Somber Shaders BE
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An unofficial Bedrock recreation inspired by Somber Shaders. Horror minecraft bedrock resource pack that aims to recreate the nostalgic atmosphere of early beta/alpha versions with an eerie twist, inspired by ARGs.
Rain showcase
Fog <-> Light Interaction Showcase
Local Lighting & Fog Showcase
Volumetric Crepuscular Rays Test
Muted Blossoms
Dawn Over the Valley
Moonlit Silhouette
Volumetric Fog & Water Interaction Test
Sunrise on the horizon
Low-Light Crepuscular Rays & Occlusion Test
Description
Somber — Bedrock Port
A best effort Minecraft: Bedrock Edition port of Somber by Snorfield.
Somber is a Java Edition/Iris shader licensed under the MIT License. This project is a Bedrock resource pack, not a direct GLSL shader port, becuase Bedrock Edition does not provide the same open fragment-shader pipeline available through Iris/OptiFine.
Resource Packs
For the Vibrant Visuals color-grading features to apply, Vibrant Visuals must be enabled in the world's video settings.
Features
The Bedrock port currently aims to reproduce the following Somber features:
- Depth based atmospheric fog
- Dense, desaturated grey-green fog
- Darker cave atmosphere
- Opaque water
- Increased blue coloration in water
- Increased foliage green
- Harsh, high contrast lighting
- Muted color grading
- Stronger shadow contrast
- Somber style overall atmosphere
Not Included
Some effects from the original Somber shader cannot currently be reproduced through Bedrock's public resource-pack and Vibrant Visuals systems.
The following original features are therefore not included:
- Chromatic aberration
- Vignette
- Animated film grain/noise
- Original per-pixel
lightmap^4lighting curve - Custom sun brightness
- Custom moon brightness
- Custom star brightness
- Iris shader-option sliders
These effects require rendering capabilities that are available to Java Edition shader loaders such as Iris but are not exposed to Bedrock resource-pack creators.
Compatibility
This project is intended for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition versions supporting the Vibrant Visuals features used by the pack.
Because Minecraft Bedrock's rendering system is constantly changing, compatibility may change between game versions.
Project Status
Work in progress.
This is a best-effort recreation of Somber's visual style within the limitations of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.
The goal is to reproduce the recognizable atmosphere and major visual characteristics of Somber as closely as the supported Bedrock rendering systems allow.
It is not intended to be a perfect recreation of the original Java/Iris shader.
Attribution
This project is based on and inspired by Somber Shaders by Snorfield.
Original project:
Somber Shaders
Copyright © 2025 Snorfield
Licensed under the MIT License.
The original Somber pack icon is also used by this project.
The original Somber MIT License is included in:
LICENSE-SOMBER
Licensing
This Project
Original work created specifically for this Bedrock port is licensed under the MIT License unless otherwise stated.
See:
LICENSE
Somber Shaders
Original Somber material remains licensed under its original MIT License.
See:
LICENSE-SOMBER
The original copyright notice and permission notice are preserved in accordance with the MIT License.
Credits
Original Somber Shaders:
Snorfield
Bedrock port:
Draco12191712 (Vivaan Bobade)
SHOWCASE:
The Somber Shaders BE Team
