
Somber is a light-weight shader that aims to bring back the nostalgic atmosphere of earlier beta / alpha versions of minecraft with added eerie effects.
It is recommended to use the built-in Programmer Art texture pack to bring back old textures.

Most effects can be toggled and customized in the settings menu for the shader including
- Vignette
- Vignette Strength
- Chromatic Aberration
- Aberration Strength
- Noise
- Noise Strength
- Fog
- Fog Strength
- Fog Sky Overlay
- Water Transparency
- Water Vibrance Strength
- Old Foliage Vibrance
- Foliage Vibrance Strength
- Star Brightness
- Sun and Moon Brightness
The shader also accentuates shadows similarly to old versions, adds dynamic fog which darkens with depth, and removes transparency from the top water layers so you can't see what's below.

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Terms for using, modifying and redistributing this product.
08.11.2025 · Modrinth
Various bug fixes
Removed green tint issue on all blocks besides foliage
Added star brightness option
Added moon / sun brightness option
Added more fog values
Fixed various lighting issues
Screenshots and images from the original Modrinth page.








Published versions and original Modrinth files.
08.11.2025 · 96 657 downloads
Various bug fixes
Removed green tint issue on all blocks besides foliage
Added star brightness option
Added moon / sun brightness option
Added more fog values
Fixed various lighting issues
28.10.2025 · 8 632 downloads
Inital release, yay!