Simply Upscaled does something most packs do not: it filters and upscales Minecraft's textures at render time, so blocks look smoother and more detailed without installing a high-resolution resource pack. Add optional shadows on top and you get a subtly better-looking game at almost no performance cost. Genuinely clever, and very light. All Rights Reserved, so download it from the author's page.

How to install Simply Upscaled

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.12.2 – 1.21.11 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine.Simply Upscaled is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Simply Upscaled .zip from the button above — keep it zipped. timetravelbeard’s licence doesn’t permit re-hosting, so that button takes you to the official modrinth.com page — always the newest build, straight from the author.
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 Simply Upscaled.

Performance & what to expect

Simply Upscaled is rated potato performance impact. It is the lightest tier we host — it runs on integrated graphics and older laptops. It renders shadows. The look is vanilla like.

More vanilla like shaders

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Simply Upscaled is created by timetravelbeard and published under its own All Rights Reserved terms. We link to the author’s official download rather than mirroring it — the pack is theirs, and its licence asks that it stay that way. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with timetravelbeard, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.