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

1. Install Iris with Sodium, or use Metallum with Leadlight on Apple silicon.
2. Download the shader pack ZIP and place it in your shaderpacks folder without extracting it.
3. 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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