Aetherstone Shader | Stylized RPG Shader for High FPS on iGPUs & Low-End PCs

by TarkProjects · 2026-08-17 · Texture packs

ABOUT Aetherstone is a stylized Cartoonish shader, built around having beautiful visuals while staying comfortably playable even on integrated graphics. The shader is still under active development. Aetherstone is not trying to be photorealistic. Its stylized lighting, an (optional) ink outline and cool-tinted shadows give it a painted feel closer to modern stylized RPG games, while offering effects like dynamic shadows, 3D looking water, Physically Based Rendering... PROFILES • Potato: The bare essentials only, for the lowest-end hardware. • Balanced: Most effects on but some left off without ruining visuals, sample counts trimmed. • Recommended (default): The intended high-FPS experience. • Pretty: Higher fidelity when FPS headroom exists. • Max: Every effect at full quality (not much difference to Pretty). PERFORMANCE Start on Recommended and move up or down the list from there. A good way to find the performance and visuals that are good for you, is also to not only change shader settings but also play around with real render distance and Distant Horizons' render distance if you are using DH. On weak hardware I recommend 6-12 real render distance with Distant Horizons turned of