Optimize Water Appearance and Reflections

Locate Water Settings

Access your shader configuration menu and find the water or reflection section. BloomingLight Shader includes dedicated controls for water transparency and light reflection behavior.

Adjust Transparency and Clarity

Modify the water transparency slider to control how clearly you can see through water to blocks and terrain below. Increasing clarity makes underwater exploration easier; decreasing it creates a more opaque, atmospheric water effect.

Control Reflection Strength

Find the reflection or light-bounce setting for water surfaces. This determines how much sunlight and sky light reflects off the water. Higher values create more visible reflections of the sky and surrounding light; lower values produce a more muted, realistic water surface.

Test in Multiple Biomes

Visit oceans, rivers, and lakes to see how your settings look across different water types and lighting conditions. Shallow water, deep water, and water near bright light sources will all respond differently to your adjustments.