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VerdantLight
Modrinth Shader

VerdantLight

VerdantLight is a lightweight, high-performance, and naturally vanilla-like Minecraft shader pack.

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Important product information

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

Type

Shader

Access

Free

Latest version

1.5.0

Downloads

18 309

Loaders / Platforms

iris optifine

Minecraft versions

1.18 – 1.21.11 26.1 26.1.1 26.1.2 26.2

Categories

low shadows vanilla-like

Description

Detailed information

# VerdantLight --- **VerdantLight** is a lightweight, high-quality shader pack for Minecraft 1.21.4, designed to deliver natural and realistic lighting while maintaining smooth performance. Featuring path-traced lighting, dynamic shadows, day-night cycles, realistic sun and moon halos, and smart plant shadow detection to prevent small plants from casting unnatural shadows. **Outstanding Performance:** * On Intel Iris Plus 640, with render distance 6 and simulation distance 8, standing still gives around **75 FPS**. * Walking across open plains maintains around **45 FPS**, providing a smooth experience without sacrificing visual quality. **Key Features:** * **Lightweight Optimization**: Designed for low-end hardware and high performance. * **Dynamic Shadows**: Path-traced lighting ensures smooth, stable shadows without jittering. * **Natural Sky**: Day-night cycle with realistic sunset/sunrise transitions, glowing sun square, and subtle moon halos. * **Smart Plant Shadows**: Small plants cast no unnatural shadows, trees cast realistic shadows. * **Enhanced Lighting**: Compatible with Minecraft’s native lightmaps, adds ambient occlusion for richer scene depth. * **Rain Effects**: Sky color dynamically adjusts in rain, enhancing immersion. **Perfect For:** * Players seeking a lightweight, high-performance shader experience * Builders who enjoy natural, soft lighting effects * Low-end hardware users who want smooth FPS without compromising visuals --- # VerdantLight **中文介绍：** **VerdantLight** 是专为 Minecraft 1.21.4 打造的轻量级高质量光影包，旨在在保持流畅性能的同时呈现自然、真实的光影效果。它采用路径追踪光照算法，支持动态阴影、昼夜循环、真实的太阳与月亮光晕效果，并通过智能植物阴影识别技术，让小型植物不会投射不自然的阴影，从而保证视觉的自然与细腻。 **性能表现极佳**： * 在 Intel Iris Plus 640 上，渲染距离 6、模拟距离 8 时，玩家站立即可达到约 **75 FPS**。 * 在草原环境行走时，也能保持约 **45 FPS**，兼顾了流畅体验与光影品质。 **核心特点：** * **轻量优化**：专为低配硬件和轻量化体验设计，减少不必要的计算负载。 * **动态阴影**：路径追踪光照算法实现实时阴影，无跳动问题。 * **自然天空**：昼夜循环、日落/日出色彩过渡，太阳正方形发光和月亮光晕自然呈现。 * **智能植物阴影**：小型植物不会投射不合理的阴影，树叶投射真实阴影。 * **光照贴图增强**：兼容 Minecraft 原生光照贴图，同时加入环境光遮蔽，使场景层次更丰富。 * **雨天效果**：雨天时天空颜色自动调整，增加沉浸感。 **适用人群**： * 想要轻量、高性能光影体验的玩家 * 喜欢自然柔和光影效果的建造者 * 在低配硬件上追求流畅帧率的玩家 --- If there is a problem or advice, just say in the Discord Server.

Developer

Player9753193

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Project versions

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1.5.0 Current Release 19.06.2026

