Home›Java›Shaders›Derivative Reborn Shaders (26.2, 1.20.1) – Realistic Water With Screen Space Reflections
ShadersJava
Derivative Reborn Shaders (26.2, 1.20.1) – Realistic Water With Screen Space Reflections







Derivative Reborn Shaders transforms lighting and water effects in your Minecraft world. It focuses heavily on making oceans, rivers, and lakes look as real as possible. This shader pack changes how light bounces off the water surface and fixes many visual bugs from older shaders. You get clean, clear reflections without weird black boxes or messy lines on your screen. It also makes far-away views look stable and beautiful.
![]()
Features:
- Realistic Water: Changes the way water ripples and moves so it looks natural.
- Advanced Reflections: Adds screen space reflections to water so it mirrors the world perfectly.
- Removes ugly black blocks that sometimes appear at the edges of your screen near water.
- Cleans up messy visual noise caused by blocks placed high above your head.
- Stops underwater plants and bubbles from breaking the picture on the water surface.
- Keeps reflection edges sharp while hiding rough spots under the water.
- Fixes dark streaks in bright areas so the lighting looks smooth.
- Stops the picture from stretching near the sides of your monitor.
- Prevents far-away water from flickering while you walk.
- Works well with long-distance rendering mods to give you a clear view of the horizon.
Screenshots:












Derivative Reborn Shaders Download Links
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as 8340.mcpack
- Download size: 32.4 MB
- Download link checked 25 Jul 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.