NOISE Shaders
An atmospheric shader pack for Minecraft with cinematic lighting, deep shadows, reflective water, soft fog and dark moody nights.
⬇ Download on CurseForge
NOISE Shaders is an atmospheric shader pack designed to make Minecraft feel more cinematic without losing its vanilla identity.
The goal of NOISE is not to turn the game into pure realism. Instead, it focuses on mood: deeper shadows, colder nights, stronger contrast, reflective water, layered fog and a darker, more dramatic atmosphere.
Days remain playable and clear, while nights become more immersive and tense.
Main Features
- Cinematic lighting
- Deep and soft shadows
- Reflective and animated water
- Fog and distance haze
- Atmospheric clouds
- Volumetric-style lighting / raymarched light option
- Temporal anti-aliasing
- Optional EASU + Temporal upscaling
- Bloom
- Contact shadows
- Wind and water waves
- Cinematic auto exposure
- Multiple quality presets
Quality Presets
NOISE currently includes 3 presets:
- Performance
- Balanced
- Ultra
Example Performance
Measured on the developer's PC:
- CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X
- GPU: Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB
- Resolution: 2560×1440
- Render Distance: 11 chunks
- Loader: Iris
- FPS Limit / VSync: disabled
- Scene: same test areas
Results:
- Ultra: 26–43 FPS
- Balanced: 77–120 FPS
- Performance: 96–140 FPS
Performance will vary depending on your hardware, scene complexity, resolution, Minecraft version and settings.
Compatibility
- Designed for Iris and OptiFine
- Known issue: No
License
Usage is governed by the included Custom License.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.21
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
NOISE Shaders is a free Minecraft Java shader. Compatible with Minecraft 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.16.1 and newer. Downloaded 2,897 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.