VerdantLight 1.5.0

Supported Minecraft versions
1.18 1.18.1 1.18.2 22w11a 22w12a 22w13a 22w13oneblockatatime 22w14a 22w15a 22w16a 22w16b 22w17a 22w18a 22w19a 1.19-pre1 1.19-pre2 1.19-pre3 1.19-pre4 1.19-pre5 1.19-rc1 1.19-rc2 1.19 22w24a 1.19.1-pre1 1.19.1-rc1 1.19.1-pre2 1.19.1-pre3 1.19.1-pre4 1.19.1-pre5 1.19.1-pre6 1.19.1-rc2 1.19.1-rc3 1.19.1 1.19.2-rc1 1.19.2-rc2 1.19.2 22w42a 22w43a 22w44a 22w45a 22w46a 1.19.3-pre1 1.19.3-pre2 1.19.3-pre3 1.19.3-rc1 1.19.3-rc2 1.19.3-rc3 1.19.3 23w03a 23w04a 23w05a 23w06a 23w07a 1.19.4-pre1 1.19.4-pre2 1.19.4-pre3 1.19.4-pre4 1.19.4-rc1 1.19.4-rc2 1.19.4-rc3 1.19.4 23w12a 23w13a 23w13a_or_b 23w14a 23w16a 23w17a 23w18a 1.20-pre1 1.20-pre2 1.20-pre3 1.20-pre4 1.20-pre5 1.20-pre6 1.20-pre7 1.20-rc1 1.20 1.20.1-rc1 1.20.1 23w31a 23w32a 23w33a 23w35a 1.20.2-pre1 1.20.2-pre2 1.20.2-pre3 1.20.2-pre4 1.20.2-rc1 1.20.2-rc2 1.20.2 23w40a 23w41a 23w42a 23w43a 23w43b 23w44a 23w45a 23w46a 1.20.3-pre1 1.20.3-pre2 1.20.3-pre3 1.20.3-pre4 1.20.3-rc1 1.20.3 1.20.4-rc1 1.20.4 23w51a 23w51b 24w03a 24w03b 24w04a 24w05a 24w05b 24w06a 24w07a 24w09a 24w10a 24w11a 24w12a 24w13a 24w14potato 24w14a 1.20.5-pre1 1.20.5-pre2 1.20.5-pre3 1.20.5-pre4 1.20.5-rc1 1.20.5-rc2 1.20.5-rc3 1.20.5 1.20.6-rc1 1.20.6 24w18a 24w19a 24w19b 24w20a 24w21a 24w21b 1.21-pre1 1.21-pre2 1.21-pre3 1.21-pre4 1.21-rc1 1.21 1.21.1-rc1 1.21.1 24w33a 24w34a 24w35a 24w36a 24w37a 24w38a 24w39a 24w40a 1.21.2-pre1 1.21.2-pre2 1.21.2-pre3 1.21.2-pre4 1.21.2-pre5 1.21.2-rc1 1.21.2-rc2 1.21.2 1.21.3 24w44a 24w45a 24w46a 1.21.4-pre1 1.21.4-pre2 1.21.4-pre3 1.21.4-rc1 1.21.4-rc2 1.21.4-rc3 1.21.4 25w02a 25w03a 25w04a 25w05a 25w06a 25w07a 25w08a 25w09a 25w09b 25w10a 1.21.5-pre1 1.21.5-pre2 1.21.5-pre3 1.21.5-rc1 1.21.5-rc2 1.21.5 25w14craftmine 25w15a 25w16a 25w17a 25w18a 25w19a 25w20a 25w21a 1.21.6-pre1 1.21.6-pre2 1.21.6-pre3 1.21.6-pre4 1.21.6-rc1 1.21.6 1.21.7-rc1 1.21.7-rc2 1.21.7 1.21.8-rc1 1.21.8 25w31a 25w32a 25w33a 25w34a 25w34b 25w35a 25w36a 25w36b 25w37a 1.21.9-pre1 1.21.9-pre2 1.21.9-pre3 1.21.9-pre4 1.21.9-rc1 1.21.9 1.21.10-rc1 1.21.10 25w41a 25w42a 25w43a 25w44a 25w45a 25w46a 1.21.11-pre1 1.21.11-pre2 1.21.11-pre3 1.21.11-pre4 1.21.11-pre5 1.21.11-rc1 1.21.11-rc2 1.21.11-rc3 1.21.11 26.1-snapshot-1 26.1-snapshot-2 26.1-snapshot-3 26.1-snapshot-4 26.1-snapshot-5 26.1-snapshot-6 26.1-snapshot-7 26.1-snapshot-8 26.1-snapshot-9 26.1-snapshot-10 26.1-snapshot-11 26.1-pre-1 26.1-pre-2 26.1-pre-3 26.1-rc-1 26.1-rc-2 26.1-rc-3 26.1 26.1.1-rc-1 26.1.1 26w14a 26.2-snapshot-1 26.1.2-rc-1 26.1.2 26.2-snapshot-2 26.2-snapshot-3 26.2-snapshot-4 26.2-snapshot-5 26.2-snapshot-6 26.2-snapshot-7 26.2-snapshot-8 26.2-pre-1 26.2-pre-2 26.2-pre-3 26.2-pre-4 26.2-pre-5 26.2-pre-6 26.2-rc-1 26.2-rc-2 26.2
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1.4.0 Release 16.05.2026

