Minecraft:Super Secret Settings

File:Super Secret Settings.png

The "Super Secret Settings..." button

Super Secret Settings was a button in the Minecraft:options menu that enabled built-in post-processing Minecraft:shaders.

When clicking on the button, a random sound played with a very low pitch, and the game cycled to the next shader. Once the last shader was reached, the game cycled back to the default shader blit which did not have any effect. The currently enabled shader was shown in the Minecraft:debug screen and could be toggled on and off by pressing Template:Key.

This option was removed from the game in Minecraft:Java Edition 15w31a, two years after its addition. The underlying shaders remained unused up to their removal in Minecraft:Java Edition 24w11a.

List of shaders

Note that the differences between certain shaders can be subtle, and therefore, to notice the differences, it might be necessary to observe a picture with higher resolution by clicking on the provided sample images.

Name	Description	Sample Images
Default (Blit)	This does not utilize shaders. Use as a baseline for comparing to the screenshots below.	File:Shader none.png
Notch	Uses 8-bit color with half the resolution, with a dithering effect. This is a reference to how many of Notch's other games use a similar overlay.	File:Shader notch.png
FXAA	This shader adds a small amount of anti-aliasing (smoothing jagged edges), most visible in trees along the horizon.	File:Shader fxaa.png
Art	Pixels are blurred outward, causing moving objects to twinkle.	File:Shader art.png
Bumpy	Outlines color differences, and gives textures a 3D look. More visible when viewing screenshot at full resolution.	File:Shader bumpy.png
Blobs2	Similar to Art, but less graphically intensive.	File:Shader blobs2.png
Pencil	Monochromatic and sometimes has outlines.	File:Shader pencil.png
Color convolve	Intensifies/adds more colors, adding vibrancy.	File:Shader color convolve.png
Deconverge	Offsets the red, green, and blue color channels.	File:Shader deconverge.png
Flip	Flips the player's view vertically.	File:Shader flip.png
Invert	Inverts and slightly desaturates colors. Used when viewing the world as an Minecraft:enderman in Minecraft:Spectator mode.	File:Shader invert.png
NTSC	Gives the player's view the impression of a CRT monitor or television screen.	File:Shader ntsc.png
Outline	Outlines color differences similarly to Bumpy, but less complex. Has no effect on some computers.	File:Shader outline.png
Phosphor	Pixels on screen linger, being "dragged out" when in motion before fading away.	File:Shader phosphor.png
Scan pincushion	Similar to NTSC, but without the blurring and much less graphically intensive.	File:Shader scan pincushion.png
Sobel	Turns the view black except for the edges of textures.	File:Shader sobel.png
Bits	Lowers the resolution and uses an 8-bit color scheme.	File:Shader bits.png
Desaturate	Reduces intensity of colors drastically, causing, as the name suggests, a desaturated effect.	File:Shader desaturate.png
Green	Scan Pincushion and Bits, but with a green overlay.	File:Shader green.png
Blur	Blurs the screen overall, independent of what is being displayed.Template:Info needed	File:Shader blur.png
Wobble	Colors cycle through the hue range constantly. All displayed pixels move up and down via a sine calculation. This affects only the screen plane and not the vertices being displayed by it; observing the edge of the screen reveals the pixels being moved.	File:Shader wobble.png
Blobs	Similar to Blobs2 and Art, but the spots are tiny when close up and big when far away.	File:Shader blobs.png
Antialias	Blurs the edges of pixels to reduce jaggedness. This is blurrier than FXAA, but is better at eliminating jagged edges in textures and blocks.	File:Shader antialias.png
Creeper	Similar to Green, but with no black borders nor a CRT overlay and with a higher but still reduced resolution. Used when viewing the world as a Minecraft:creeper in Spectator mode.	File:Shader creeper.png
Spider	8 "eyes" onscreen with blur in between, similar to a spider's face. Used when viewing the world as a Minecraft:spider or Minecraft:cave spider in Spectator mode.	File:Shader spider.png

Passes

The shaders consisted of different passes. Each super secret shader used one or multiple of these passes, and consisted of a fragment shader and a vertex shader.

Passes	Used in	Fragment Shader	Vertex Shader
antialias.json	Antialias	antialias.fsh	blobs.vsh
bits.json	Bits, Creeper, Green	bits.fsh	sobel.vsh
blit.json	Most shaders except Blur	blit.fsh	blit.vsh
blobs.json	Blobs	blobs.fsh	blobs.vsh
blobs2.json	Art, Blobs2	blobs2.fsh	blobs.vsh
blur.json	Art, Blur, NTSC, Spider	blur.fsh	sobel.vsh
bumpy.json	Bumpy	bumpy.fsh	bumpy.vsh
color_convolve.json	Color convolve, Creeper, Desaturate, Green, NTSC	color_convolve.fsh	sobel.vsh
deconverge.json	Deconverge, NTSC	deconverge.fsh	sobel.vsh
downscale.json		downscale.fsh	downscale.vsh
entity_outline.json	Minecraft:Glowing status effect	entity_sobel.fsh	sobel.vsh
flip.json	Flip	blit.fsh	flip.vsh
fxaa.json	FXAA	fxaa.fsh	fxaa.vsh
invert.json	Invert	invert.fsh	blit.vsh
notch.json	Notch	notch.fsh	sobel.vsh
ntsc_decode.json	NTSC	ntsc_decode.fsh	sobel.vsh
ntsc_encode.json	NTSC	ntsc_encode.fsh	sobel.vsh
outline.json	Outline	outline.fsh	sobel.vsh
outline_combine.json	Art	outline_combine.fsh	sobel.vsh
outline_soft.json	Pencil	outline_soft.fsh	sobel.vsh
outline_watercolor.json	Art	outline_watercolor.fsh	sobel.vsh
overlay.json		overlay.fsh	blit.vsh
phosphor.json	NTSC, Phosphor	phosphor.fsh	sobel.vsh
scan_pincushion.json	Green, NTSC, Scan pincushion	scan_pincushion.fsh	sobel.vsh
sobel.json	Sobel	sobel.fsh	sobel.vsh
spider.json	Spider	spiderclip.fsh	rotscale.vsh
wobble.json	Wobble	wobble.fsh	sobel.vsh
love.json	Love and Hugs updateTemplate:Info needed