Vibrant Visuals

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This feature is currently exclusive to Bedrock Edition, but is not available for ChromeOS, Fire tablets, or Nintendo Switch consoles.

This article describes a feature planned for Java Edition.

It has not appeared in any development versions yet, but is planned to be included in a future update.

Plains Village Vibrant — The plains village with Vibrant Visuals enabled.

The Vibrant Visuals is a graphics mode added in Chase the Skies. It adds water shaders, specular highlights, emissive textures, and directional lighting and shadows. It was revealed on Minecraft Live - March 2025.^[1]

While Vibrant Visuals is currently exclusive to some Bedrock Edition devices, it is planned to be added in Java Edition in the coming months.

Availability[]

Currently, Vibrant Visuals only supports on high-end devices. Mojang Studios also promised to optimize Vibrant Visuals so it could run on low-end devices.^{[citation needed]}

Vibrant Visuals only supports on following devices:

Platforms	Supported Devices
	Xbox One^{[note 1]} Xbox One S^{[note 1]} Xbox One X Xbox Series S Xbox Series X
	PlayStation 4^{[note 1]} PlayStation 4 Slim^{[note 1]} PlayStation 4 Pro PlayStation 5 PlayStation 5 Slim PlayStation 5 Pro
	A12 Bionic or higher: iPhone XR or later iPhone SE (2nd gen) or later
	A12 Bionic, A12X Bionic, M1 or higher: iPad (8th gen) or later iPad mini (5th gen) or later iPad Air (3rd gen) or later iPad Pro 11" (all models) iPad Pro 12.9" (3rd gen) or later
	Adreno 640, Mali-G68, Mali-G77, or Xclipse 530 or higher^{[note 2]} Andriod 10 or later
	Devices running Direct X12

Vibrant Visuals is not currently supported on ChromeOS, Amazon Fire, Nintendo Switch, or Nintendo Switch 2.

History[]

Bedrock Edition
March 22, 2025		Vibrant Visuals are announced at Minecraft Live - March 2025.
March 22, 2025		It is planned to be added in both Java and Bedrock Editions.^{[note 3]}
1.21.80	beta 1.21.80.25	Added vibrant visuals under its experimental toggle.
1.21.90	beta 1.21.90.20	Vibrant Visuals is now available during normal gameplay and as a default graphics mode on supported devices.
	beta 1.21.90.27	Reverted weather-related changes to sky color temporarily in Vibrant Visuals while some issues are sorted out.
	beta 1.21.90.28	Vibrant Visuals now turns off by default on some console devices.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.100	beta 1.21.100.21	Weather events now affect the scene illumination and the color of clouds and sky in Vibrant Visuals.

Gallery[]

The plains biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled. The pillager outpost can be seen from a distance.
The Sunflower plains with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The forest biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The Flower forest with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The deep dark biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The cherry grove biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The pale garden biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The basalt deltas biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The end biome with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
The flat world with Vibrant Visuals enabled.