Daylight Shaders

Daylight Shaders

vv1.0.0-mc26.2
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A vibrant BSL fork blending semi-realistic lighting with a highly saturated, stylized pixel aesthetic. Featuring 16x pixel-locked shadows, it elevates your world while preserving the classic Minecraft charm. The ultimate retro-modern shader experience!

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Daylight Shaders (BSL Fork)

Welcome to a unique visual overhaul for Minecraft. This shader is a custom BSL fork designed for players who love vibrant, high-contrast worlds but do not want to lose the iconic, blocky charm of the original game. It strikes a balance between modern atmospheric rendering and retro styling.

Key Features

  • Semi-Realistic Aesthetics: Enjoy beautiful, volumetric lighting and atmospheric fog blended seamlessly with pixelated art styles.
  • Highly Saturated Colors: Say goodbye to washed-out landscapes. This shader pumps up the color palette to make every biome pop with life.
  • 16x Pixel-Locked Shadows: Shadows are locked onto a clean 16x16 grid, eliminating modern smooth gradients in favor of crisp, retro-style shadow mapping that matches Minecraft's default textures.
  • Optimized Performance: Built upon the foundation of BSL, ensuring stable frame rates even with enhanced visuals.

Installation and Compatibility

  1. Make sure you have Iris Shaders or OptiFine installed.
  2. Download the latest version from the versions tab.
  3. Move the downloaded zip file into your shaderpacks folder.
  4. Activate the shader in your in-game video settings.
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Requirements & compatibility

Compatibility & requirements

IrisOptifine26.2

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Required

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Terms for using, modifying and redistributing this product.

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 InternationalModrinth
Release

Latest release

vv1.0.0-mc26.2

25.06.2026 · Modrinth

Changelog v1.0.0-mc26.2

  • Initial release