Forge Mods for Minecraft Java
Browse 90 free Forge mods for Minecraft Java — popular picks include Neat - Shaders-Fix, Oculus - Au Naturel Edit, True Darkness Compat.
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Neat - Shaders-Fix
A mod that adds a health bar to mobs, but now works with shaders.
Oculus - Au Naturel Edit
An fork of oculus to expose more modded minecraft internals and make them available for shader development in the Au Naturel 5 modpack.
True Darkness Compat
True Darkness Compat is a Forge 1.20.1 compatibility bridge that makes Grondag's True Darkness mod work correctly with shader packs running under Iris / Oculus.
Oculus/Iris For Simple Clouds
This mod adds full compatibility between SimpleClouds’ shader renderer and Oculus’ shader system, ensuring both work together seamlessly.
Void Cubes
Adds decorative blocks featuring the end portal shader effect
Accelerated Rendering: Turned
Fork of AR. Entity rendering optimization mod. Fast vertices transforming and caching using compute shaders.
Orbital Strike
Adds a powerful Orbital Strike item that create a devastating space to ground orbital strike with beautiful effects. NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SHADERS
Always Bright
A mod that forces full brightness even when shaders are enabled, so your world is always fully lit with no dark areas.
SwanSong Shaders
A shaders mod for 1.7.10 designed for maximum compatibility with other mods and modpacks.
Oculus Unlocked
Allows mod shaders to work while Oculus has an active shaderpack
Ravicon
- Shader Optimizer - Shader Compilation Manager - Translucency Manager - Embeddium Compatibility Layer - Oculus Compatibility Layer
WorldTooltips - Continuation
World-Tooltips, but works with shaders (and much more)
lygia
LYGIA is a shader library of reusable functions that can be included easily into your projects. LYGIA is very granular and designed for reusability, performance, and flexibility.
Flashier Flashlights
The first flashlight mod to implement proper shadow mapping with full shader pack support (Oculus/Iris, Embeddium/Sodium).
WoM: Shaders & Overlays Effects
This small mod/resource pack adds shader effects when running WoM animations.
Lycanites Oculus Fixes
Fixes various rendering and lag issues when using Lycanites with Oculus shaders [yes, it works with most ports too]
Pintonium
A shaderpack loader and performance mod for 1.12.2.
CalamityAPI
Modding API for flexable shaders usage and other utils.
Mekanism: The Valinest
Be The Valinest! A mod that Insert valine shader into the valines of valine.
Botania Shader Fix
Removes the GoG rainbow when shaders are loaded.
Iris Caves
Makes Alex's Caves work with your shaders — biome fog, the Luxtructosaurus red sky, Deepsight, and fixes for its invisible mobs and projectiles.
AkatZumaTool
I added some simple visual effects to the homemade gadgets, such as electromagnetic cannon beams and tracking flying swords, using GPU particles and shader.
ShaderFixerRagecraftVer
Shader fixer. Fixes shaders for a lot of mods for 1.7.10 Forge, specifically for ragecraft. My modpack./For RTM.
Just Glowing Buttons (Forge)
These new buttons glows and emits light. (Best to use with shaders)
Ocular
This mod improves the visual approach without unnecessary addons by adding shaders to the screen.
Modernized Future 32x
Modern Minecraft is one of my favorite things, as in modern furniture and decorations, with shaders... AMAZING! :)
Shadered Dimensions
Adds enterable Shadered skybox-block dimensions with ambient music.
Flatter Signs: A Mode 13h Addon
A Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that adds billboarding to signs when paired with the Mode 13h shaderpack.
Colourful Everywhere
Recolour every GUI with the power of shaders!
NoSuperSecretSettings
Removes "Super Secret Messages..." as well as all shaders related to it.

Literally Nothing
The ultimate universal Mod/Plugin/Resource pack/Shader that does literally nothing and runs on everything!
ScreenShaders
Post processing screen effects
Sonicraft Demons Green Mountains Shader Fix
Blocks Sonicraft from disabling the Sonicraft Demons Green Mountains Shader
Focal Engine Universal Mod (1.20.4, 1.20.1) – Rendering Foundations For Continuum Shader Packs
Focal Engine Universal Mod is Continuum Graphics’ shader mod framework that sits underneath their Focal-enabled shader packs. Instead of acting like a standalone “pack,” it functions as the runtime that enables Continuum’s shaders to load, run, and stay updated, with an in-game panel that ties into a Continuum account for downloading supported releases. On the […]
EpicFight Nightfall Mod (1.20.1, 1.20) – Advanced Animations And Weapons
EpicFight Nightfall Mod expands the animation framework and introduces a lot of crafted weapons, each with its own unique combat mechanics and handling style. With hundreds of hand‑drawn animations, camera effects, and shader support, this mod elevates the player experience to a new level of polish and realism. Features: Smooth, detailed combat animations created from […]
Angelica Mod (1.7.10) – Play Classic MC Without Lag
Angelica Mod backports performance and graphics features from newer mods to older versions of Minecraft. It helps the game run smoother by combining rendering fixes, culling improvements, and shader support. Features: Brings multi-threaded chunk building from Sodium and Embeddium for better performance. Includes graphical fixes from ArchaicFix and rendering improvements from NotFine. Adds a GLStateManager […]