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About

Solas is a fantasy stylized shaderpack aiming to provide stunning visuals at a moderate performance cost. Screenshots showcasing the shader can be found in the Gallery section.

Important links

Discord / Boosty / GitHub / Solas Website

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Main features

Advanced lighting
- Colored block lighting
- Realtime shadows without light leaking in caves
- Cloud shadows
- Subsurface scattering on certain blocks
High quality volumetrics
- 3D Clouds, crepuscular rays, fireflies, Nether smoke, Ender protoplanetary disk
Beautiful sky effects
- Aurora, Milky Way, Ender Nebula and Black Hole, rainbows
Customizable post-processing
- Fine-tuned tonemapping, bloom, lens flare, chromatic aberration, depth of field, motion blur, tilt-shift
Realistic water
- Procedural waves, caustics, light absorption and refraction
Integrated PBR resourcepack
- Emissive textures, reflective materials and procedurally generated normals
PBR resourcepacks support
- Both LabPBR and OldPBR/SeusPBR formats are supported
- Turn on "PBR Resourcepack" in shader settings!
Mod compatibility
- Voxy
- Distant Horizons
- Iris Shaders (Preferred loader)
- OptiFine (Custom skyboxes and colored block lighting are not supported)

Credits

EminGT and gri573 for improved shadow sampling.
SixthSurge for voxelization & light propagation algorithm.
Capt Tatsu for antialiasing and a few other pieces of BSL's code.
Community members for contributing to Solas in different ways.

Solas Shader V3.8

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2026-10-14 Get

Solas Shader V3.7b

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2026-08-23 Get

Solas Shader V3.7

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2026-07-01 Get

Solas Shader V3.6

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2026-04-29 Get

Solas Shader V3.5

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.12.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4

Release 2026-03-28 Get

Solas Shader V3.4

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2026-02-27 Get

Solas Shader V3.3

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2026-01-29 Get

Solas Shader V3.2

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.12.1, 1.17, 1.12, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18

Release 2026-01-01 Get

Solas Shader V3.1c

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.12.1, 1.17, 1.12, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18

Release 2025-12-01 Get

Solas Shader V3.1b

MC 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

Release 2025-10-20 Get

Solas Shader V3.1

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.16.5, 1.21.4

Release 2025-10-19 Get

Solas Shader V3.0

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.16.5, 1.21.4

Release 2025-09-21 Get

Solas Shader V2.9b

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2

Release 2025-07-31 Get

Solas Shader V2.9

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3

Release 2025-07-05 Get

Solas Shader V2.8c

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2

Release 2025-05-29 Get

Solas Shader V2.8b

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2

Release 2025-05-07 Get

Solas Shader V2.8

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2

Release 2025-05-01 Get

Solas Shader V2.7b

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1, Iris, 1.19

Release 2025-03-22 Get

Solas Shader V2.7

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.5-Snapshot, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.3

Release 2025-03-15 Get

Solas Shader V2.6

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.5-Snapshot, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1, 1.18

Release 2025-01-15 Get

Solas Shader V2.5

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1, 1.18, Iris

Release 2024-12-31 Get

Solas Shader V2.4b

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1, 1.18, Iris

Release 2024-12-10 Get

Solas Shader V2.4

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.1, 1.18, Iris, 1.19

Release 2024-11-07 Get

Solas Shader V2.3

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.21.1-Snapshot, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4

Release 2024-09-21 Get

Solas Shader V2.2b

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.1, 1.18, Iris

Release 2024-08-19 Get

Solas Shader V2.2

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.21.1, 1.18, Iris, 1.19

Release 2024-08-11 Get

Solas Shader V2.1

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.16, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18, 1.16.4

Release 2024-07-01 Get

Solas Shader V2.0

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18, 1.16.4, 1.16.2, Iris, 1.19

Release 2024-06-01 Get

Solas Shader V2.0 [BETA 0.6b]

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.18.1, 1.17, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.19.1, 1.20.4, 1.18, Iris, 1.19

Beta 2024-01-27 Get

Solas Shader V1.8

MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.17, 1.16, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.20.3-Snapshot, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.19.1, 1.18, 1.16.4, 1.16.2, Iris, 1.19

Release 2023-11-24 Get

Solas Shader V1.7

MC 1.17.1, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, OptiFine, Iris

Release 2023-11-09 Get

Solas Shader V1.6

MC 1.17.1, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, OptiFine, Iris

Release 2023-09-21 Get

Solas Shader V1.6

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.4-Snapshot, 1.20.2-Snapshot, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.15.2, 1.20.1, OptiFine, Iris

Release 2023-09-08 Get

Solas Shader V1.5b

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.20.1

Release 2023-06-24 Get

Solas Shader V1.5

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.20-Snapshot

Release 2023-02-10 Get

Solas Shader V1.4

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.15.2, 1.20-Snapshot, 1.13.2

Release 2022-12-31 Get

Solas Shader V1.3

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.15.2, 1.20-Snapshot

Release 2022-11-22 Get

Solas Shader V1.2

MC 1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.15.2, 1.20-Snapshot

Release 2022-11-04 Get

Solas Shader V1.1

MC 1.17.1, 1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.15.2, 1.12.2, 1.13.2

Release 2022-10-01 Get

Solas Shader V1.0

MC 1.17.1, 1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.15.2, 1.12.2, 1.13.2

Release 2022-09-21 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this shader in Minecraft

Shader loader: Iris OptiFine
Minecraft: 1.21.3 – 1.21.10
Install folder: .minecraft/shaderpacks

How to install shaders

Install a shader loader for your Minecraft version: Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine.
Download the shader pack .zip file (do not extract it).
Put the .zip into the shaderpacks folder (.minecraft/shaderpacks).
In game open Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs, select the pack and apply it.

Browse more: Iris shaders OptiFine shaders Shaders for 1.21.10 All shaders

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Latest Release

Version

1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.16.5, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1

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Loaders

OptiFine Iris

Minecraft Versions

MC 1.21.10 MC 1.21.9 MC 1.21.8 MC 1.21.6-snapshot MC 1.21.5 MC 1.21.5-Snapshot MC 1.21.4 MC 1.21.3

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