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. Licensed MIT, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

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. 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 Candela 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.

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Candela Shaders is created by THEbluefirestudios and mirrored here under its MIT licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with THEbluefirestudios, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.