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Firmament

Firmament

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Soft sunlight, clear water and warm nights. An Iris shader pack for the worlds you already love.
by PozziTiv4ik
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Firmament

Your world, in a different light.

Sun on the coast. Clear water below your feet. A village worth coming home to after dark. Firmament gives familiar Minecraft places a warmer atmosphere, using the textures you already have.

Island at sunset: Minecraft without shaders on the left, Firmament on the right

Shaders off on the left. Firmament on the right, in every comparison below.

Colours stay rich without turning neon, and daylight keeps its contrast. The sky is a deep blue with warm twilight bands, sunlit clouds have white tops, and the water is clear enough to see the sand below.

Island in a warm ocean: shaders off on the left, Firmament on the right

On calm mornings, a low mist settles in the valleys and over the water, then clears as the sun climbs.

Morning mist: shaders off on the left, Firmament on the right

Stay Out Past Sunset

Nights stay dark and calm. Torches and lanterns glow from gold to amber, moonlight follows the moon's phases, and stars twinkle overhead. On clear nights, the Milky Way crosses the sky.

Village at night: shaders off on the left, Firmament on the right

Milky Way over a cherry grove: shaders off on the left, Firmament on the right

Further From Home

The Nether is deep and shadowy, and its lava lakes keep their orange glow. The End island has shape under a violet sky. Each dimension keeps its own character.

Warped forest over a lava lake: shaders off on the left, Firmament on the right

Obsidian pillars of the End: shaders off on the left, Firmament on the right

Make Yourself Comfortable

Start with High. Balanced lowers the cost; Ultra raises the quality. The Color screen tunes contrast, saturation, vibrance and white balance. Eye adaptation, vignette, sharpening, morning mist and the Milky Way can each be adjusted or switched off. The settings are available in English and Russian.

Getting Started

  1. Install Iris and Sodium builds matching your Minecraft version.
  2. Drop the Firmament ZIP into shaderpacks. Keep it zipped.
  3. Open Video Settings → Shader Packs, select Firmament, and choose High.

This is a client shader; your server doesn't need it. For Minecraft 26.2 and 26.3, use the OpenGL renderer.

Before You Play

Gameplay-tested on Java 1.21.1 / NeoForge 21.1.228 / Iris 1.8.12 / Sodium 0.6.13. The extra Minecraft targets in the download files have automated checks; their game tests, and Fabric game tests, are still pending.

Reflections only see what the camera sees. Waterlogged blocks and overlapping transparent surfaces can show artifacts; underwater reflections are disabled to keep the view clear. After reloading chunks with F3+A, shadows of blocks outside your view appear once you look at them. OptiFine, ray tracing, PBR, Distant Horizons and Voxy integration are not included.

Screenshots: real Minecraft 1.21.1 frames of Firmament 0.3 on the High preset, saved by the game itself. No generated images or colour grading. Clouds, waves and mobs can move between the two halves of a comparison.

By PozziTiv4ik, with editable GLSL included in the ZIP. This shader pack is unrelated to the Hypixel mod named Firmament.

License: MDFL 1.0 · ✅ Modpacks · ✅ Videos & streams · ✅ Compatibility addons · ❌ Reuploads · ❌ Modified copies

MDFL 1.0 applies from version 0.3; versions 0.10 to 0.22 were released under MIT.

All the creative work and in-game testing are done by the mod's creator. AI is just a handy tool working in the background to help generate code and support the project.

Firmament 0.3
MC 1.21, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, Iris, 1.19, 1.21.2, 1.21.9
Release 2026-10-12 Get
Firmament 0.22
MC 1.21, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, Iris, 1.19, 1.21.2, 1.21.9
Release 2026-10-10 Get
Firmament 0.21
MC 1.21, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, Iris, 1.19, 1.21.2, 1.21.9
Release 2026-10-08 Get
Firmament 0.2
MC 1.21, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, Iris, 1.19, 1.21.2, 1.21.9
Release 2026-10-04 Get
Firmament 0.11
MC 1.21, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, Iris, 1.19, 1.21.2, 1.21.9
Release 2026-10-01 Get
Firmament 0.10
MC 1.21.1, Iris
Release 2026-09-27 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this shader in Minecraft
Shader loader
Iris
Minecraft
1.21.2 – 1.21.9
Install folder
.minecraft/shaderpacks

Install with Iris

  1. Install Iris with the Iris installer (irisshaders.dev); it sets up Fabric and Sodium for you.
  2. Download the shader pack .zip (do not extract it).
  3. Put the .zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks.
  4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs, select the pack and click Apply.
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