v0.5.0 Beta · Member access available
Minecraft painted in motion.
A bold fantasy shader pack with illustrated skies, expressive water, inked forms, and dimensions that feel designed rather than merely lit.
Available in an active membership
Private releases are delivered through each member's account library, so they are not presented as public project downloads.
A different visual language
The pack pushes Minecraft toward hand-painted fantasy. Broad color shapes, soft atmospheric depth, inked edges, and animated detail keep the world recognizable while giving it a new mood.
Every major environment is treated as its own scene. The Overworld stays bright and adventurous, the Nether feels hot and heavy, and the End becomes an otherworldly sky ocean.
The shader story
Light, weather, water, and atmosphere work together instead of sitting on top of the game as separate effects.
Painted water
Emerald and turquoise water carries painted highlights, bright sun glints, moving foam, breaker waves, shoreline wash, and ripples that react around the player.
Foam, sun glints, breaker waves, interactive ripples
Day and night
Soft cobalt daylight gives way to ink-blue nights, moving cloud forms, nebula shapes, stars, shooting stars, and moonlit haze across the horizon.
Volumetric clouds, painted haze, stars, shooting stars
The End
The End becomes a luminous sea of clouds under a rotating vortex, with a black-hole light, lightning, long god rays, and islands suspended in violet space.
Cloud sea, sky vortex, black-hole light, lightning
The Nether
The latest beta gives the Nether its own smoky purple atmosphere, stylized terrain lighting, organic lava motion, lavafalls, and bright molten regions split by dark cracks.
Dimension lighting, atmospheric haze, organic lava, hot wind
Compatibility, honestly
The current development setup uses Minecraft Java 1.21.11 with Iris 1.10.7 and Sodium 0.8.7. Exact supported builds will be retested and listed when the RuneFist release opens.
Geometry grass can still misbehave on some Iris and Sodium combinations. It remains optional while compatibility is refined.
The End
A rotating sky vortex, distant lightning, and a luminous cloud sea turn the End into the pack's most dramatic destination.
RuneFist membership
Iron Glove is €4.50 per month and includes the complete shader pack and every member release while active.
Open the membership page to review Iron Glove and continue to secure checkout.
View membershipInstall from your member library
Active members can download the current private release from their RuneFist account library.
Use the Iris installer for your Minecraft Java version. The current shader pack is built for Iris.
Open the Iris websiteDownload the current release from your RuneFist account library, then place the complete Khan's Stylized Shaders ZIP in your shaderpacks folder. Do not unzip it.
Select the pack in Video Settings, then start with Low-End PC, Balanced, High, or Ultra and tune individual effects from there.
Current development build
0.5.0
The latest beta gives the Nether a complete visual identity and tightens dimension-specific lighting across the pack.
FAQ
Khan's Stylized Shaders is an unofficial Minecraft Java shader pack. It is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. The planned release is for personal use and may not be redistributed.
Yes. Active members receive private releases through their RuneFist account library.
Yes. An active Iron Glove membership includes the complete shader library while the membership remains active.
No. Khan's Stylized Shaders is built for Iris. Sodium is part of the current development setup, but it is not listed as a separate requirement for the shader pack.
Not yet. Version 0.5.0 is a beta. The major visual systems are present, but performance, compatibility, and a few effects are still being refined.
Distant Horizons shader support is included. Because Iris, Sodium, and Distant Horizons move quickly, exact combinations will be documented and retested for each public release.
