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Tricked Shaders
Modrinth Shader

Tricked Shaders

Based on Mellow Shader, a modified version to reduce brightness and make the game look better while maintaining good performance and vanilla feel.

Minecraft product info

Important product information

Compatibility, Minecraft versions, loaders, and external source data.

Type

Shader

Access

Free

Latest version

2.1

Downloads

76 396

Loaders / Platforms

iris optifine

Minecraft versions

1.8 – 1.21.11 26.1 26.1.1 26.1.2 26.2

Categories

colored-lighting low vanilla-like

Description

Detailed information

## What are Tricked Shaders? Based on [Mellow Shader](https://modrinth.com/shader/mellow) 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)

Developer

tricked33

Profile and data retrieved from Modrinth

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Project images

Screenshots and images from the original Modrinth page.

this kid's aura farming on the trees with 16 render distance

swimmy boi

who does bro think he is smh

Change log

Project versions

Published versions and original Modrinth files.

2.1 Current Release 10.05.2026

Tricked Shaders 2.1

Supported Minecraft versions
1.8 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.8.7 1.8.8 1.8.9 1.9 1.9.1 1.9.2 1.9.3 1.9.4 1.10 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.11 1.11.1 1.11.2 1.12 1.12.1 1.12.2 1.13 1.13.1 1.13.2 1.14 1.14.1 1.14.2 1.14.3 1.14.4 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.2 1.16 1.16.1 1.16.2 1.16.3 1.16.4 1.16.5 1.17 1.17.1 1.18 1.18.1 1.18.2 1.19 1.19.1 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4 1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.6 1.21.7 1.21.8 1.21.9 1.21.10 1.21.11 26.1 26.1.1 26.1.2 26.2
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
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-Reduced the exposure and saturation of the shader to make it less bright -Revamped the sky
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0.61 MB

2.0.1 Release 19.04.2026

2.0.1

Supported Minecraft versions
1.8 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.8.7 1.8.8 1.8.9 1.9 1.9.1 1.9.2 1.9.3 1.9.4 1.10 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.11 1.11.1 1.11.2 1.12 1.12.1 1.12.2 1.13 1.13.1 1.13.2 1.14 1.14.1 1.14.2 1.14.3 1.14.4 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.2 1.16 1.16.1 1.16.2 1.16.3 1.16.4 1.16.5 1.17 1.17.1 1.18 1.18.1 1.18.2 1.19 1.19.1 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4 1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.6 1.21.7 1.21.8 1.21.9 1.21.10 1.21.11 26.1 26.1.1 26.1.2
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
Show changes
Update to change the file name after the shader rename.
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0.61 MB

2.0 Release 10.04.2026

2.0

Supported Minecraft versions
1.8 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.8.7 1.8.8 1.8.9 1.9 1.9.1 1.9.2 1.9.3 1.9.4 1.10 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.11 1.11.1 1.11.2 1.12 1.12.1 1.12.2 1.13 1.13.1 1.13.2 1.14 1.14.1 1.14.2 1.14.3 1.14.4 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.2 1.16 1.16.1 1.16.2 1.16.3 1.16.4 1.16.5 1.17 1.17.1 1.18 1.18.1 1.18.2 1.19 1.19.1 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4 1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.6 1.21.7 1.21.8 1.21.9 1.21.10 1.21.11 26.1 26.1.1 26.1.2
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
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Complete overhaul of the shader once again. Changed technical stuff, remade every single setting, and made sure my custom settings work on every device. Performance will go down a bit, but should work on most potato and low end devices.
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0.61 MB

1.3 Release 29.11.2025

1.3

Supported Minecraft versions
1.19 1.19.1 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4 1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.6 1.21.7 1.21.8 1.21.9 1.21.10 1.21.11
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
Show changes
Complete overhaul of the shader. Should look amazing especially in caves.
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0.31 MB

1.2 Release 05.06.2025

1.2

Supported Minecraft versions
1.19 1.19.1 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4 1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.6 1.21.7
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
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Somebody emailed me saying mellow and my shader look alike. I realized it was actually because there was some settings i straight up didnt customize at all. I customized those settings now the shader looks very good! Enjoy it! :D
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0.23 MB

1.1 Release 26.05.2025

1.1

Supported Minecraft versions
1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
Show changes
Added Motion Blur and reduced brightness a bit more.
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0.23 MB

1.0 Release 19.05.2025

1.0

Supported Minecraft versions
1.20 1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 1.20.4 1.20.5 1.20.6 1.21 1.21.1 1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5
Loaders / Platforms
iris optifine
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0.23 MB