Minecraft 1.21 Shaders


Do you want to make the trial chambers look more realistic? Double your gaming fun with the Minecraft 1.21 shaders! Packed with awesome features, these shaders are super optimized and easy to install. If you’re interested, scroll through our list on this page and pick the perfect pack for you. Even the best texture packs for 1.21 can’t make the Tricky Trials update look as good as these graphics mods. We recommend downloading both textures and shaders because together, even the new mobs like bogged and breeze look insanely good.

Complementary Shaders
Complementary Shaders
EminGTR’s Complementary shader is useful for both high-end and low-end computers. This is because you can make a seemingly infinite number of customizations in the settings. In addition, …
BSL Shaders
BSL Shaders
There are some Minecraft Shaders, which are mainly known for extreme graphics, but BSL Shaders has a different approach. CaptTatsu, the creator of the pack, wants to improve …
Sildurs Vibrant Shader
Sildur’s Vibrant Shaders
One of the remarkable aspects of Sildur’s shaders is the customization options available to players. With a range of presets and configuration settings, you have the freedom to …
MakeUp Shaders
MakeUp Ultra Fast Shaders
There are some Minecraft shader packs that are not yet popular. One of them is the MakeUp Ultra Fast shaders and we want to change that with this …
Bloop Shaders
Bloop Shaders
Bloop shaders are a graphics modification that runs smoothly on all devices. To achieve this, it includes different presets such as Ultra, Medium, and Low, allowing you to …
Sunflawer Shaders 1.21, 1.21.8 → 1.20
Sunflawer Shaders
Minecraft with realistic water, impressive clouds, and glowing lava. You get all of that with the Sunflawer shaders. In the sky, you can see lots of fluffy clouds …
Noble shaders
Noble Shaders
This isn’t just another shader pack; Noble shaders add ultra-realism that floored us during our test run. One major reason the pack awakened us is its use of …
Nostalgia shaders
Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a funny thing. Even if you don’t have nostalgic memories of something, sometimes you’ll look at something, and you can get a distinct feeling that you’ve …
SORA shaders
SORA Shaders
Minecraft is a game that’s just full of surprises. Take the graphics of Minecraft, for example. Many people will take a quick look at Minecraft and not assume …

How To Install 1.21 Shaders in Minecraft Tricky Trials

As with any major update, it takes a bit of time for the Minecraft shaders mod 1.21 to get updated. However, the process has sped up significantly compared to earlier versions like 1.20. In the past, there was only the GLSL mod, but now you have several loader options. During the snapshot, pre-release, and release candidate versions of Minecraft, OptiKai is recommended. This is a fan version of OptiFine 1.21 (both versions can be downloaded on the OptiFine page) that becomes compatible with new Minecraft versions much faster than the original. So, start with this unofficial version and later switch to the official OptiFine for shader installation.

But there’s an even better alternative. If you only want to install shaders in Minecraft 1.21 and can do without OptiFine’s other optimizations, you should definitely use the Iris shaders 1.21 mod. It’s the current market leader, like Apple in mobile phones. Iris is built from the ground up to be modern and now works with the best 1.21 shaders. It’s pretty impressive considering the project started just a few years ago.

Step-by-Step Guide to Install Minecraft 1.21 Shaders

Check out the easy steps to install everything with just a few clicks.
  1. Download a Minecraft shader for 1.21 from our list. Pick a pack that suits your preferences
  2. Install Iris 1.21 or OptiFine 1.21. The Iris mod is recommended for better performance with higher FPS.
  3. Open the Minecraft launcher, and choose the Iris or OptiFine profile you just made.
  4. Launch Minecraft with the Tricky Trials update.
  5. For Iris: Go to "Options", then "Video Settings", and select "Shader Packs". Next, click on "Open Shader Pack Folder" to access the shaderpacks folder.
    For OptiFine: Navigate to "Options", then "Video Settings", and click on "Shaders." Afterward, click on "Shaders Folder" to open the shaderpacks folder.
  6. Move the downloaded ZIP file into this folder (.minecraft\shaderpacks).
  7. Choose the newly installed pack from the shaders list in the game. If you select a shader pack using Iris, its filename will turn yellow.
  8. Click "Done" or "Apply" and all new features have been loaded.

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