Somber
Horror minecraft shader that aims to recreate the nostalgic atmosphere of early beta / alpha versions with an eerie twist, inspired by ARGs
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Somber
Somber is a light-weight shader that aims to bring back the nostalgic atmosphere of earlier beta / alpha versions of minecraft with added eerie effects.
It is recommended to use the built-in Programmer Art texture pack to bring back old textures.
Effects
Most effects can be toggled and customized in the settings menu for the shader including
- Vignette
- Vignette Strength
- Chromatic Aberration
- Aberration Strength
- Noise
- Noise Strength
- Fog
- Fog Strength
- Fog Sky Overlay
- Water Transparency
- Water Vibrance Strength
- Old Foliage Vibrance
- Foliage Vibrance Strength
- Star Brightness
- Sun and Moon Brightness
The shader also accentuates shadows similarly to old versions, adds dynamic fog which darkens with depth, and removes transparency from the top water layers so you can't see what's below.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as Somber.zip
- Download size: 17 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.