Complementary Unbound Shaders (1.21.7, 1.20.1) – Elite Graphics with Stunning Realism

Complementary Shaders, packed with an array of new features, reworks, and improvements that redefine the visual quality of your game.

Complementary Unbound Shaders is the most ambitious and feature-rich update ever released for the Complementary series. Merging the strengths of both Complementary Reimagined and the original Complementary Shaders, this version offers a complete visual overhaul with cinematic fidelity, stunning effects, and a vast array of customization options.

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Designed for players who want the ultimate balance between beauty, performance, and immersive realism, Complementary Unbound transforms every aspect of the Minecraft world—from skies and weather to shadows, lighting, water, and even the Nether.

✨ Key Features

🌤️ Sky, Clouds & Atmosphere

  • Fully volumetric Unbound clouds – fly through them seamlessly
  • Distance blur and depth of field for cinematic visuals
  • New rainbow effect appearing after rain during sunrise or sunset
  • Enhanced atmosphere colors and fog for natural balance

🌊 Water & Reflections

  • Reworked Unbound water caustics with realistic reflections
  • Sharper, cleaner block reflections with reduced smudging
  • Tweaked sun/moon reflections and parallax for more natural surfaces

🌧️ Weather & Environment

  • Revamped rain and snow visuals with waving particle textures
  • Improved lighting, fog, and visibility in rainy or snowy biomes
  • New “Nether Storm” effect with animated volumetric smoke

🌑 Shadows & Lighting

  • Highly accurate shadows including soft edges and dynamic angles
  • Improved SSAO, TAA, and light shaft quality
  • Atmospheric scattering for day/night cycles and sun/moon colors
  • New moon phase lighting and subtle moon texture detailing

🎮 Performance & Customization

  • Cloud Quality, Speed, Size, and Altitude fully adjustable
  • Bloom, Motion Blur, and Particle density options
  • Light Shaft, Outline, Lens Flare, and Water Wave settings
  • Presets like “Unbound” for easy style switching

🎨 IntegratedPBR Enhancements (for Iris)

  • Glowing ores, trims, armor, tools, and item reflections
  • Emission/specular for item frames, dropped items, and more
  • Accurate flame visuals and improved entity lighting
  • Support for physics mod rain/snow transparency

🔧 Optimizations & Fixes

  • Better performance for low-end devices on reduced profiles
  • Tweaked texture files for efficiency
  • Fixed blocky shadows, reflection glitches, and lava brightness issues
  • Improved blending across various shaders and dimensions

Complementary Unbound isn’t just another shader it’s a complete transformation of Minecraft’s visuals. Whether you’re building, exploring, or capturing screenshots, this shader pack will elevate your experience to new heights.

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Requires:

Optifine or Iris Shaders

How to install:

For All Versions from Minecraft 1.7.10 to Minecraft 1.21.7, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.1, 1.20.1