslast version with it 11 Feb 2026
I Love Shaders4.8K downloadslast version with it 28 Feb 2026
Simply ALL the Shaders625 downloadslast version with it 5 Oct 2026
USFS603 downloadslast version with it 20 Jan 2026
GM's Optimized Neoforge548 downloadslast version with it 15 Jun 2026
System_Server.exe444 downloadslast version with it 11 Oct 2026
Shaders Revamp172 downloadslast version with it 25 Apr 2026
The Wazaland Project119 downloadslast version with it 19 Jul 2026Latest 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.