Distant Horizons

Iris Shader Support (Distant Mountains)

Photo courtesy of Sarge

1024 render distance

Showing MC 1.16

Iris Shader Support (Ocean Overlook)

Oceans feel a lot smaller now don't they? Photo courtesy of Sarge

Custom map/structure support

Pictured: Super Hostile Iceolation

Screenshot Contest Shader Winner

Original Title: Somewhere in a spruce forest that I Destroyed Screenshot by: wadr

Variable Detail

Terrain will become less detailed the further it is from you, increasing performance.

Screenshot Contest Vanilla Winner

Original Title: Long Night Screenshot by: vexrypt

Client-side Multiplayer Support 2

Photo taken from the Pioneer Survival server

Client-side Multiplayer Support 1

Photo taken from the Pioneer Survival server

A Distant Horizon

Cave/Nether support

Detail levels

Distant Horizons will render terrain at different detail levels depending on how far it is from you.

256 render distance

By default Distant Horizons renders 256 chunks wide, but can go up to 4096! (although anything above 512 may become difficult due to high VRAM/GPU usage)

Modded Terrain Generation

Distant Horizons works with mod terrain generators! (Terralith 2.6.4 shown in this image)

Detail levels (gif)

Distant Horizons will render terrain at different detail levels depending on how far it is from you.

Distant Beacons

Vanilla render distance: 8, Distant Horizons render distance: 512

The End

Finding end cities will be much easier now. Photo taken by: Bunshaman