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Modern consoles and their games make heavy use of precompiled shaders specific to their GPUs, and these shaders can't be run natively on PC hardware so they need to be translated, or recompiled. The simplest way to do this is to recompile them at runtime, but that's slow and can cause stuttering every time a new shader is loaded in the game. A mitigation to this stuttering is to compile the shaders asynchronously to the emulator, but this has its own drawback in that in the time it takes to compile the shader the effect in-game that relies on it wont be shown. Another approach is to cache the raw shader pipeline of the system and then use that to compile the shaders before the game even starts. The only drawback here is that someone has to play through the game once to 'build' a cache that can be used by others.

When an emulator updates the way it handles shaders they may break compatibility with previous shader caches, for this reason the shader version is listed below.

Note: Please compress your shader caches with 7zip or Winrar before uploading them.

Cemu

Put files in <cemuFolder>\shaderCache\transferable\

Newer versions of Cemu leverage Vulkan 1.2 and asynchronous shaders in a way that it may be preferable on modern GPUs to use async shaders instead of a shader cache.

Current shader version is 150, but Cemu is backwards-compatible from version 149 (Cemu version 1.7.0, 2017/05/16)

Game Link(s) Shader Version Shader Count
Bayonetta 2 Download 149 1210
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker Download 149 2146
Devil's Third Download 149 4421
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Download 149 1950
Fast Racing NEO Download 149 1776
Fatal Frame 5 Download 149 1023
Hyrule Warriors Download 149 1222
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Download 149 3004
Mario Kart 8 Download 149 12029
Mario Party 10 Download 149 1235
Mario Tennis Download 149 1230
New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U Download 149 886
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge Download 149 868
Pikmin 3 Download 149 2423
Splatoon Download 149 6790
Star Fox Zero Download 149 384
Super Mario 3D World Download 149 4212
Super Mario Maker Download 149 584
Super Smash Bros. WiiU Download 150 4765
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Download 149 1980
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Download 149 9674
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Download 149 2635
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Download 149 11835
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Download 149 2438
Xenoblade Download 149 17592
Yoshi Wolly World Download 149 5002

RPCS3

Put the raw and pipeline folders in <RPCS3Folder>\cache\<gameSerial>\ppu-<hash>-EBOOT.BIN\shaders_cache\

Current shader version is v1.92 (2021/06/27)[1]

Game Link(s) Shader Version Shader Count Renderer Notes
Demon's Souls Download v1.91 599 Vulkan Incomplete
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction Download v1.91 1075 Vulkan
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty Download v1.91 660 Vulkan
Ratchet and Clank Collection Ratchet and Clank
Going Commando
Up Your Arsenal
Deadlocked
v1.91 100
106
122
147
Vulkan

Xenia

Put the files in <XeniaFolder>\cache\shaders\shareable

Current shader version is 20210425[2]

Game Link(s) Shader Version Renderer Notes
Ace Combat 6 Download 20201219 DX12 ROV First couple levels

Citra

Put files in <user>\shaders\opengl\transferable\

Current shader version is 1 (2019/09/07)[3]

Game Link(s) Shader Version Shader Count
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Download 1 1403
Mario Kart 7 Download 1 299
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Download 1 1308
Pokemon: Ultra Sun Download 1 703
Super Mario 3D Land Download 1 1379
Super Smash Bros. 3DS Download 1 3265
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Download 1 426
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D Download 1 2211

ryujinx

Right click the game in ryujinx's game list, Cache Management > Open Shader Cache Directory and copy/paste the guest folder.

Current shader version is 2367 (2021/06/20)[4]

Game Link(s) Shader Version Shader Count
ARMS Download 1759 2322
Catherine Full Body Download 1759 499
Dragon Ball FighterZ Download 1717 319
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection Download 1759 225
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Download 1717 755
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Download 2367 4495
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Download 1759 2120
Monster Hunter Rise Download 1759 3022
Pokemon Sword Download 1759 246
Splatoon 2 Download 1759 3958
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Download 1759 3442
Super Mario Odyssey Download 1759 7370
Super Mario Party Download 1717 743
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Download 1759 16067
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Download 1759 8674
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Download 1759 7735

yuzu

Note: Only the OpenGL renderer has a shader cache. Put files in <user>\shader\opengl\transferable\

Current shader version is 21 (2020/06/04)[5]

Game Link(s) Shader Version Shader Count
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Download 21 2623
ARMS Download 21 2734
Astral Chain Download 21 567
Brigandine: Legend of Runesaria Download 21 447
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker Download 21 1793
CTR Nitro-Fueled Download 21 435
Fire Emblem Three Houses Download 21 317
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition Download 21 367
Kirby Star Allies Download 21 8553
Luigi's Mansion 3 Download 21 943
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Download 21 346
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Download 21 4596
Mario Tennis Aces Download 21 2414
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Download 21 639
Paper Mario: Origami King Download 21 4483
Pokemon Sword & Shield Download 21 14165
Splatoon 2 Download 21 2563
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Download 21 4520
Super Mario Odyssey Download 21 10040
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Download 21 19286
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Download 21 2666
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Download 21 8350

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