Minecraft 1.18 has 233 Iris shaders on MineUniverse, with more than 297 million downloads combined. BSL Shaders is the most downloaded of them.
Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.
High performance shaders. Gameplay oriented. Lightweight.
A good performing fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and fancy visuals
A well performing fantasy styled shaderpack with emphasis on scene variation and customization.
A shader pack created to convey the style of the cancelled Super Duper Graphics Pack and other popular Minecraft titles.
Capturing the essence of old shaderpacks to create a stylized and modern Minecraft-look.
A shaderpack that gives Minecraft a modern visual overhaul while staying faithful to its original look.
An edit of Chocapic13 focusing on semi-realism/fantasy featuring amazing lighting, lens flare and more!
Using clever lighting techniques and powerful customization to create clean, immersive, and enjoyable visuals.
A MakeUp - Ultra Fast shaders edit that is highly customizable, beautiful, and fast!
Retro stylized shader that brings artifacts from CRT and VCR / VHS
A fantasy stylized shaderpack aiming to make Minecraft look stunning and beautiful
Solas Shader
A good performing fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and fancy visuals updated Oct 14, 2026
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. updated Sep 27, 2026
Aurelia Shaders (Realistic)
Realistic Minecraft shaders with cinematic lighting, reflections, and stunning skies! 280 downloads
HSN-Shaders
Adding lite shaders while retaining performance. updated Oct 11, 2026
Behind BSL Shaders, the ranking continues with MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders, Solas Shader, Bliss Shaders and Super Duper Vanilla Shaders.
With 233 of 278, Iris shaders account for 84% of all shaders for 1.18. Iris ranks first of two shader loaders for 1.18, ahead of OptiFine (213).
Recent activity: 43 Iris shaders (18%) got a new file for 1.18 in the last 30 days. Recently updated picks include VoidLight Cinematic, Toonlamentry and Doruk's Shader Plus. Mojang released Minecraft 1.18 on November 30, 2021. Against its nearest versions, 1.18 has 2 more Iris shaders than 1.17.1 (231) and 3 fewer than 1.18.1 (236).
By downloads, the leading Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18 are BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders, Solas Shader, Bliss Shaders and Super Duper Vanilla Shaders.
MineUniverse currently has 233 Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18. Recent activity: 43 Iris shaders (18%) got a new file for 1.18 in the last 30 days. Together they have more than 297 million downloads.
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.
Iris has more: 233 shaders for Minecraft 1.18 support Iris, compared with 213 for OptiFine.
Yes. All 233 Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18 on MineUniverse are free to download.
