Daybreak keeps things minimal and warm — improved sky and daylight tones that give builds a soft, golden-hour glow without a heavy performance cost.

How to install Daybreak Shader

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine. Daybreak Shader is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Daybreak Shader .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 Daybreak Shader.

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Performance & what to expect

agentclone8 gives Daybreak Shader no performance rating, so check your frame rate at your usual render distance. It renders atmosphere. The look is vanilla like.

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Daybreak Shader is created by agentclone8 and mirrored here under its CC0-1.0 licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with agentclone8, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.