Ugly High Contrast Shaders FAQ

Open your Video Settings in-game, select Shaders, and choose Ugly High Contrast Shaders from the list. Apply the settings and the effect will take place immediately.

That's the intended effect—dark areas become pitch black under this shader. Try mining or exploring during daytime, or place torches and light sources more liberally than you normally would to navigate safely.

The shader is designed to push contrast to intentional extremes for its chaotic look, but you can disable it entirely and switch back to default rendering if the effect is too harsh for your playstyle.

Yes, the shader applies its high-contrast effect across every biome, though the visual impact varies—desert and sky biomes become especially bright and washed out, while caves and forests turn nearly black.

Shaders generally impact performance depending on your GPU and render distance; if you experience lag, try lowering your render distance or switching to a lighter shader when you need better performance.

Shaders are generally compatible with most mods, but they can conflict with other visual mods or shaders—only run one shader at a time, and avoid combining it with mods that heavily modify lighting or colors.

You can use it in any world type, but it's designed as a joke visual mod; survival gameplay becomes genuinely harder due to extreme darkness and glare, so it works best for challenge runs or novelty playthroughs.

The shader removes soft lighting transitions intentionally, creating harsh, angular shadows that contribute to the bizarre and chaotic visual style.

The shader applies its extreme contrast to all dimensions, making the Nether's already-dim lighting nearly invisible and the End's bright areas intensely blown out.

Disable the shader in Video Settings and return to default rendering, or try adjusting your brightness settings in-game to compensate for the extreme contrast.