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Candela Shaders — for Minecraft Java

by THEbluefirestudios

595 1.21.5 – 26.2
Vanilla LikeShadowsLow impact

A basic lightweight Minecraft shaders with features like colored shadows, bloom, volumetric lighting, and more, without being stressful on your GPU. Candela Shaders is a vanilla like pack from THEbluefirestudios, bringing shadows to your world. It targets low-tier hardware and up and runs through Iris or OptiFine on Minecraft 1.21.5 – 26.2. It builds on Super Duper Vanilla, whose licence does not allow re-uploads, so the button above goes to the author’s official Modrinth page.

Get Candela Shaders on modrinth.comCandela Shaders’s license doesn’t allow re-hosting — download it from the author’s official page.

How to install Candela Shaders

  1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.21.5 – 26.2 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine. Candela Shaders is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
  2. 2Download the Candela Shaders .zip from the button above — keep it zipped. Its licence doesn’t permit re-hosting, so that button takes you to the official modrinth.com page — always the newest build, straight from the author.
  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 Candela Shaders.

First time? How to install Minecraft shaders

Performance & what to expect

Candela Shaders is rated low performance impact. It is comfortable on entry-level dedicated GPUs at a normal render distance. It renders shadows. The look is vanilla like.

Performance
Low impact
Version
Latest upstream
Project supports
1.21.5 – 26.2
License
Custom — no re-hosting
View Candela Shaders & credit the author on modrinth.com

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Candela Shaders is created by THEbluefirestudios and published under its own Custom — no re-hosting terms. We link to the author’s official download rather than mirroring it — the pack is theirs, and its licence asks that it stay that way. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with THEbluefirestudios, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.