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Best OptiFine Shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9

MineUniverse lists 98 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9, ranked by total downloads. Together they have more than 484 million downloads.

98OptiFine Shaders
484MDownloads
11Updated in 30 days
Dec 3, 2015Released
Other shader loaders for 1.8.9All Shaders 115Iris 93
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Top 24 OptiFine Shaders for 1.8.9

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Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

Complementary Shaders - Reimagined

by EminGT

Preserving the elements of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.

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Complementary Shaders - Unbound

Complementary Shaders - Unbound

by EminGT

Transforming the visuals of Minecraft with exceptional quality, detail, and performance.

145.6M
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BSL Shaders

BSL Shaders

Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's bright, colorful, and distinct.

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Sildur's Vibrant shaders

Sildur's Vibrant shaders

by Sildur

Very optimized shaderpack for MC: Java edition, around since 2012! Runs on any hardware and supports every MC version since 1.7.10.

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Sildur's Enhanced Default Shaders

Sildur's Enhanced Default Shaders

by Sildur

Improves the look of vanilla MC with shadows, reflections and more. Runs on any Potato!

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Beyond Belief Shaders

Beyond Belief Shaders

A shaderpack that has evolved tremendously over the years!

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BSL Shaders - Classic

BSL Shaders - Classic

[DISCONTINUED] Shaderpack for Minecraft: Java Edition. It's oriented towards vanilla aesthetics.

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Sildur's Basic Shaders

Sildur's Basic Shaders

by Sildur

Return of an old time favorite! Lightweight and Fast! Reworked and ported from enhanced default.

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RedHat Shaders v34.3

RedHat Shaders v34.3

An edit of Chocapic13 focusing on semi-realism/fantasy featuring amazing lighting, lens flare and more!

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Body Camera Shader

Body Camera Shader

by LoLip_p

Body camera effect

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Cursed Fog

Cursed Fog

by LoLip_p

Creepy, tense shaders that will tickle your nerves.

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Tea Shaders

Tea Shaders

Vanilla Minecraft with a little extra!

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Stracciatella Shaders

Stracciatella Shaders

A very lightweight vanilla style shader with colored lights, focusing on adding nice features that go hand in hand with vanilla

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TrueLightFX Lite

TrueLightFX Lite

A lightweight Shader for low end Hardware | inspired by Vibrant Visuals

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Lumina Shaders - Event Horizon

Lumina Shaders - Event Horizon

by benjiaa

A next-generation, hyper-realistic shader pack designed to push your PC to the limit with uncompromising cinematic graphics.

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TrueLight FX

TrueLight FX

TrueLightFX is a custom Minecraft shader offering a wide range of customizable settings.

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PixelCraft Shaders

PixelCraft Shaders

Pixelcraft Shaders is a Complementary Shaders edit which aims to replicate pixel art. Every screenshot is a new piece of art brought to life!

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Amethyst Shaders

Amethyst Shaders

[WIP] A Semi-Realistic Minecraft Shaderpack, with a Vibrant Visuals Style. Based on Complementary Reimagined.

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Sundial Lite

Sundial Lite

A shaderpack designed to make the balance between quality, performance and compatibility

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Lux V1

Lux V1

by TechDev

Lux is a high fidelity Minecraft: Java Edition shader pack based on Capt Tatsu's BSL Shaders.

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PSX-Core Shader

PSX-Core Shader

by Dooji

A PSX shader with affine texture mapping, dithering, vertex snapping and more!

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CH Motion

CH Motion

Super light weight motion blur pack

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SI: Spectre [DISCONTINUED]

SI: Spectre [DISCONTINUED]

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BVS - Best Shader

BVS - Best Shader

by LoLip_p

Very Simple and Best shader for You!

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About OptiFine Shaders for 1.8.9

The most downloaded OptiFine shaders for 1.8.9 are Complementary Shaders - Reimagined, Complementary Shaders - Unbound and BSL Shaders, followed by Sildur's Vibrant shaders and Sildur's Enhanced Default Shaders. In the last 30 days, 11 of them (11%) received a new file for 1.8.9. Recent updates include Toonlamentry, Doruk's Shader Plus and Sundial Lite.

OptiFine shaders make up 85% of all 115 shaders for 1.8.9. For comparison, Minecraft 1.8.9 also has shaders for Iris (93).

Minecraft 1.8.9 was released on December 3, 2015. Compared with nearby versions, 1.8.9 has 42 more OptiFine shaders than 1.8.8 (56) and 16 more than 1.9 (82).

How to install OptiFine shaders
  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.

Questions about OptiFine shaders for 1.8.9

What are the best OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9?

Ranked by downloads on MineUniverse, the top five OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9 are Complementary Shaders - Reimagined, Complementary Shaders - Unbound, BSL Shaders, Sildur's Vibrant shaders and Sildur's Enhanced Default Shaders.

How many OptiFine shaders are there for Minecraft 1.8.9?

MineUniverse lists 98 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9. In the last 30 days, 11 of them (11%) received a new file for 1.8.9. Together they have more than 484 million downloads.

How do I install OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9?

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.

OptiFine or Iris: which has more shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9?

OptiFine has more: 98 shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9 support OptiFine, compared with 93 for Iris.

Are the OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9 free?

Yes. All 98 OptiFine shaders for Minecraft 1.8.9 on MineUniverse are free to download.

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