A highly customizable shader designed for performance, offering both vanilla+ and a more visuals oriented style. Tachyon Shaders is a semi realistic and vanilla like pack from JuliCai2010. It targets low-tier hardware and up and runs through Iris or OptiFine on Minecraft 1.21 – 26.1.2. Licensed MIT, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install Tachyon Shaders

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.21 – 26.1.2 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine.Tachyon Shaders is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Tachyon 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 Tachyon Shaders.

Performance & what to expect

Tachyon Shaders is rated low performance impact. It is comfortable on entry-level dedicated GPUs at a normal render distance. The look is semi realistic and vanilla like.

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Tachyon Shaders is created by JuliCai2010 and mirrored here under its MIT licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with JuliCai2010, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.