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oh shiny!

A shader pack for Minecraft 26.1–26.3, with colored lighting, soft shadows, reflective water, and a cinematic sky.

Content Disclosures

Source work: the shaders formerly built into Metallum Extra by ohjey, licensed under the MIT License. Credit for that original work belongs to them.
This pack: standalone adaptation and ongoing development by simply-sunny.
Permission: ohjey gave explicit permission to distribute oh shiny! on Modrinth and CurseForge. Proof: Discord screenshot
License: distributed under the MIT License. The original copyright notice, “Copyright (c) 2026 Metallum Extra contributors,” and full license are preserved in the downloadable pack.

Changes from the original

Standalone shader pack with its own settings screen and Low, Medium, High and Ultra presets
TAA, FXAA and sharpening, plus adjustable color grading
Pixel Shadows, a single shadow blur setting, and shadows that stay put as you move
Distant Horizons and Voxy support
Sun ray strength options, height-based fog, and under-water sun bending
Performance work on water, shadows, ambient occlusion and glow
Lit redstone ore glow and other lighting changes

Full history: commits and CHANGELOG.

Features

Sun and moon shadows, with soft or pixelated edges
Colored light from torches, soul fire, sea lanterns, and amethyst, etc.
Light from held torches and lanterns
Reflective water with ripples and caustics
Sunsets, stars, and the Milky Way
Bloom, sun rays, ambient occlusion, and moving foliage
TAA, FXAA, sharpening, and adjustable color grading
Distant Horizons and Voxy support
Low, Medium, High, and Ultra quality presets

Installation

Install Iris with Sodium, or use Metallum with Leadlight on Apple silicon.
Download the shader pack ZIP and place it in your shaderpacks folder without extracting it.
Select it under Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs.

Medium is the default preset. Lower shadow distance or disable mob shadows if you need better performance.

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