Steadfast is a remarkably fast and unobtrusive shader pack with exceptional attention-to-detail. Easy on the eyes and on your computer, Steadfast massively improves the graphical quality and realism of Minecraft without getting in the way of actually playing the game.
Steadfast is free and open-source software developed by coderbot, and can be downloaded from https://modrinth.com/shader/steadfast-shaders (Modrinth), https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/shaders/steadfast (CurseForge), or https://github.com/coderbot16/Steadfast (GitHub). Anyone can modify and distribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3.
How fast is it really?
Steadfast runs great even on midrange laptops from 5+ years ago, with the default High profile delivering a smooth 60+ FPS experience on most computers capable of running Minecraft. On computers with a dedicated high-end graphics card, Steadfast flies and even the High profile can reliably reach 250-500 FPS. With a lower profile, it runs playably even on a Raspberry Pi!
Steadfast is designed for mobile / integrated graphics hardware, and is built to require minimal graphics memory bandwidth and only moderate graphical compute power.
Features
- Semi-realistic atmosphere with high-quality sky and fog
- Real-time shadows cast by the sun and moon
- Foliage that waves with the wind and has subsurface light scattering
- Perfectly-tuned lighting to give the illusion of bright sunlight and darker nights and interiors, but without excessive changes in brightness or contrast, or obtrusive effects like auto-exposure
- Approximate light shafts ("godrays") from the sun and moon
- Exceptionally detailed water waves with actual visual depth, reflection, refraction, and realistic absorption based on water depth
- Water and ice can reflect anything visible on the screen
- Sunlight and moonlight cast bright water caustics on underwater surfaces
- Windswept high-altitude cirrus clouds as well as support for Minecraft's standard blocky clouds
- Ambient occlusion through Minecraft's built-in smooth lighting
- Integration with the Distant Horizons and Voxy mods, which offer extreme render distances without significant performance loss
- Wide compatibility with other mods and modpacks, including support for high-performance rendering pathways in mods like Create (through the Colorwheel add-on mod)