The main practical perk of this pack is that it brightens dark areas. That means you can push through caves and night-time forests without a light source.
Preparing for a torchless run
1. Enable the pack from your shader loader's Shader Packs menu before heading underground.
2. Pack what you'd normally bring, minus the stack of torches: weapons, armor, food, and a pickaxe.
3. Keep a few torches anyway if you want to mark your route home. With everything lit evenly, cave passages can start to look alike.
Moving through the dark
- Scan corners as you go. The pack removes harsh shadows, so a mob tucked into a nook should be visible instead of hidden in black.
- Look further ahead than usual. You're no longer limited to the glow around a torch, so check the full tunnel before committing to a path.
- Mind the colors. The entire world is painted in shades of green. Blocks that you'd normally tell apart by color can look similar. Take a closer look before you mine or step onto something unfamiliar.
- Remember the shader only changes your view. Vanilla light levels haven't changed, so mobs can still spawn in dark spaces. Your screen just makes those spaces visible to you.