Screenshot 1 of 2. Dripstone cave with moss and vines at the Bright setting, shown with Boosted Brightness.
What Boosted Brightness works with.
| Platform | Java Edition |
|---|---|
| Loaders | Vanilla Shader |
| Minecraft versions | 1.21.2, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.2, 26.3 |
Boosted Brightness is a vanilla-like brightness pack for Java by Bluebird. It reuses the lightmap core shader introduced in 1.21.2 to multiply the in-game brightness slider by ten, which allows fullbright. It runs on the player's own install only, and dedicated hosting is unsupported.
Shader loaders and versions
- Vanilla Shader: Minecraft 1.21.2 to 26.3.
What it changes
The creator's page compares three settings, brightness 10, brightness 50 and brightness 100.
It works in plain vanilla and alongside Sodium, and no other mods are required. Because it relies on a core shader rather than a lighting mod, it needs no shader loader of its own.
Installation
The newest release, 1.4, requires nothing else. For a general walkthrough of pack folders and menus, see how to install shaders.
- Needed only on the player's own install, since hosting is unsupported.
- Works without any mods, and with Sodium.
- Brightness is set by the normal in-game slider.
Trade-offs and companions
Fullbright here means a much brighter slider, not flat lighting. For uniform lighting, where a cave matches the surface, or for boosted darkness, the creator points to Fullslide by blockerlocker.
Players on 1.21.9 to 1.21.11 who want Bluebird's night vision fix pack alongside this one will find a second file labelled Boosted Brightness NV Fix under the main file on that release.
Questions about Boosted Brightness.
3 questions
Does Boosted Brightness work with Sodium?
Yes. The pack uses the lightmap core shader added in 1.21.2, which is why it works with Sodium. It also works in plain vanilla, and no other mods are required to use it.
Does Boosted Brightness need any mods?
No. It works in plain vanilla and with Sodium, and no mods are required. It relies on the lightmap core shader introduced in 1.21.2 snapshots, and you control the brightness with the in-game slider.
Can I use Boosted Brightness on multiplayer hosts?
It is a player-side pack, so you load it in your own install.
