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Vivid Horizon

Java shader pack listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

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VividHorizon

VividHorizon is a lightweight shader pack designed to enhance Minecraft's visuals while preserving the game's original style. It delivers improved lighting, realistic shadows, vibrant colors, atmospheric skies, strong reflections, and beautiful water effects without straying too far from the vanilla experience.

Whether you're exploring vast landscapes, building detailed creations, or surviving the night, VividHorizon adds a fresh and immersive look to every world while maintaining smooth performance on a wide range of hardware.

Features

1. Enhanced dynamic lighting
2. Soft, realistic shadows
3. Vibrant color grading
4. Strong water and block reflections
5. Warm, colorful sunrises and sunsets
6. Atmospheric sky, sun, moon, and cloud rendering
7. Better fog and distance effects
8. Natural ambient lighting
9. Vanilla-friendly visual style
10. Multiple performance profiles, including two built specifically for this pack (VIVID_PERFORMANCE and VIVID_BALANCED) for a real quality/FPS tradeoff, alongside the standard Potato–Ultra presets

Compatibility

- Minecraft: Java Edition 
- Requires Iris Shaders And I recommend it for better performance (or an OptiFine-compatible shader loader, where applicable)

**Note:** If terrain is not loading, try Turning Off Texture Filtering In The Shaderpack Settings

If you're looking for a shader that keeps Minecraft feeling familiar while making every scene more beautiful, VividHorizon is a great choice.

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Credits

VividHorizon is a modified/retuned version of **Complementary Reimagined** and **complementary Unbound**, built on its code under the Complementary License Agreement 1.6.

Built on Complementary Reimagined and Complementary Unbound by Complementary Development — [complementary.dev] (https://www.complementary.dev) 

Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.

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