Purely a visual enhancement, Vibrant Visuals makes no changes to Minecraft’s gameplay. For example, "visual shadows will not impact light levels in a game-mechanics sense, or affect where ...

Minecraft is finally getting a glow-up. During Minecraft LIVE 2025, Mojang pulled back the curtain on its long-awaited “Vibrant Visuals” update—a major graphical revamp that’s lighting up ...

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Mojang is currently working hard to bring a visual overhaul to Minecraft named Vibrant Visuals. This is a new graphics engine that will drastically improve the lighting, shadows, and reflections ...

In Minecraft Bedrock beta and preview 1.21.80.25 patch notes, Mojang explained which Bedrock-compatible devices currently support Vibrant Visuals. These are the devices that currently support the ...

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Mojang released Minecraft preview and beta update 1.21.90.27 on May 27 with a number of changes and additions to the game, including bug fixes for Minecraft's Vibrant Visuals-related features.

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As per Mojang, the Vibrant Visuals update is “our developer’s vision for what Minecraft looks like with improved visual elements such as directional lighting, volumetric fog, and more”.

Vibrant Visuals will first be released for the Bedrock version of "Minecraft" before the Java version is also supplied. However, there is currently no fixed release date for either update.

Vibrant Visuals is a free update coming to Minecraft in the near future, as Mojang continues to refuse to heavily monetize the best-selling game of all time further.