Ashfall Shaders
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An ash storm shader: muffled light under falling ash, an ash-grey sky, ash building up on the ground and wind-blown ash — while fire keeps its color.
Ashfall - Village.jpg
Ashfall - Thunderstorm.jpg
Ashfall - Valley at noon.jpg
Ashfall - Cherry grove.jpg
Ashfall - River valley.jpg
Description
An ash storm shader: muffled light under falling ash, an ash-grey sky, ash building up on the ground and wind-blown ash — while fire keeps its color.
Why Ashfall?
- Horror Intensity: One slider for every effect in this pack.
- Ashfall: Grey ash drifts down like snow in three layers: big slow flakes up close, fine dense ash far away.
- Ash Buildup: Ash settles on upward-facing surfaces, never under a roof.
- Fire Color Kept: Only the orange of fire, lava, embers and torches keeps its color. Torches mean more here.
- Wind
Every effect above is a real setting in the shader menu (Signature Effects page), so you can tune it or turn it off. Underneath: real-time shadows, animated water, volumetric clouds, fog, bloom and colour grading.
Files
Six quality levels, each as its own zip, for Minecraft 1.13 and newer (Iris or OptiFine) and for 1.8.9–1.12.2 (OptiFine): Potato, Low, Medium, High, Extreme and Extreme Astor (the full look, as in the screenshots). Not sure? Start with Medium. Every zip also contains all levels as profiles in the shader menu, so you can switch in game.
Compatibility (what was actually checked)
- Checked in game: Minecraft 1.21.4 with Iris (Overworld, Nether and End screenshots on this page).
- All shader programs of both files pass a GLSL compile check.
- Other versions and OptiFine were not all tested in game; please report problems in the comments.
- Distant Horizons: not supported. Client-side only.
Installation
- Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine.
- Put the zip into
.minecraft/shaderpacks(do not unzip it). - Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs → select the pack.
About
Made by AstorUVZ (ASTOR SHADERS) with substantial AI assistance (Claude) for the shader code and this text; built, compiled and checked in game by the author. All screenshots are real in-game captures of this pack. Also on Modrinth: search ASTOR SHADERS.
License
All Rights Reserved, with permission to play with it, record videos and streams, and include it in modpacks (link back to this page). Re-uploading, copying the code into other packs or selling it is not allowed.
Ashfall Shaders Team
