MineUniverse lists 236 Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1, ranked by total downloads. Together they have more than 413 million downloads.
Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.
High performance shaders. Gameplay oriented. Lightweight.
A highly customizable horror styled Minecraft shaderpack based on BSL.
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.
An aesthetic, performant pastel-colored shaderpack with multiple color preset based on BSL.
Atmospheric, highly customizable eerie shaderpack, successor of Insanity Shader.
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!
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 updated Oct 13, 2026
Toonlamentry
A cartoon / anime stylized shaderpack meant to forget about themed limitations and just make the game look as cool as possible. updated Oct 13, 2026
Doruk's Shader Plus
Doruk's Shader Plus is a Mellow based premium shader. updated Oct 12, 2026
Aurelia Shaders (Realistic)
Realistic Minecraft shaders with cinematic lighting, reflections, and stunning skies! updated Oct 15, 2026
HSN-Shaders
Adding lite shaders while retaining performance. updated Oct 11, 2026
The most downloaded Iris shaders for 1.18.1 are BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders and 🎃 Insanity Shader, followed by Solas Shader and Bliss Shaders. In the last 30 days, 41 of them (17%) received a new file for 1.18.1. Recent updates include VoidLight Cinematic, Toonlamentry and Doruk's Shader Plus.
Iris shaders make up 85% of all 277 shaders for 1.18.1. For comparison, Minecraft 1.18.1 also has shaders for OptiFine (218).
Minecraft 1.18.1 was released on December 10, 2021. Compared with nearby versions, 1.18.1 has 3 more Iris shaders than 1.18 (233) and 27 fewer than 1.18.2 (263).
Ranked by downloads on MineUniverse, the top five Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 are BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders, 🎃 Insanity Shader, Solas Shader and Bliss Shaders.
MineUniverse lists 236 Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1. In the last 30 days, 41 of them (17%) received a new file for 1.18.1. Together they have more than 413 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: 236 shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 support Iris, compared with 218 for OptiFine.
Yes. All 236 Iris shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 on MineUniverse are free to download.
