Minecraft Bedrock shader packs: four Vibrant Visuals resource packs and how to install them

Translated from the original Traditional Chinese version.

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Summary

Four Minecraft Bedrock Edition resource packs for Vibrant Visuals, with screenshots from my tests, what each one looks like, how to install them, and what to check when Vibrant Visuals has no effect.

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After you have played vanilla Minecraft for a while, you may want a different look. Bedrock Edition can now change the look of water, plants, lighting and night scenes when you pair Vibrant Visuals (Bedrock’s shader-style graphics mode) with a resource pack. This article covers four resource packs I tested, from one that stays close to vanilla to one with a stronger atmosphere.

The screenshots were taken in Minecraft Preview 1.21.80.27. Vibrant Visuals can now be turned on in the release version of Bedrock Edition on supported devices. The supported devices and conditions are in Minecraft’s official announcement.

Four resource packs

Vanilla Reforged

Vanilla Reforged keeps the vanilla block designs and mainly adds water, sunlight and texture detail. The picture is close to vanilla.

A vanilla-style forest and water in daylight with Vanilla Reforged

Luminous Dreams

Luminous Dreams has more vivid colors and stronger contrast between light and dark. The water reflections and the night lighting stand out, and the overall mood is a bit heavier than vanilla.

A village and lake at night with Luminous Dreams, showing its bright lighting

Overgrown

Overgrown mainly changes plants, models and natural textures. Forests and grass become denser, which suits exploring the wilderness or looking at landscapes.

Forest vegetation and lakeshore textures in daylight with Overgrown

Prizma Visuals Legacy

Prizma Visuals Legacy has a softer picture, and its fog, water and PBR materials stand out. CurseForge has marked this project as Legacy, and there is also a Prizma Visuals 2.0.

Soft fog and a lake in daylight with Prizma Visuals Legacy

Install a resource pack

Download the .mcpack from the link above, open the file, and wait for Minecraft to show “Successfully imported”. The screenshot below uses a Traditional Chinese interface, and “已順利匯入” is “Successfully imported”.

Minecraft showing that the Vanilla Reforged resource pack was imported successfully (Traditional Chinese interface)
After the import, edit the world you want to play, find the pack under “Resource Packs” > “My Packs”, and click “Activate”. In the screenshot below, “資源包” is Resource Packs, “啟動” is Active, “可使用” is Available and “啟用” under each pack is Activate.

The resource pack screen in the world settings with the Activate button highlighted for Poggy’s Luminous Dreams (Traditional Chinese interface)
Finally, go back to the main menu, open “Settings” > “Video”, set “Graphics Mode” to Vibrant Visuals, and enter the world to check the effect. The screenshot below is from Preview 1.21.80.27 with a Traditional Chinese interface. In that Preview build, the Vibrant Visuals toggle (highlighted) sat under Graphics in the world’s experimental settings, and “實驗性玩法” in the left menu is Experiments.

The Vibrant Visuals toggle under Graphics in the world’s experimental settings in Preview 1.21.80.27 (Traditional Chinese interface)

If nothing changes after you import a pack

Check these items in order:

  1. Whether you can select Vibrant Visuals under “Settings” > “Video” > “Graphics Mode”.
  2. Whether the pack is listed under “Resource Packs” > “Active” in the world settings.
  3. Whether the resource pack supports your current Minecraft version.
  4. Disable other resource packs and add-ons for now, then enter the world again.

When Vibrant Visuals is grayed out, leave the current world first and then change the setting. If you still can’t select it, follow Minecraft Help to check device support, drivers and incompatible packs.

Summary

The four resource packs differ in visual style, and the installation steps are the same: import the .mcpack, activate it in the world settings, and switch the graphics mode to Vibrant Visuals.

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