Looking for OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1? MineUniverse ranks 218 of them by downloads, led by BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders and 🎃 Insanity Shader.
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
Solas Shader and Bliss Shaders round out the top five. Within the past 30 days, 37 of these shaders (17%) were updated for 1.18.1. The latest updates include VoidLight Cinematic, Toonlamentry and Doruk's Shader Plus. Altogether, these OptiFine shaders have more than 410 million downloads.
Released on December 10, 2021, Minecraft 1.18.1 has 5 more OptiFine shaders than 1.18 (213) and 16 fewer than 1.18.2 (234).
Overall, 79% of the 277 shaders for 1.18.1 are OptiFine shaders. If you use another shader loader, Minecraft 1.18.1 also offers shaders for Iris (236).
The most downloaded OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 on MineUniverse are BSL Shaders, MakeUp - Ultra Fast | Shaders, 🎃 Insanity Shader, Solas Shader and Bliss Shaders.
There are 218 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 on MineUniverse. Within the past 30 days, 37 of these shaders (17%) were updated for 1.18.1. Together they have more than 410 million downloads.
1. Install OptiFine for your Minecraft version (optifine.net) and start it once. 2. Download the shader pack .zip (do not extract it). 3. Put the .zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks. 4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shaders and select the pack.
Iris has more: 236 shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 support Iris, compared with 218 for OptiFine.
Yes. All 218 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.18.1 on MineUniverse are free to download.
