Minecraft Java 1.21 Mods
Browse 958 free mods for Minecraft Java 1.21 — popular picks include VableVanilla, EndlessVanilla (1.21.11), NotScary.
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VableVanilla
A vanilla-inspired shader that enhances Minecraft with improved lighting, waving vegetation, realistic water, soft shadows, and smooth performance while preserving the game's original look.

EndlessVanilla (1.21.11)
Great Vanilla+ modpack with optimazation, bobby, shaders and smaller items.
NotScary
Scary Minecraft Shaders inspired by R.E.P.O.
Adi Cinematic Shader
"Adi Cinematic Shader transforms Minecraft with ultra-smooth lag-free shadows, realistic procedural clouds, cinematic lighting, and smart-depth water. Perfect for high-quality recordings and immersive survival gameplay!"
ISKRA Shaders
A performance-friendly fork of MakeUp — Ultra Fast with a warm custom palette, reworked water, shoreline foam, rain ripples, caustics and cinematic colour grading.
Hig
A lightweight SMP modpack focused on smooth performance, shader support, and fresh exploration. Includes FPS/lag optimizations, optional shaders, new structures/points of interest, and smart QoL to keep survival servers fast, stable, and fun.
Zarya
Fork of minecraft-miniature-shader by Mateus A. Kreuch, with a large visual extension layer.
Carrot Shaders
Shaders focused on natural lighting, improved shadows and balanced colors.
Expanse Shaders
Lightweight Iris shaders: soft shadows, glowing lights with bloom, waving foliage, dimensional haze with rolling Nether steam, aurora and meteors over the End, underwater light shafts. Three presets, RU/EN settings.
Zepholume Shaders
⚡ A performance-conscious Minecraft shader pack bringing atmospheric lighting, polished visuals and richer environments without blindly sacrificing FPS.
BrownTown Revamped
A simple and optimized modpack that can be incorporated into a server or standalone world. Featuring mods such as Fishing Frontier, Particular, Subtle Effects, Iris Shaders, and many more!
StreamCraft 3.0
StreamCraft is a modpack created specifically for streamers, that allows in-game voice communication with other players nearby, it has mod Sodium that significantly improves frame rates and Iris Shaders which is compatible with existing OptiFine shaders
Salicylic Lite
Optimized version of SalicylicShaders with better clouds and shadows.
Solar Shader Legacy
Solar Shader Legacy delivers the same premium visuals and performance optimizations as the standard but with a legacy menu structure. The interface stacks all shader settings in a clean vertical layout.

Jono's Create
Create mod based modpack with other mods (e.g. Yung's Better Structures, Iris shaders, and Farmers Delight). This modpack is lightweight with Create's lates update, 6.0.x, Post Production.
DTM Shader
EPILEPSY WARNING!! its a shader, dont use unless your insane lmao
Vanilla S
This resource pack is designed for vanilla Minecraft players, offering optimized and refined visuals while staying true to the original style. Textures are sharper, colors are more balanced, block transitions smoother, and performance is enhanced.
Just Performance
This Modpack contains no Shaders, no Minimap, no unnecessary QuoL-Mods, just the best of the best performance Mods.
augustine's Potato Trailers
Wanna get the trailer look and not set your PC on fire? [ONLY CORESHADERS USED-near zero fps impact]
MAX FPS Balance
MAX FPS Balance is the essential middle-tier modpack for 3-4 GB RAM systems. It achieves high FPS by pure optimization, keeping all default aesthetic features without adding demanding shaders.
Veylora Shaders
A cinematic Minecraft shader pack featuring volumetric clouds, realistic water, dynamic shadows, atmospheric skies, bloom, and unique Nether and End visuals.
Cloud Shaders
Shaderpack for Minecraft Java,adds Bright Light and Shadows
Vanila & Visual
Vanilla+ build containing atmospheric mods, resource packs, and shaders
Cinematix Shader
A vibrant, cinematic shaderpack focused on breathtaking colors, dramatic lighting, beautiful skies, and stunning atmosphere, while keeping performance at a reasonable level
Veridian
A shader made by 3 AI Models, to see how capable they are.
Optimod
A fully optimized Minecraft experience with stunning shaders, quality-of-life tweaks, and everything you need for a smooth, beautiful game.
Talax's Lobotomy Shaders
EPILEPSY WARNING! I would not recommend trying to beat the game with it.
javier's minecraft look no optifine
javier's minecraft look without optifine :D
Official NitWit SMP Modpack
This Modpack is inteded for the players of the NitWit SMP. It cointains performance improving mods, shader support, proximity voice chat and visual improvments like added animations.

SHADER_bounty
simple shaders that adds the option to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, vibrance. The shaderpack doesnt change anything else.
OG Shaders
OG Shaders enhances Minecraft while keeping its original spirit alive. It stays true to the OG look and feel
Neoforged Flashback
Modpack focused on using Flashback in Neoforge. Currently supporting 1.21.1. Also includes performance & quality of life mods for smooth and satisfying gameplay. Shader & resource pack support included.
MrAxolots shader
A custom Minecraft shader pack built for high performance, smooth gameplay, and clean visual graphics.
Pulse Prime
Balanced Fabric modpack combining high performance, useful quality-of-life features, enhanced visuals, multiplayer improvements, and shader support for everyday Minecraft gameplay.

Fryed Vibrant Shader
A cool shader that chages Minecrafts shadows and colors.
VanillaEX plus
Vanilla EX Plus enhances Minecraft’s performance and visuals through client-side Fabric mods and shaders, without adding any new gameplay content.