Distant Horizons Pack With Solas Shader
Modpackby chezwiz
A Distant Horizons Modpack with a few terrain mods and Iris
Type
Modpack
CurseForge Downloads
8,769
CurseForge ID
1425778
Last Updated
Apr 13, 2026
Description
Distant Horizons Pack with Solas Shader
(Minecraft 1.21.11)
This modpack transforms Minecraft into a massive, beautiful open-world experience by combining extreme view distance, cinematic shaders, and modern terrain generation.
Instead of the world disappearing into fog after a short distance, you can see entire mountain ranges, coastlines, and continents stretching far into the horizon, all while keeping smooth performance (depending on your settings and pc specs).
What this modpack includes
Distant Horizons – Ultra-far view distance
Distant Horizons allows the game to render the world far beyond vanilla limits using a level-of-detail system. You can see terrain, mountains, and structures thousands of blocks away without heavy performance loss.
Solas Shader – Cinematic lighting and atmosphere
The Solas Shader adds:
Realistic sunlight and shadows
Volumetric lighting and fog
Beautiful skies, clouds, and sunsets
Reflective water and improved lighting
This makes the world feel more alive and immersive.
Tectonic – Better large-scale terrain
Tectonic reshapes the world with taller mountains, deeper valleys, wider plains, and more dramatic landforms. The terrain feels more realistic and epic, especially when viewed from far away.
Terralith – Expanded biomes and landscapes
Terralith adds dozens of new and improved biomes, such as:
Massive mountain ranges
Lush valleys and plateaus
Unique forests, deserts, and coastlines
This makes exploration more interesting and visually diverse.
What you can do in this pack
See huge mountain ranges and landscapes from extreme distances
Explore a world with realistic, dramatic terrain
Enjoy high-quality lighting and atmospheric visuals
Take cinematic screenshots and videos
Build large bases and see them from miles away
Experience Minecraft as a true open-world game
I recommend that you set the CPU load in the distance horizons menu to ''i paid for the whole cpu'' and let it load in the world for about 20-30 mins, (depending on your pc specs ofc) before you play since it takes some time to load in the chunks.
IMPORTANT: I would recommend to allocate 8Gb of RAM or at least 6Gb depending on the settings you would like to play with.
I have not created any of these mods
Enjoy!
-ChezWiz
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Contained Mods (8)
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
Sodium
The fastest and most compatible rendering optimization mod for Minecraft. Now available for both NeoForge and Fabric!
Iris Shaders
A modern shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing Optifine shaders
Lithostitched
Library mod with new configurability and compatibility enhancements for worldgen
Terralith
A 1.18+ overworld expansion for Fabric and Forge, with tons of new biomes and caves!
Tectonic
Terrain shaping brought to new heights, grander and more varied than ever before!
Distant Horizons: A Level of Detail mod
Increase view distance without harming performance.
Solas Shader
A good performing fantasy stylized shaderpack with colored lighting and fancy visuals