Rakoun: DarkFantasy Visuals

A dark fantasy shader for Minecraft Java (Iris/Oculus) — not affiliated with the Bedrock pack of a similar name. -> with deep nights, golden lantern light, rain-soaked reflective streets and organic block blending — atmosphere first, not photorealism.
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Rakoun: DarkFantasy Visuals - Dimension Update (Alpha)

Byrakoun
  • A
  • Jul 9, 2026
  • 147.03 KB
  • 7
  • 1.21.11+30

File Name

RakounDarkVisuals_V2.2.0.zip

Supported Versions

  • 1.21.11
  • 1.21.10
  • 1.21.9
  • 1.21.8
  • 1.21.7
  • 1.21.6
  • 1.21.5
  • 1.21.4
  • 1.21.3
  • 1.21.2
  • 1.21.1
  • 1.21
  • 1.20.6
  • 1.20.5
  • 1.20.4
  • 1.20.3
  • 1.20.2
  • 1.20.1
  • 1.20
  • 1.19.4
  • 1.19.3
  • 1.19.2
  • 1.19.1
  • 1.19
  • 1.18.2
  • 1.18.1
  • 1.18
  • 1.17.1
  • 1.17
  • 1.16.5
  • Iris
# Changelog — Rakoun : Dark Visuals

## v2.2.0 — The Dimension Update (+ underwater)

Every dimension now has its own identity. First official release (out of Alpha), still one single file for Minecraft 1.16.5 -> 1.21.11.

### New: a REAL gravitationally-lensed black hole
- The black hole is now ray-marched with true gravitational lensing, Interstellar-style: light bends around the event horizon, background stars and the Milky Way stretch into an Einstein ring, and the accretion disc wraps above and below the horizon.
- Swirling incandescent matter with relativistic Doppler beaming (the side rushing toward you glows brighter) and a blazing photon ring.
- Still fixed in the northern sky, day and night — your celestial compass.

### New: the End void
- A GIANT black hole (2.5x the Overworld one) dominates the sky of the void — fight the dragon under its eye.
- Purple nebula banks drifting in the dark, cold violet starfield (lensed too), spectral violet veil over the islands.

### New: the Nether inferno
- Volumetric smoke rises from the lava seas — thick, ember-lit at the base, ray-marched like the ground mist.
- Heat mirage above the terrain: the air shimmers and ripples.
- Glowing embers drift through the air; stratified fog glows lava-orange low and ash-grey high.
- Soul sand exhales ghostly blue wisps.
- The portal is reforged: a swirling blood-red marble with incandescent veins and rising sparks — medieval dark fantasy, no more vanilla purple.

### New: underwater overhaul
- Real depth absorption: colors die with distance, reds first.
- Snell's window: look up and the sky compresses into a bright circle, total reflection beyond it.
- Subtle refraction wobble; nights underwater are properly dark.

### Improved: Overworld
- Clouds now cast their moving shadows on the ground and the water.
- Water surface parallax: wave crests hide the troughs at grazing angles — the surface has real relief.
- Fixed stretched foam streaks under elevated water (fountains, aqueducts).
- New optional AgX tonemap (Post menu) for a softer filmic look.

### Performance
- The black hole is only marched in a tight cone around it, with a soft edge fade.
- Ground mist: analytic ray clamping and early exit — the heavy fog costs much less.