How to Turn On Vibrant Visuals in Minecraft Bedrock
Vibrant Visuals makes Minecraft Bedrock look like a different game. Whether you can turn it on depends entirely on what you're playing on.
What it changes
It's a full lighting overhaul rather than a filter. Sunlight bounces off surfaces and picks up their colour, water reflects the sky and the terrain around it, and shadows are cast properly instead of being baked into the textures. Metal looks like metal, wet stone looks wet.
The trade-off is that all of this costs performance, which is why it isn't available everywhere.
Devices that support it
- Xbox Series X and Series S
- PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
- Android and iOS devices with recent hardware
- Windows PCs with a graphics card that supports it
Devices that don't
- Nintendo Switch and Switch 2
- Chromebooks
- Older PCs and integrated graphics
- Older phones and tablets
If your device isn't supported, the option won't appear at all. It isn't hidden behind a setting or an experimental toggle. Minecraft checks your hardware and shows the switch only when it can run it.
Turning it on
- Open Settings from the main menu.
- Go to Video.
- Find Graphics Mode and switch it to Vibrant Visuals.
- Go back and load your world.
The change applies immediately. You can switch back the same way if the frame rate isn't holding up.
If the option isn't there
Update the game first. Vibrant Visuals needs a recent version, and stores don't always update automatically. If you're current and the option still isn't showing, your device isn't on the supported list, and no amount of setting-hunting will change that.
On PC specifically, check that Minecraft is actually using your dedicated graphics card rather than integrated graphics. Laptops often default to the wrong one.
Vibrant Visuals or shaders?
They do similar jobs and they don't mix. Vibrant Visuals is built into the game, works on consoles, and needs no extra files. Shader packs are resource packs you install yourself, offer far more variety, and run on a wider range of devices, including some where Vibrant Visuals is unavailable.
If your device supports Vibrant Visuals, start there. If it doesn't, a shader pack is the way to get a similar look.
Keeping the frame rate usable
On phones and older PCs, drop the render distance before you drop the graphics mode. Vibrant Visuals costs far more at 20 chunks than at 8, and losing a bit of view distance usually hurts less than losing the lighting.
