Mellow
ModrinthShaderpack with a painterly aesthetic made for people who want to actually play the game. It's easy on your eyes and on your computer!
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latest v3.3 Modrinth
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 versions 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.
Versions
Release
3.3
- Added a new cloud style: "Blocky"
- Made POM work on blocks with rectangular faces (eg. fences, stairs). POM should be a little more performant too.
-…
Release
3.2
- Added water puddles after rain option
- Added displacement around grass when the player walks through it
- Added PBR resourcepack reflections
- Fixed…
Release
3.1.1
- Added rainbows. By default, they appear after rain
- Added support for PBR porosity & SSS
- Slight improvements to ambient occlusion quality
- Added a few…
Release
3.1
- Rework ambient fog & underwater fog. It should look much nicer and behave better with Voxy & DH
- Added POM for labPBR resourcepacks
- Changed clouds shape…
Release
3.0.3
- Fix distant horizons rendering
- Added a new style of clouds: Volumetric
- Fix some bugs with distant horizons & voxy on older game versions
- Fix water, end…
Release
3.0.2
- Fix block breaking animation
- Fix flipped image reflections with voxy
- Optimized depth of field effect & made it work with lod mods
- Fix seasons with voxy
Release
3.0.1
- Fix compilation error with voxy mod on nvidia hardware
- New end portal effect
- Fix incorrect translucent rendering with voxy
Release
3.0
## Dynamic Shadows
- This should bring mellow more in line with other shader visually
- While I optimized them as much as I could, they still cost a lot of…
Release
2.2.1
- Reworked ambient fog work like how it does in real life
- Godrays now affect ambient fog instead of doing their own thing
- New anti-aliasing mode: Super…
Release
2.2
- Added depth of field effect
- Tweaked bloom to make it less blinding
- Added fog that makes end islands appear to blend into the void
- End auroras now…
Release
2.1
## If you are updating from a version BEFORE v2.0, please reset your shader settings
- Fix Ambient Occlusion on AMD hardware
- Ambient Occlusion now works…
FAQ
How do I install Mellow?
Download the file for your Minecraft version and loader from this page, then drop the .jar into your mods (or plugins) folder and launch the game.
Is Mellow free?
Mellow is free to download on Modgrid — we link straight to the official source, no paywall or bundled installer.
Which Minecraft versions does Mellow support?
Works with Iris, Optifine. Supports versions 1.8–26.2. See the download section on this page for the full list of supported versions and loaders.

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