This shader turns your experience into black & white. Nothing much. A cartoon pack by acurim, tuned for potato-tier hardware and better. Compatible with Iris and OptiFine across Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21.8. Licensed Unlicense, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install Black & White

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21.8 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine. Black & White is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Black & White .zip from the button above — keep it zipped. It is mirrored on MineSpecs, so there is no ad-gate or redirect.
3. 3Drop the .zip into your .minecraft/shaderpacks folder (%appdata%\.minecraft\shaderpacks on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/shaderpacks on macOS).
4. 4Launch the game, open Options → Video Settings → Shaders, and select Black & White.

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Performance & what to expect

Black & White is rated potato performance impact. It is the lightest tier in the catalogue — it runs on integrated graphics and older laptops. The look is cartoon.

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Black & White is created by acurim and mirrored here under its Unlicense licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with acurim, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.