VerdantLight 1.4.0

Supported Minecraft versions
1.18 1.18.1 1.18.2 22w11a 22w12a 22w13a 22w13oneblockatatime 22w14a 22w15a 22w16a 22w16b 22w17a 22w18a 22w19a 1.19-pre1 1.19-pre2 1.19-pre3 1.19-pre4 1.19-pre5 1.19-rc1 1.19-rc2 1.19 22w24a 1.19.1-pre1 1.19.1-rc1 1.19.1-pre2 1.19.1-pre3 1.19.1-pre4 1.19.1-pre5 1.19.1-pre6 1.19.1-rc2 1.19.1-rc3 1.19.1 1.19.2-rc1 1.19.2-rc2 1.19.2 22w42a 22w43a 22w44a 22w45a 22w46a 1.19.3-pre1 1.19.3-pre2 1.19.3-pre3 1.19.3-rc1 1.19.3-rc2 1.19.3-rc3 1.19.3 23w03a 23w04a 23w05a 23w06a 23w07a 1.19.4-pre1 1.19.4-pre2 1.19.4-pre3 1.19.4-pre4 1.19.4-rc1 1.19.4-rc2 1.19.4-rc3 1.19.4 23w12a 23w13a 23w13a_or_b 23w14a 23w16a 23w17a 23w18a 1.20-pre1 1.20-pre2 1.20-pre3 1.20-pre4 1.20-pre5 1.20-pre6 1.20-pre7 1.20-rc1 1.20 1.20.1-rc1 1.20.1 23w31a 23w32a 23w33a 23w35a 1.20.2-pre1 1.20.2-pre2 1.20.2-pre3 1.20.2-pre4 1.20.2-rc1 1.20.2-rc2 1.20.2 23w40a 23w41a 23w42a 23w43a 23w43b 23w44a 23w45a 23w46a 1.20.3-pre1 1.20.3-pre2 1.20.3-pre3 1.20.3-pre4 1.20.3-rc1 1.20.3 1.20.4-rc1 1.20.4 23w51a 23w51b 24w03a 24w03b 24w04a 24w05a 24w05b 24w06a 24w07a 24w09a 24w10a 24w11a 24w12a 24w13a 24w14potato 24w14a 1.20.5-pre1 1.20.5-pre2 1.20.5-pre3 1.20.5-pre4 1.20.5-rc1 1.20.5-rc2 1.20.5-rc3 1.20.5 1.20.6-rc1 1.20.6 24w18a 24w19a 24w19b 24w20a 24w21a 24w21b 1.21-pre1 1.21-pre2 1.21-pre3 1.21-pre4 1.21-rc1 1.21 1.21.1-rc1 1.21.1 24w33a 24w34a 24w35a 24w36a 24w37a 24w38a 24w39a 24w40a 1.21.2-pre1 1.21.2-pre2 1.21.2-pre3 1.21.2-pre4 1.21.2-pre5 1.21.2-rc1 1.21.2-rc2 1.21.2 1.21.3 24w44a 24w45a 24w46a 1.21.4-pre1 1.21.4-pre2 1.21.4-pre3 1.21.4-rc1 1.21.4-rc2 1.21.4-rc3 1.21.4 25w02a 25w03a 25w04a 25w05a 25w06a 25w07a 25w08a 25w09a 25w09b 25w10a 1.21.5-pre1 1.21.5-pre2 1.21.5-pre3 1.21.5-rc1 1.21.5-rc2 1.21.5 25w14craftmine 25w15a 25w16a 25w17a 25w18a 25w19a 25w20a 25w21a 1.21.6-pre1 1.21.6-pre2 1.21.6-pre3 1.21.6-pre4 1.21.6-rc1 1.21.6 1.21.7-rc1 1.21.7-rc2 1.21.7 1.21.8-rc1 1.21.8 25w31a 25w32a 25w33a 25w34a 25w34b 25w35a 25w36a 25w36b 25w37a 1.21.9-pre1 1.21.9-pre2 1.21.9-pre3 1.21.9-pre4 1.21.9-rc1 1.21.9 1.21.10-rc1 1.21.10 25w41a 25w42a 25w43a 25w44a 25w45a 25w46a 1.21.11-pre1 1.21.11-pre2 1.21.11-pre3 1.21.11-pre4 1.21.11-pre5 1.21.11-rc1 1.21.11-rc2 1.21.11-rc3 1.21.11 26.1-snapshot-1 26.1-snapshot-2 26.1-snapshot-3 26.1-snapshot-4 26.1-snapshot-5 26.1-snapshot-6 26.1-snapshot-7 26.1-snapshot-8 26.1-snapshot-9 26.1-snapshot-10 26.1-snapshot-11 26.1-pre-1 26.1-pre-2 26.1-pre-3 26.1-rc-1 26.1-rc-2 26.1-rc-3 26.1 26.1.1-rc-1 26.1.1 26w14a 26.2-snapshot-1 26.1.2-rc-1 26.1.2 26.2-snapshot-2 26.2-snapshot-3 26.2-snapshot-4 26.2-snapshot-5 26.2-snapshot-6 26.2-snapshot-7
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1.3.0 Release 11.04.2026

