Googy Shaders
A low-end-friendly shader for OptiFine & Iris featuring animated water with sky reflections, per-leaf foliage motion, ambient occlusion, and a player…
⬇ Download on ModrinthGoogy Shaders is a shader pack for OptiFine and Iris that brings visual improvements to Minecraft without destroying performance on low-end hardware.
Water
The Water is slightly transparent, there are light waves, really cool for potato pc's.
Foliage
Leaves and grass move in the wind. Leaf vertices flutter individually using per-vertex noise — different parts of the same tree move at slightly different times, giving a more natural look than a single synchronized sway.
Lighting
- Simple lighting for potato pc's
- The sky is cloudless and calm
Installation
- Install OptiFine or Iris for your Minecraft version.
- Download the
.zipfrom this page. - Place it in
.minecraft/shaderpacks/ - In-game: Options → Video Settings → Shaders → Googy Shaders
Open Shader Options in-game to adjust wind strength, wave height, fog density, and AO intensity.
Compatibility
| Version | Loader |
|---|---|
| 1.14.2 | OptiFine |
| 1.16.5 | OptiFine · Iris |
Requires OpenGL 3.0 / GLSL 1.30 or newer. Works on integrated graphics.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
- 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 GoogyShadersOptifine1165.zip
- Download size: 29 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.