Naelego’s Cel Shaders 1.21.5 is a unique shader pack designed for players who want to give Minecraft a cartoonish, cel-shaded look. Unlike traditional shaders that focus on realism, this pack applies a bold, comic book-style aesthetic to the game, with thick outlines, vibrant colors, and simplified lighting effects.
If you’re a fan of animated or stylized visuals, Naelego’s Cel Shaders is a fantastic way to transform your Minecraft world into something fresh and exciting. It emphasizes high-contrast shading, exaggerated edges, and vibrant lighting, making everything feel like a hand-drawn masterpiece.
This guide will cover everything you need to know about Naelego’s Cel Shaders 1.21.5, including its best features, performance settings, and comparisons to other shader packs. Let’s dive in!
Key Features
- Cartoonish Aesthetic: Bold black outlines and smooth shading for a comic-style look.
- High-Contrast Lighting: Creates a more animated and exaggerated visual style.
- Minimal Performance Impact: Lightweight shaders that work well on most systems.
How To Download Naelego’s Cel Shaders 1.21.5
This Minecraft Shader is fully compatible with Minecraft 1.21.5 and previous versions. Please follow the steps below:
- Scroll down, you will find the downloads section. There is the Naelego’s Cel Shaders link.
- You have to choose now if you want to do this with Optifine or with Iris.
- In the downloads section, you can find two different links. Click on both links, it will lead you to two different websites.
- Download both files. The first file would be Optifine 1.21.5 and then the shaderpack.
- Let me guide you through.
- Click on the first link.
- You will be immediately taken to the website where you will download the shader. Take a look on the right.
- You should see the section with “Downloads”.
- Choose the right Minecraft version and hit “Download“.
- Click on the second link and do the same with Optifine or Iris.
- After you have both files, you need to take them and drop them on the desktop.
- For in-depth tutorial on this, check out my How To Install Shaders in Minecraft tutorial.
How To Install Naelego’s Cel Shaders 1.21.5
The first thing you will do is to double-check that you have the Shaders and Optifine 1.21.5 on the desktop.
- Please go to the Windows Search Bar. It’s located in the middle bottom of your screen.
- Type in %appdata% and hit “search” or enter.
- A new window will pop up, it’s the roaming folder.
- There should be “.Minecraft” folder, find it and open it.
- Scroll down and find “shaderpacks” folder, open it.
- When you are in there, take Naelego’s Cel Shaders 1.21.5 and drop it there.
- What should we do with Optifine now? It’s easy.
- Get back to the desktop and then double-click on the installation file.
- First thing you should do is to read the information, when you are ready, hit install.
- Finally, open Minecraft Launcher.
- Choose Optifine version and hit play.
- When you get to the Minecraft menu, go to the “Options” -> “Video Settings” -> “Shaderpacks”.
- Simply double-click on the shaderpack, when you do that, the shaderpack is enabled.
- Hit “Done” and go enjoy your new look of the game!