VerdantLight 1.3.0

Supported Minecraft versions
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
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iris optifine
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support 26.1.X
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1.2.0 Release 28.03.2026

VerdantLight 1.2.0

Supported Minecraft versions
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
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1.1.0 Release 16.03.2026

VerdantLight 1.1.0

Supported Minecraft versions
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
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iris optifine
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0.17 MB

1.0.0 Release 18.01.2026

VerdantLight 1.0.0

Supported Minecraft versions
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
Loaders / Platforms
iris
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Normal Update, now have more better view.
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0.0.62 Alpha 11.11.2025

VerdantLight 0.0.62

Supported Minecraft versions
1.21.4
Loaders / Platforms
optifine
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--- # 🌿 VerdantLight v0.0.62 – Lightweight, High-Performance, Immersive Lighting **Version 0.0.62 | Minecraft 1.21.4 (Fabric / OptiFine) | Author: Player975** --- ## ✨ Key Features * **Lightweight & Fast:** Even on an Iris Plus 640 (render distance 6, simulation distance 8), it achieves **75 FPS while standing** and **45 FPS on plains walking**. * **Dynamic Shadows:** Intelligent detection of small plants and leaves, path-traced lighting produces realistic shadows that flow naturally as you move. * **Immersive Skies:** Full day-night cycle including sun, moon, stars, and rain effects, creating soft and realistic sky lighting. * **Optimized Lighting System:** Uses Minecraft’s native lightmaps, ambient occlusion, single-sample shadows, and disabled hardware filtering for stunning visuals without sacrificing performance. * **Plug & Play:** No extra dependencies required – simply place the shader folder into your `shaderpacks` directory. --- ## ⚠️ Known Issues 1. Shadows may slightly flicker when the player moves quickly. 2. Low-end GPUs might experience minor frame drops under extreme lighting conditions. 3. Lighting may appear slightly dim at very far render distances. > Recommended to play at normal render distances for the best balance of performance and visual quality. --- ## 🛠️ Installation 1. Download the shader pack archive. 2. Extract it and place the folder into Minecraft’s `shaderpacks` directory. 3. In-game, go to **Options → Video Settings → Shaders** and enable `VerdantGlow`. --- ## 🌱 About VerdantGlow VerdantGlow is a **lightweight shader pack** designed for **mid-to-low-end devices**, bringing **realistic shadows, dynamic skies, and soft lighting** to Minecraft while maintaining smooth performance. Whether strolling across plains or exploring builds, VerdantGlow enhances your world with vibrant life and beautiful lighting. > **Experience VerdantGlow and make your Minecraft world shine with natural light and shadow!** ---
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