Shaderpack that adds many interactive and realistic features such as foliage that reacts to you moving nearby, water reflections, godrays, and much more. yengkeenoodles built it as a semi realistic pack. It asks for medium-tier hardware at minimum and works with Iris or OptiFine on Minecraft 1.21 – 1.21.11. Licensed Apache-2.0, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install noodleshader

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.21 – 1.21.11 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine. noodleshader is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the noodleshader .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 noodleshader.

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Performance & what to expect

noodleshader is rated medium performance impact. It wants a mid-range dedicated GPU. Drop render distance a few chunks if you fall below 60 FPS. The look is semi realistic.

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noodleshader is created by yengkeenoodles and mirrored here under its Apache-2.0 licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with yengkeenoodles, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.