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According to Minecraft Wiki, it’s a new rendering engine made for Minecraft Bedrock edition which replaces old OpenGL/DirectX engine.
Render Dragon shaders are custom shaders created by modding Render Dragon files, enabling the application of custom shaders after official third-party shader support was discontinued with the introduction of Render Dragon.
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. Fake RenderDragon shaders are mixed in, and shaders are being distributed without the creator’s permission.
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[!NOTE]
This document is RD Shader List 2.0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.bambosan.mbloader
Allows RenderDragon shaders to be used as a resource pack.
For more details, see this post.
https://github.com/QYCottage/BetterRenderDragon
Provides the following features as a third-party mod.
- Enable Vibrant Visuals
- Disable Raytracing for better performance
- Loads RenderDragon shaders from the resource pack
- Configurable ImGui
Fzul’s BRD Updater
https://github.com/faizul726/brd-updater-script
This is a script that automatically updates BetterRenderDragon.
- Automatically updates BRD.
- Prevents the BRD executable
mcbe_injector.exe
from being automatically removed by Windows Defender.
https://github.com/faizul726/matject
A macro program that makes it easy to install RenderDragon shaders.
https://discord.gg/8nGcV8QkKZ
This is a third-party mod that provides the following features:
- Load RenderDragon shaders and OreUI from resource packs
- Switch resource packs in-game
- Load custom geometry skins via skin packs
[!NOTE] This mod is still in the testing phase and may be unstable.
[!NOTE] Development Discontinued
This shader is no longer being updated.
If the version and date listed below become significantly outdated compared to the current version, the shader may no longer function properly.
- Last Version:
v16
- Last Update Date:
June 14, 2025
- Bedrock Version at Last Update:
1.21.81
The screen remains bright as if night vision is always enabled, eliminating dark areas.
https://github.com/Furzide/RenderDragonFullBright
Removes fog.
https://github.com/Furzide/RenderDragonFogRemover
Fixes the incorrect cubemap positions in the original Minecraft.
https://github.com/Furzide/RenderDragonCubemapFix
The screen remains bright as if night vision is always enabled, eliminating dark areas.
https://mcpedl.com/night-vision-v2-2-for-mcpe-be-v1-21-support-renderdragon
- The screen remains bright as if night vision is always enabled, eliminating dark areas.
- Makes ores glow.
https://mcpedl.com/night-emissive-vision-for-mcpe-be-v1-21
Corrects texture issues when using high-resolution fonts.
https://github.com/GameParrot/mcpe-hdfont-fix
Makes ores glow.
https://mcpedl.com/glow-em-all
https://github.com/DominoKorean/Render-dragon-shader-list/tree/main/dev.md
This document contains materials necessary for RenderDragon shader development.
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. IT IS NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.