Aurelia Shaders

AURELIA — golden hour, all the time.
Aurelia is an original shader pack with a warm, cinematic mood and a vibrant palette — soft light, long shadows, and color that glows without blowing out. Built from scratch, tuned by eye, and it runs on both Iris and OptiFine.
FEATURES
- Soft PCSS shadows: variable penumbra, colored tinting through   stained glass - Global illumination + ambient occlusion: one-bounce GI that keeps   interiors and cave mouths grounded - Emissive light spill: torches, glowstone, lava, and nether portals   wash light onto the blocks around them - Volumetric sky: raymarched clouds, god rays, and morning ground fog - Water worth swimming in: waves, screen-space reflections, caustics,   teal depths, and regional water colors - PBR two ways: full labPBR resource-pack support, plus integrated PBR   for vanilla blocks — reflective metals, polished stone, and glowing   ore veins (coal embers and Nether ores included) - Biome atmosphere: per-biome tinting and particles — fireflies,   falling petals, spores, blowing sand - Cinematic image pipeline: filmic tonemapping, auto-exposure, soft   bloom, TAA - Quality of life: held-item dynamic light, entity-shadow toggle, four   performance profiles
REQUIREMENTS
- Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21+ - Iris 1.6+ (recommended) or OptiFine HD U - The default HIGH profile targets high-end GPUs — use MEDIUM or LOW   on weaker hardware, ULTRA for screenshots
INSTALLATION
1. Install Iris (recommended) or OptiFine. 2. Drop Aurelia-v1.0.0.zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks/ — don't unzip. 3. Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs → select Aurelia.
FAQ
Iris or OptiFine? Both work. Iris is recommended: better performance and full regional water detection (OptiFine gets a limited version).
My FPS is low. Switch to the MEDIUM or LOW profile in the shader options, or lower the shadow map resolution.
Does it work with resource packs? Yes — any pack. With a labPBR pack you also get real normals, smoothness, and metals.
Can I use it in videos/screenshots? Yes, freely. Credit with a link to this page is appreciated.
Can I reupload or bundle it? No — see the license. Link to this page instead.
LICENSE
All rights reserved. Free to download, use, and modify for personal use; no redistribution or reuploads. Full text in LICENSE.txt inside the pack.