Bloop Shaders
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #1 of 11 high mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
# ABOUT BLOOP
Bloop is a Minecraft shader designed to deliver excellent graphics while maximizing performance.
Perfectly scalable, it offers smooth gameplay on low-end PCs and higher graphics options for more powerful systems, from integrated graphics to an RTX 3090.
Enjoy an enhanced visual experience without compromising on frame rates.
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# This shader includes:
- Performance oriented profiles and simple settings
- Realtime Shadows with simple and advanced shadow filtering
- Distant Horizons support, Including Shadows
- Physics Mod support
- Floodfill lighting
- Advanced and Simple AO
- Full LabPBR compatibility
- POM and Material SSR
- Volumetric Light and Mist
- cloud and contact shadows
- Bloom
- Depth of field
- Volumetric and vanilla cloud support
- Custom tonemapping
- TAA with support for anti ghosting on entities
- Support for various modded blocks
and a lot more
# Performance Comparison
Performance Table
Ryzen 9 7900X with Integrated Graphics at 1080p, Render distance 8 ``` ┌──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬───────────┬───────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────┐ │ Shader │ Preset │ Shadows │ Shadow Range │ Shadow Resolution │ FPS │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ No shaders │ NA │ NA │ NA │ NA │ 180 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Bloop │ Lowest │ Yes │ 8 chunks │ 1024 px │ 45 fps │ │ │ Low │ Yes │ 8 chunks │ 1024 px │ 40 fps │ │ │ Med Low │ Yes │ 10 chunks │ 1024 px │ 30 fps │ │ │ Medium │ Yes │ 10 chunks │ 2048 px │ 20 fps │ │ │ Med High │ Yes │ 16 chunks │ 2048 px │ 15 fps │ │ │ High │ Yes │ 16 chunks │ 4096 px │ 10 fps │ │ │ Ultra │ Yes │ 16 chunks │ 4096 px │ 5 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Makeup UltraFast │ shadowless low │ No │ NA │ NA │ 60 fps │ │ │ shadowless Medium │ No │ NA │ NA │ 40 fps │ │ │ shadowless High │ No │ NA │ NA │ 30 fps │ │ │ Low │ Yes │ NA │ NA │ 25 fps │ │ │ Medium │ Yes │ NA │ NA │ 23 fps │ │ │ High │ Yes │ NA │ NA │ 20 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Bliss │ Default │ Yes │ 8 chunks │ 2084 px │ 10 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Complementary reimagined │ Potato │ No │ NA │ NA │ 20 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Potato Shaders │ NA │ No │ NA │ NA │ 25 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ RenderPearl │ Lowest │ Yes │ 2 chunks │ 512px │ 55 fps │ │ │ lower │ Yes │ 6 chunks │ 512px │ 40 fps │ │ │ Low │ Yes │ 8 chunks │ 1024 px │ 35 fps │ │ │ medium │ Yes │ 10 chunks │ 2048 px │ 20 fps │ │ │ high │ Yes │ 10 chunks │ 2048 px │ 15 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Aurora │ Default │ No │ NA │ NA │ 20 fps │ ├──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┤ │ Mellow │ Low │ No │ NA │ NA
Bloop Shaders is a performance-focused Minecraft shader by espen96, offering scalable graphics from integrated GPUs to high-end systems. It includes real-time shadows, Distant Horizons support, volumetric lighting, and LabPBR compatibility, with 487 endorsements and 1.7M downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge download count (1.7M) shows it's a proven performer
- Scalable from integrated graphics to RTX 3090, with presets from Lowest to High
- Packed with features: shadows, volumetric light, TAA, and more
⚠️ Cons
- Even on lowest preset, integrated graphics drop from 180 to 45 FPS (75% loss)
- Last updated March 2026, but no explicit version compatibility info
- May require tweaking for optimal balance on mid-range hardware
This is for players who want great visuals without sacrificing performance, especially those on low-end PCs or with integrated graphics. It's also great for modded players using Distant Horizons or Physics Mod, and for anyone who wants a shader that scales from potato to powerhouse.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Start with the 'Lowest' preset if you're on integrated graphics, then adjust shadow resolution and range for better FPS.
- Enable Distant Horizons support if you use that mod, but be aware it may impact performance.
- If you have a powerful GPU, try the higher presets to enable POM and SSR for more detailed surfaces.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Shaders
- Author
- espen96
- Version
- 1.8.0-Alpha-3
- Downloads
- 1,724,045
- Endorsements
- 487
- Category
- high
- Created
- 6/23/2024
- Updated
- 3/25/2026
- Game Versions
- 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4
- Tags
- high, potato, vanilla-like
🔧 How to Install Minecraft Shaders Mods
Download from Modrinth. Use Prism Launcher or drop into your mods folder.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Shaders versions does Bloop Shaders support?
The author lists 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.5. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Bloop Shaders?
Version 1.8.0-Alpha-3, published 2026-03-25 with 1.7M downloads recorded at the source.
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