Minecraft has thrived for a great number of years and this is partly due to the ever-growing community and the abundance of new mods for Minecraft. One mod in particular has been making the rounds with gamers lately and the mod is known as “Optifine”. It adds a host of improvements to the experience in the form of performance updates, smoother gameplay, and even dynamic lighting among many other features. With the recent release of Caves and Cliffs Part II, now is the time to download a mod that will give you a double FPS boost and simply flesh out the game further. This guide article will tell you how to download Minecraft Optifine 1.18.1 and all the features it includes for players who use the mod.
How to download and install Minecraft Optifine 1.18.1
First, to use the mod you will need to make sure you have it installed and make sure it is updated to the latest version. If you want to download this performance mod, head over to the official website here and tap on the “downloads” section located in the top banner. Now press the "mirror" button in the tab with "Minecraft 1.18.1 OptiFine HD U H4", once you have done this you will see a download button, click on it and the mod download will start.
To avoid potentially malicious advertising websites, don't press the download button without clicking the mirror first, by tapping the mirror option you will be able to skip advertising websites and download Optifine safely, so make sure you do that. Once the mod has finished downloading, open the Optifine installer which will likely be the last download on your PC/Laptop, then follow the steps to fully install the mod.
After that, open Minecraft and click on the little “up” arrow next to the play button and go to the Optifine version, activate it and now you can play Optifine 1.18.1 in the experience.
What the latest Optifine update includes as features
The mod has been running for quite some time, so there are many different versions. For players who just updated the mod after maybe already installed it after checking the site's best mods list. You will get the following improvements from the 1.18.1 patch notes which are:
- Fixed transition between sky and horizon with render distance greater than 32
- Fixed fog render distance 1.18.1
- Compatible with Forge 39.0.0
These are the main changes with the 1.18.1 update for Optifine. As for the general features of Optifine for gamers, here is a list taken from the official website of these features:
- FPS increase
- Support for HD textures
- Shader support
- Dynamic lights
- Variable render distance
- Configurable soft lighting
- Performances : VSync
- Smart Advanced OpenGL
- Fog control
- Mipmaps
- Anisotropic filtering
- Anti-aliasing
- best turf
- Better snow
- Clear water
- Random Mobs
- Connected textures
- Natural Textures
- FPS control
- Song loading control
- Configurable details
- Configurable animations
- Quick change texturepack
- Full screen resolution
- Debug
- Time control
- Autosave
As you can see, using this mod provides a lot of cool additions to the experience. Will you be using Minecraft Optifine 1.18.1 this month?
Minecraft is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, mobile devices and many other platforms.
– This article was last updated on December 13, 2022
