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Koto

A lightweight pastel anime-style shader for Minecraft Java Edition. Soft shadows, dynamic sky, animated water and cute cel shading — all in four quality modes.

K O T O

Three worlds. One light.

Koto keeps the Minecraft you know and changes everything around it: the light, the air and the water.

 

OVERWORLD

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Reflections that hold the whole valley.

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Water that stays calm and clean all the way to the horizon.

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Village lights on the water after dark.

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A starry sky over the mountain.

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Moonlit clouds drifting over the plains.

 

NETHER

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A lava ocean that lights the whole cavern.

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Fire, glowstone and lavafalls, each with its own glow.

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Red nebulae and floating embers above the roof.

 

THE END

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An aurora over the void.

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The dragon between the obsidian pillars.

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Looking up into the End sky.

 

FEATURES

Square pixel-art sun whose colour follows the time of day
Volumetric light and soft shadows
Water with real-time reflections and waves that calm down in the distance
Layered clouds with a golden tint at sunset
A sky of its own in the Nether and in the End
Hand light from torches, lanterns and any light block
Stable image with no flickering pixels

 

PRESETS

Pick one in the shader menu. Medium is the default.

Potato Low Medium High Super
Shadow map 512 1024 2048 4096 4096
Shadow range 128 192 256 256 256
Volumetric fog off 12 steps 24 steps 28 steps 32 steps
Reflections off simple rough rough best
Water waves 4 6 12 16 20
 

LICENSE

Koto by Kotoritos · © 2026 Kotoritos · ARR (All Rights Reserved).
Do not redistribute, re-upload, sell or share modified versions without written permission from Kotoritos.

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