
Tricked Shaders
ModrinthBased on Mellow Shader, a modified version to reduce brightness and make the game look better while maintaining good performance and vanilla feel.
2.2 · MC 26.3 · Iris, Optifine
Files
2.2
release2.2
26.326.226.1.226.1.1+71irisoptifine2026-09-05 · 17.7K downloads
Tricked Shaders.zip · 643 KB
2.1
releaseTricked Shaders 2.1
26.226.1.226.1.126.1+70irisoptifine2026-05-10 · 41.2K downloads
Tricked_Shaders 2.1.zip · 629 KB
2.0.1
release2.0.1
26.1.226.1.126.11.21.11+69irisoptifine2026-04-19 · 3.5K downloads
Tricked Shaders.zip · 629 KB
2.0
release2.0
26.1.226.1.126.11.21.11+69irisoptifine2026-04-10 · 2.9K downloads
Luminary Shaders.zip · 629 KB
1.3
release1.3
1.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.8+20irisoptifine2025-11-29 · 21.3K downloads
Tricked Shader.zip · 316 KB
1.2
release1.2
1.21.71.21.61.21.51.21.4+16irisoptifine2025-06-05 · 11.1K downloads
Tricked Shader v1.2.zip · 234 KB
1.1
release1.1
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+9irisoptifine2025-05-26 · 1.3K downloads
Tricked Shader v1.1.zip · 234 KB
1.0
release1.0
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+9irisoptifine2025-05-19 · 1.1K downloads
Tricked Shader v1.0.zip · 234 KB
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About
What are Tricked Shaders?
Based on Mellow Shader
Tricked Shaders enhance the visuals of Minecraft while maintaining a respectable level of performance (at least for me) and staying true to the original aesthetic. It focuses on refining what is already there rather than attempting to make Minecraft a hyper-realistic experience.
In contrast to the original Mellow Shader, my version reduces overall brightness without compromising color or clarity, giving the game a deeper, more atmospheric appearance. In every lighting scenario, the end, nether, and overworld all feel more balanced, richer, and immersive. All settings are customizable, but profiles are gone as to not ruin the settings.
Original Description
Features
- Broad mod compatiblity: Distant Horizons, Voxy, Colorwheel etc.
- Several preset color schemes
- Extensive & customizable fog system
- Multiple styles of clouds
- Lightmap or shadowmap based shadows
- Extensive olor grading (saturation, exposure, color balancing tool etc.)
- Easily adjustable colors
Compatibility
- At the moment only versios 1.17 and up are being tested. Earlier versions may or may not work.
- Modern Nvidia, AMD and Intel gpus are supported on both Windows and Linux. Macs may or may not work.
- Please use the latest Iris version (any version that supports custom uniforms should work). Optifine has some small bugs, but it should also mostly work.
(Shaderpack only updates when Mellow has a big visual upgrade :D)


