Solace Shaders for Minecraft 26.3

A stylized shader pack for Iris. Warm light, a world that moves with the wind, bright water, crisp far views and calm, starry nights.

Discord · Whimscape by kavast (pairs well, separate, not affiliated) · Bobby (recommended)

Solace is a hand-built stylized shader pack that paints Minecraft in warm, soft light. It favours mood over realism, with glowing meadows, bright clear water and slow, colourful skies.

• Soft cel lighting with cool, colourful shadows instead of black ones
• Light rays and soft bloom filtering through tree canopies
• A world in the wind: grass, flowers, crops, leaves, vines, bamboo, sugar cane, lily pads, cobwebs and hanging lanterns sway with the breeze, and gusts roll across meadows as soft silvery waves
• Glowing light sources: torches, lanterns, candles, glow berries, glow lichen, furnaces, redstone, soul fire and copper lanterns glow and tint their surroundings in their own colour
• Warm light, calm nights: torch light forms warm amber islands, the moon paints a faint silver rim on characters, and fireflies drift over the meadows
• Golden hours: leaves and grass glow gold-green against the low sun, with dappled sunlight under the trees and drifting leaves and cherry petals
• No fog, crisp distance: far land stays clear and keeps its colour, and the edge of the world fades softly into the sky
• Bright stylized water with soft painted highlights on sunlit wave tops, gentle drifting sparkles, wet shores and soft reflections
• Moon glint across the water at night
• Subtle outlines and many effects with their own on/off switch
• Low / Medium / High profiles and detailed settings

• Install Fabric, Sodium and Iris for Minecraft 26.3.
• Drop the Solace .zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks/ (don't unzip).
• Select Solace Shaders under Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs.
• Pick a profile in Shader Pack Settings.

Compatibility: Minecraft 26.3 · Iris 1.11.7 + Sodium ✅ · Bobby ✅ recommended · Voxy ✅ supported (far LOD land and water get the same cel look) · Distant Horizons ⚠️ not recommended yet · OptiFine not tested · tested on one GPU system so far.

Known issues: foam on narrow streams can look strong.

My FPS is low. What helps?

Use the Low or Medium profile, turn off light rays or shadows, and use Bobby instead of a huge render distance.

Do I need Whimscape?

No. Solace works with vanilla textures and any pack; Whimscape just matches the style.

Can I use it in videos or modpacks?

Videos and screenshots, including monetized ones: yes, a link back is appreciated. Modpacks: link to this page, don't include the file.

License: All Rights Reserved. Free for personal use. Please don't re-upload, redistribute or share modified versions; always link to the official page. Credits: original work by Daemon · screenshots with Whimscape by kavast (not included) · icon font Monocraft by Idrees Hassan (SIL OFL 1.1).