Nova's Vibrant Lite Sharders is a Iris shaderpack that adds dynamic shadows, some lighting, and reflections without choking your PC. Made by NovaMods, it leans vanilla-like. It runs on Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21.11 via Iris or OptiFine. Licensed MIT, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install Nova's Vibrant Lite Shaders

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21.11 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine. Nova's Vibrant Lite Shaders is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Nova's Vibrant Lite 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 Nova's Vibrant Lite Shaders.

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Performance & what to expect

NovaMods gives Nova's Vibrant Lite Shaders no performance rating, so check your frame rate at your usual render distance.

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Nova's Vibrant Lite Shaders is created by NovaMods and mirrored here under its MIT licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with NovaMods, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.