Dale Shader
This is an efficient shader for Minecraft 1.16+ that doesn't require any mods to run. Works well with Sodium.
Features
- Screen space ambient occlusion
- Semi-transparent surface diffusion
- Bloom
- Fast approximate anti-aliasing
- Tone mapping
- Color correction
- Vivid foliage LUTs
- Improved textures for rain, snow, water, entity shadows, sun and moon
How to install
1. Download the ZIP archive.
2. Navigate to your Minecraft folder and move the Dale archive into your resourcepacks folder.
3. Go to the Resource Packs menu and select Dale.
4. Under Video Settings, set Graphics to Fabulous.
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.3, 1.16.1, 1.17
- 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 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 resource packs walks through it step by step.
Dale Shader is a free Minecraft Java resourcepack. Compatible with Minecraft 1.16.3, 1.16.1, 1.17, 1.16 and newer. Downloaded 39,789 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.