Better Water Shaders is a shaderpack for Minecraft that only changes water, which is why it will work great even on weak computers. The author doesn’t like the sprite water in the game, so he made it transparent (it now looks very realistic), and the color of the water depends on the biome where this water is located (as in the original).
If you want to make Minecraft a little more beautiful without unnecessary FPS drops, then this is what you need. The author claims that FPS drop with such a shader does not exceed 10-15 frames (this is on very weak PCs), on average it will be around 5 frames per second. There are no special settings in the shader (it is very simple itself), so just install it and enjoy the new look of the water.
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Better Water Shaders Download Links
For All Versions of Minecraft
- 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.
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 17 Jun 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.