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A novelty shader pack that renders the game world as ASCII text characters, turning visuals into a retro terminal-style display.

Guides

Step-by-step, in-game.

Getting Smooth Frame Rates with Ascii Craft Shaders on a Budget PCAscii Craft Shaders is built to run with low system impact. It is meant to run smoothly on low and medium setups and…How to Turn On Ascii Craft Shaders and See the Terminal LookAscii Craft Shaders is a shader pack, so it only works through a shader loader such as Iris or OptiFine . Once it is…Playing Normally While Everything Looks Like ASCII TextWith Ascii Craft Shaders active, every block, mob and item is drawn as ASCII text characters. It looks great, but…Taking Cursed ASCII Screenshots with Ascii Craft ShadersOne of the main draws of Ascii Craft Shaders is its funny, cursed visual style for custom screenshots. Because…

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn on Ascii Craft Shaders?
Open Video Settings, go to the Shader Packs menu of your shader loader (such as Iris or OptiFine), select Ascii Craft Shaders and click Apply or Done. Your world should immediately redraw as ASCII text characters, like an old command line terminal.
I installed it but my game still looks normal, what did I do wrong?
The pack is probably sitting in your shader list without being selected. Make sure it is highlighted as the active pack in the Shader Packs menu and that you applied the change. Also check that a shader loader is installed, because Minecraft cannot run shader packs on its own.
Will this shader lag my low end PC?
It is built to run smoothly on low and medium setups and has low system impact on budget graphics cards. If you still drop frames, lowering your render distance is usually the quickest fix.
Does it really turn mobs and items into text too, or just blocks?
It renders blocks, mobs and items all as ASCII text characters, so the entire world looks like a terminal screen.

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