A stylized shaderpack with a soft artistic look, designed for players who care about smooth gameplay as much as visuals. Clean visuals, low performance impact, and comfortable to use for long sessions. A fantasy / vanilla-like pack by PikaCat featuring bloom, colored lighting, reflections and shadows, tuned for low-tier hardware and better. Compatible with Iris and OptiFine across Minecraft 1.16 – 26.1.2. Licensed MIT, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install SoftShade Shader

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.16 – 26.1.2 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine.SoftShade Shader is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the SoftShade 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 SoftShade Shader.

Performance & what to expect

SoftShade Shader is rated low performance impact. It is comfortable on entry-level dedicated GPUs at a normal render distance. It renders bloom, colored lighting, reflections and shadows. The look is fantasy and vanilla like.

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SoftShade Shader is created by PikaCat and mirrored here under its MIT licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with PikaCat, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.