Chocapic13's Shaders 1.19 / 1.18 - Minecraft Resource Packs

657,204 views BY Choca_13 — Last updated 18 September 2025

Many people find that the default lighting effects provided for the Minecraft game are not adequate. Even when the graphics settings of the computer are optimized, and the lighting is smooth, all the images in the game are block-like. Hence a large number of shader mods have been developed for the game, which try to improve the overall appearance of a Minecraft game by incorporating lighting effects which make it look more realistic. The Chocapic13’s Shaders pack is one of the many shader mods, and the benefits are easily visible after the mod is installed on the computer. The Chocapic13’s Shaders pack will make light cast shadows which are lifelike and also make corners look realistic. Instead of rendering shadows block wise, they are rendered in the direction of the light. The appearance of water, sky, particles, sun, moon and stars is also changed in this mod.

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Like the stars and moon, the mod uses the light the sun naturally emits, to make it look real. Similar, the color, texture, reflection and animation of the water, sky and particles are changed in this mod. Though this shaders mod pack requires more power for processing graphics like other shader mods, it has many options available making it ideal for more users. There are major limitations while using most of the popular shaders packs since some will work only on top end computers or are only designed for the Windows operating system. However, this pack from Chocapic13 will function on almost all operating systems. Various editions of the mod are available so that a more players can use it whatever their computer processing power, operating system and Mine-craft build. Extreme, High, Lite, Low, Medium, Toaster and Ultra are some of the different versions available. Many players do not have a powerful processor for their computer, yet wish to try using shaders, and this Chocapic13 mod is the ideal way to start.

Chocapic13's Shaders should be compatible with all of these Minecraft versions: 1.21.11 - 1.21.10 - 1.21.9 - 1.21.8 - 1.21.7 - 1.21.6 - 1.21.5 - 1.21.4 - 1.21.3 - 1.21.2 - 1.21.1 - 1.21 - 1.20.6 - 1.20.5 - 1.20.4 - 1.20.3 - 1.20.2 - 1.20.1 - 1.20 - 1.19.4 - 1.19.3 - 1.19.2 - 1.19.1 - 1.19 - 1.18.2 - 1.18.1 - 1.18 - 1.17.1 - 1.17 - 1.16.5 - 1.16.4 - 1.16.3 - 1.16.2 - 1.16.1 - 1.16 - 1.15.2 - 1.15.1 - 1.15 - 1.14.4 - 1.14.3 - 1.14.2 - 1.14 - 1.13.2 - 1.13.1 - 1.13 - 1.12.2 - 1.12

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How to install Chocapic13’s Shaders:

1. Download and install Minecraft.
2. Open Minecraft launcher and setup your game profile for the Minecraft version you want to run. – in the launcher on the top menu, select the “Installations” tab, click “New installation”, under the “Version” dropdown, select your preferred Minecraft version and click “Create”.
3. Download and install Optifine or Iris. – we recommend Iris, it’s a bit more optimized;
4. Open Minecraft launcher and select the newly created Optifine or Iris profile. – if in step 3 you chose to install optifine it will have an optifine profile, if iris it will have an iris profile;
5. Download the Chocapic13’s shader pack from the download section below.
6. Launch Minecraft.
7. For Optifine: Go to Options > Video Settings > Shaders and click “Shaders Folder” to open shaderpacks folder. For Iris: Go to Options > Video Settings > Shader packs and click “Open Shader Pack Folder” to open shaderpacks folder.
8. Put the Chocapic13’s shader pack (.zip file) downloaded in step 5 into the .minecraft\shaderpacks folder you opened in step 7.
9. In the game, select Chocapic13’s Shaders from the list and click “Done”.

Requirements & limitations:

• Ensure the latest available graphics driver is installed.
• A minimum resolution of 500 pixels on each axis is required for proper functionality.
• Keep Shadow Quality set to 1.00x in the OptiFine menu; use shader options to adjust shadow resolution.
• Enable “Custom Sky” in OptiFine settings.
• Set “Old Lighting” to either Off or Default.
• Resource pack custom skies are generally not supported — certain mods may work, but compatibility is not guaranteed.
• Connected overlay textures may exhibit issues when viewed underwater.

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Comparison slider #1 for those who want to compare vanilla Minecraft without any shaders installed (on the left) with Minecraft using this particular shader pack (on the right).

Vanilla Chocapic13's Shaders

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Comparison slider #2 for those who want to compare vanilla Minecraft without any shaders installed (on the left) with Minecraft using this particular shader pack (on the right).

Vanilla Chocapic13's Shaders

Chocapic13's Shaders Shader Pack Download

• Credit for the creation of Chocapic13's Shaders goes to Choca_13.
• We never modify or edit resource packs in any way. None of the resource packs, shader mods or tools you see on this website are hosted on our servers. We use only official download links provided by official authors. Therefore, they are completely safe and secure.
• Since the links are official and we update them manually - the links may stop working with each new update. We make every effort to update links as quickly as possible and usually we update everything on time and users have no problems, but if suddenly any link stops working - let us know through the comments below.
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DOWNLOAD LINKS

Java Edition:

[1.21.x – 1.12.x] Download Chocapic13’s Shader Pack – extreme;

[1.21.x – 1.12.x] Download Chocapic13’s Shader Pack – all versions, unzip, then choose your version;

Download instructions:

Curseforge: download starts automatically after a few seconds;

Mediafire: click the big blue button with the text "DOWNLOAD";

Google Drive: in the top right corner you will see a small download icon (down arrow), click it and the download should start;

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AUTHOR LINKS Choca_13 Chocapic13's Shaders on Curseforge Author: Choca_13 Last updated: 18 September 2025 Category: Shaders Compatibility: Java