A simple baseline shader that glows/emits light from held items in your hand. quillphen built it as a vanilla like pack with bloom. It asks for low-tier hardware at minimum and works with Iris or OptiFine on Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21.10. Licensed AGPL-3.0-only, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install Dynamic Light Shader

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21.10 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine. Dynamic Light Shader is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Dynamic Light 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 Dynamic Light Shader.

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Performance & what to expect

Dynamic Light Shader is rated low performance impact. It is comfortable on entry-level dedicated GPUs at a normal render distance. It renders bloom. The look is vanilla like.

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Dynamic Light Shader is created by quillphen and mirrored here under its AGPL-3.0-only licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with quillphen, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.