Minecraft Java 1.21 Mods
Browse 267 free mods for Minecraft Java 1.21 — popular picks include PosterizationShader, Nolantic Shader, Extraterrestrial Expanse.
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PosterizationShader
PosterizationShader is a lightweight shader pack for Minecraft that applies an artistic posterization effect to the game's visuals. The shader reduces the number of colors to create a stylized "poster" look with visible color bands.
Nolantic Shader
A Modern Minecraft Shader for Minecraft 1.20.1
Extraterrestrial Expanse
Extraterrestrial Expanse is a high quality visual minecraft shader that aims to make you gaze into your surroundings and enjoy the world around you
Carmine
A shaderpack that adds a Carmine theme to the game - Perfect for horror mods and adventure maps!
Mist Bound
“Throughout this heaven and earth, MistBound lingers like a silent storm... unseen, unbroken, eternal.”
Horizon - Gotek's SMP
Opinionated collection of mods centered around Create, RPG Series, BetterX and YUNG's for a mix of tech, fantasy and vanilla+
Velpix Shaders
Transform Minecraft into a living painting with fantasy skies, artistic lighting, stylized shadows, and cinematic atmospheres.
ElderGuard
ElderGuard is a medieval fantasy RPG modpack that brings knights, magic, and adventure to Minecraft. Explore vast kingdoms, conquer dungeons, and uncover powerful relics in a world of danger and discovery.
Super Halftone Shaders
A shader that makes your world look like a comic book/manga.
Farmer
Useful mod for farmers! Have you ever thought about that you can till and plant, without click the mouse? You only need to move your body and farmland will appear after you! Seeds can plant themselves too!
UpaamaShaders
UpaamaShaders improves Minecraft with cinematic lighting, atmospheric skies, realistic shadows, beautiful water, and optimized performance while preserving the original vanilla style.
Mystical Medieval Roleplay
A mystical medieval modpack packed with magic, ancient ruins, and epic exploration—where you can build your own kingdom, master enchanted gear, and dive into a living fantasy world.
LiteFrames Shaders
A shader that tries to recreate childhood nostalgia.
Guests
Show off your builds to newcomers while keeping gameplay secure! Perfect for SMPs that want to protect themselves from griefers and server scanners. Players will join as a guest and you can keep your whitelist off and public!
Eternal Prism
Volumetric light, 3D clouds, living water and starry nights — cinematic Iris shader that scales to any PC.
RetroPixel
custom retro CRT shader pack for Minecraft (Iris compatible). It shrinks the screen resolution to a pixelated 500x700 format, restricts the color palette for a 90s aesthetic, and adds classic horizontal scanlines to perfectly mimic an old tube monitor—all
AuroraLite
Lightweight shaderpack for Iris 1.21.x based on Mellow. AuroraLite focuses on balanced visuals, clean UI, medium performance and atmospheric lighting.
Massive MMO
A fantasy MMO-style modpack featuring RPG progression, unique classes, skill leveling, dungeons, bosses, and an open-world adventure experience. Designed for cooperative multiplayer with performance upgrades for smooth gameplay.
Perfect Gen
This modpack redefines the experience of exploring and reshaping the world. Packed with light RPG elements, this pack brings adventurous spirits together with captivating quests, mythical creatures and immersive world-building.
GeyserAutoUpdate
A Geyser extension that autoupdates extensions and geyser itself.
Dungeons, animations and optimization!
based on fantasy medieval adds, more biomes, dragons, structures, and more animations but with good optimization!

Eddyveil Shaders - MacOS
A simple, light weight shader that has cool visuals while still maintaining performance, perfect for people who want bright but quality caves, amazing night skies, etc. There are 2 versions, one for Mac and one for Windows.
EnS-hAder
Pastel-themed shader pack. Works on Iris or OptiFine.
Explorisa
This modpack is centered around becoming stronger as you explore new structures, biomes, and even whole new dimensions, all the while defeating strong bosses, in a medieval/fantasy rpg setting.
Velpix Shaders Basic
a stylized shader specially developed for low-resource computers
Galaxy shader
A simple shader which changes all blocks universally to display a galaxy/starry night, and gives all entities a golden glow
SOLAR Shader Lite
Solar Shader Lite is a lightweight version of the Solar Shader designed to give Minecraft players the aesthetic and sunburst visuals with optimized performance for lower-end devices.
NyxaVora
Colorful shaderpack made to make Minecraft feel brighter, softer, and more atmospheric without destroying performance. It keeps the vanilla style recognizable while adding pleasant colors, gentle lighting, and a clean fantasy-like look.
Addie's Vanilla Client Mods
This is all the client side mods I use to give myself a better experience when it comes to building and datapack making.
Auto Logout
A mod that automatically kicks yourself from server once a player gets in range of blocks that u set, allows u to afk farm and play safe.
Watereye Optimization
One of The Best optimization modpack for Minecraft designed to enhance performance and improve gameplay experience. Credit: Mythical's
Prism Totem Counter
Live totem HUD for yourself + real-time enemy pop nametag tracking — built for PvP.
Hearthglow Cottagecore cosy shader
Hearthglow is a cottagecore shader for Minecraft (Iris & OptiFine): warm ambient light, soft glow, pastel tones. No other shader is built specifically for the cozy aesthetic.
Simply Solid Shaders
A shader designed to be plug and play, and just simply be solid for all your Minecraft needs!!
Inner Fire: Middle Earth Reforged
It's got huge...tracks of land! (1.21.11) Epic terrain, medieval fantasy, adventure RPG, FPS Boost, Magic, and much more.
NPC-Shaders
A lightweight shader for Iris/Oculus and Optifine adding nice visuals.