Colorwheel Patcher
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. File opened and checked on 30 Sep 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeColorwheel Patcher is a mod that automatically patches supported shaderpacks at launch to be made compatible with Colorwheel.
This replaces the manual patching with a more convenient method.
How to use
- Install the mod
- Install a compatible shaderpack (see below)
- Launch the game
- Select the patched shaderpack (ending with "+ Clrwl …")
Supported shaders
- BSL 10.1
- Bliss 2.1.1 - 2.1.2
- Complementary 5.6 - 5.6.1 (officially supported since r5.7)
- Complementary 5.5.1 (with Colorwheel-Patcher 1.0.0)
- Euphoria Patches 1.6.3 - 1.6.8 (officially supported since 1.7.0)
- Photon 1.3a
- Rethinking Voxels 0.1-beta9
Tip: it's common for shaderpacks to disable Entity Shadows or Block Entity Shadows by default. Make sure that those options are toggled if you want Create contraptions to cast lights and shadows.
There is a fork of photon available on my GitHub. This fork supports colored lighting on contraptions and is compatible with Voxy, which isn't the case with the patch available with Colorwheel-Patcher.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Colorwheel Patcher is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1. Downloaded 19,809,556 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.