Looking for shaders for Minecraft 1.12.2? MineUniverse ranks 159 of them by downloads, led by Complementary Shaders - Reimagined, Complementary Shaders - Unbound and BSL Shaders.
Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.
Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.
High performance shaders. Gameplay oriented. Lightweight.
Very optimized shaderpack for MC: Java edition, around since 2012! Runs on any hardware and supports every MC version since 1.7.10.
A good performing fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and fancy visuals
Capturing the essence of old shaderpacks to create a stylized and modern Minecraft-look.
Improves the look of vanilla MC with shadows, reflections and more. Runs on any Potato!
A shaderpack that gives Minecraft a modern visual overhaul while staying faithful to its original look.
A shaderpack that has evolved tremendously over the years!
[DISCONTINUED] Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's oriented towards vanilla aesthetics.
Return of an old time favorite! Lightweight and Fast! Reworked and ported from enhanced default.
An edit of Chocapic13 focusing on semi-realism/fantasy featuring amazing lighting, lens flare and more!
A MakeUp - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast!
Vanilla Minecraft with a little extra!
VoidLight Cinematic
VoidLight Cinematic low minecraft shade 2.3K downloads
Toonlamentry
A cartoon / anime stylized shaderpack meant to forget about themed limitations and just make the game look as cool as possible. 61 downloads
Doruk's Shader Plus
Doruk's Shader Plus is a Mellow based premium shader. 397 downloads
E-LITE shaders (MakeUp edit)
A MakeUp - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast! updated Feb 17, 2025
Aurora_Lite
Based on MakeUpUltraFast, a heavily modified vanilla-style shader. 2.8K downloads
CG shaders (E-LITE and MakeUp edit)
CG - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast! 1K downloads
MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders and Sildur's Vibrant shaders round out the top five. Within the past 30 days, 17 of these shaders (11%) were updated for 1.12.2. The latest updates include VoidLight Cinematic, Toonlamentry and Doruk's Shader Plus. Altogether, these shaders have more than 626 million downloads.
Released on September 18, 2017, Minecraft 1.12.2 has 24 more shaders than 1.12.1 (135) and 10 more than 1.13 (149). The biggest categories are Vanilla (71), Fantasy (46) and Realistic (42).
OptiFine has the most shaders of any shader loader for 1.12.2 (127), ahead of Iris (126). Some shaders work with more than one shader loader, so these numbers add up to 253, more than the 159 in total.
The most downloaded shaders for Minecraft 1.12.2 on MineUniverse are Complementary Shaders - Reimagined, Complementary Shaders - Unbound, BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders and Sildur's Vibrant shaders.
There are 159 shaders for Minecraft 1.12.2 on MineUniverse. Within the past 30 days, 17 of these shaders (11%) were updated for 1.12.2. Together they have more than 626 million downloads.
1. Install a shader loader for your Minecraft version: Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine. 2. Download the shader pack .zip file (do not extract it). 3. Put the .zip into the shaderpacks folder (.minecraft/shaderpacks). 4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs, select the pack and apply it.
OptiFine leads with 127 shaders, followed by Iris (126). Some shaders work with more than one shader loader, so these numbers add up to 253, more than the 159 in total.
Yes. All 159 shaders for Minecraft 1.12.2 on MineUniverse are free to download.
