Ryujinx | Shader Caches

You might want to clear the shader cache if:

To clear:

Note: Deleting the cache will cause temporary stuttering until it’s rebuilt.

As of October 2024, Ryujinx development has ceased following a takedown agreement with Nintendo.

Consequences for Shader Caches:

Recommendation: Rely on your own generated caches. Avoid downloading caches from unknown sources, as the Ryujinx community is no longer actively vetting them.

As of late 2024, the status of Ryujinx has changed significantly.

The Litigation: Following a lawsuit by Nintendo of America, the lead developer of Ryujinx (gdkchan) reached an agreement to cease development and hand over ownership of the project to Nintendo. The official GitHub repository has been taken down.

Impact on Shader Caches:

Shader caches are a high-impact feature for Ryujinx that can greatly improve playability when implemented with careful keying, validation, and user controls to handle portability and size concerns. Prioritizing safety and transparency (explicit opt-ins and clear metadata) will enable community sharing while minimizing compatibility and security risks.

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Steam Deck, laptops with integrated graphics, or older desktop GPUs struggle more with real-time compilation. A pre-built cache reduces CPU overhead dramatically.

Launch your game and play normally. Ryujinx automatically compiles and saves shaders as you encounter them. After 5–10 hours, most common shaders will be cached. By the end of the game, you’ll have a near-complete cache. ryujinx shader caches

Pro tip: Explore every area, fight every enemy type, trigger every weather effect, and use every ability. This ensures variety.

On Windows, Ryujinx stores shader caches here:

%appdata%\Ryujinx\games\[Game ID]\cache\shader\

Each game is identified by its unique Title ID (e.g., 0100F2C0115B6000 for Tears of the Kingdom). Inside, you’ll find a vulkan folder (if using Vulkan) or opengl folder (if using OpenGL). Within those folders are binary cache files—these are not meant for human reading.