RTX feel, volumetricish lighting And great performance for a shader.
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About
The Better Default
A lightweight, high-performance shaderpack for Minecraft 1.21+, 26+.
Designed to look like "Minecraft 2.0" - keeping the vanilla feel while adding modern lighting, shadows, and atmosphere.
Features
- Dynamic Lighting: Handheld torches light up the area.
- Colored Lights: Soul lanterns are blue, Redstone is red.
- Better Water: Reflective and blue, no more dark void.
- Atmosphere: Soft bloom, godrays, and waving foliage.
- Performance: Optimized for high FPS on Iris/Sodium.
Compatibility
- Requires Iris (and Sodium).
- Works on Minecraft 1.21+, 26+.
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Requirements & compatibility
Compatibility & requirements
Iris1.21.5 – 1.21.1126.126.1.126.1.2
Local host
Required
Hosting on services
Unsupported
Terms
License
Terms for using, modifying and redistributing this product.
MIT LicenseModrinth
Release
Latest release
v1
20.12.2025 · Modrinth
First release
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Project versions
Published versions and original Modrinth files.
v1LatestRelease
20.12.2025 · 39 484 downloads
Iris1.21.51.21.61.21.71.21.81.21.91.21.101.21.1126.1
First release
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