Optifine HD 1.18 / 1.17

4,255,353 views BY sp614x — Last updated 5 December 2021

While Minecraft is an ever-expansive and fun game to play in its original variant, a lot more can be added to it by installing mods and resource packs. One of the most effective and useful tools (mods) you can install – whether you want to keep the original flavor or add some uniqueness to your game – is the Optifine mod. Optifine is not a resource pack in itself. It does not change any textures in the game. It is, instead, a tool that allows you to adjust Minecraft to increase performance or visuals to your liking. For instance, it provides new settings in the menus that allow you to more freely adjust rendering distance and other factors that might affect how well your computer can run the game. It also allows you to use various resource packs with custom features. If you use HD resource packs and have seen major frame rate drops, see serious lag spikes in your system, or otherwise just need an FPS boost, Optifine HD will provide exactly what you are looking for.

Optifine can be used in both single player games and multiplayer servers. Be warned, though, Optifine HD only works in multiplayer games if the server’s host also has Optifine HD installed on the server. If this is not the case, Optifine will be disabled and you will not be able to use it. Another warning that comes with this is that some of the steps you can take to increase your frame rate will also make Minecraft less visually appealing to look at. You can disable clouds, the sky, stars, fog, and a number of other functions that make the game more visually appealing. All in all, Optifine HD is probably the best way to take more complete control of your Minecraft experience. You can adjust how textured and detailed everything is, from bare bones to top of the line graphics, based on what your personal computer can handle.

OptiFine HD should be compatible with all of these Minecraft versions: 1.17 - 1.16.4 - 1.16.3 - 1.16.2 - 1.16.1 - 1.16 - 1.15.2 - 1.15.1 - 1.15 - 1.14.4 - 1.14.3 - 1.14.2 - 1.14 - 1.13.2 - 1.13.1 - 1.13 - 1.12.2 - 1.12 - 1.11.2 - 1.11 - 1.10.2 - 1.10 - 1.9.4 - 1.9 - 1.8.9 - 1.8.8 - 1.8.1 - 1.8.6 - 1.8

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How to install Optifine:

In the download section of this page you will find a link to the official Optifine website. Click this link.
There you will see many different labels. Make sure to find the right “Minecraft version label” first. – if you are playing Minecraft 1.16.3 find the corresponding label, the same goes for all other Minecraft versions;
Now that you have found a label with your version of the Minecraft, you will probably see many different Optifine versions and editions under that label. Find the latest version available and click on the “download” or “mirror” text link next to it. – we strongly recommend that you always choose the “OptiFine HD Ultra” editions. They usually have the most features;
You will be redirected to a page with a certain number of ads on it and a direct download link in the middle between all these ads. Click this link.
Right-click the newly downloaded Optifine installer file, select “Open With”, and then click “Java (TM) Platform SE binary”.
A small installer window will appear, just click “Install”. After a while, the message “OptiFine is successfully installed” will pop up. – make sure you have the latest version of Minecraft installed, otherwise you will not be able to successfully install Optifine;
Start up Minecraft launcher and click the little up arrow next to the green “PLAY” button. From there you want to find a version titled “Optifine”. Click this version.
Click that green “PLAY” button!

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Download links:

Download OptiFine HD from Official Website – you will be redirected to the official Optifine website where you will find all download links for versions from 1.7.x to the current minecraft version.

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