A minecraft shader that renders the minecraft world with old school cartoonish and pixelated graphics. Toon Shades is a vanilla-like pack from TGH75972, bringing atmosphere to your world. It targets low-tier hardware and up and runs through Iris or OptiFine on Minecraft 1.21.5 – 1.21.5. Licensed CC0-1.0, so the download is mirrored right here on MineSpecs — no ads, no redirects.

How to install Toon Shades

1. 1Install a shader loader for Minecraft 1.21.5 – 1.21.5 — Iris (pairs with Sodium) or OptiFine.Toon Shades is a shaderpack, so it needs a loader to run.
2. 2Download the Toon Shades .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 Toon Shades.

Performance & what to expect

Toon Shades is rated low performance impact. It is comfortable on entry-level dedicated GPUs at a normal render distance. It renders atmosphere.

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Toon Shades is created by TGH75972 and mirrored here under its CC0-1.0 licence. MineSpecs is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with TGH75972, Mojang Studios or Microsoft.