diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8892deeba..07e1ee751a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Made the hotbar link to items by item definition id and component composition instead of specific inventory slots.
 - Made loot boxes drop items instead of doing nothing in order to loot forcing
 - Refactored agent code file structure
+- Changed the way light strength is rendered by moving processing from shader code (GPU) to CPU code
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl
index 3918b9b4e4..576b7a8460 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ vec3 light_at(vec3 wpos, vec3 wnorm) {
 
         float strength = attenuation_strength(difference);
 
-        // Multiply the vec3 only once
-        vec3 color = srgb_to_linear(L.light_col.rgb) * (strength * L.light_col.a);
+        vec3 color = srgb_to_linear(L.light_col.rgb);
 
         light += color * (max(0, max(dot(normalize(difference), wnorm), 0.15)) + LIGHT_AMBIANCE);
     }
@@ -194,12 +193,12 @@ float lights_at(vec3 wpos, vec3 wnorm, vec3 /*cam_to_frag*/view_dir, vec3 mu, ve
         is_direct = true;
 #endif
         vec3 lrf = light_reflection_factor(/*direct_norm_dir*/wnorm, /*cam_to_frag*/view_dir, direct_light_dir, k_d, k_s, alpha, voxel_norm, voxel_lighting);
-        vec3 direct_light = PI * color * strength * square_factor * lrf;
+        vec3 direct_light = PI * color * square_factor * lrf;
         /* is_direct = true; */
         float computed_shadow = ShadowCalculationPoint(i, -difference, wnorm, wpos/*, light_distance*/);
         // directed_light += is_direct ? max(computed_shadow, /*LIGHT_AMBIANCE*/0.0) * direct_light * square_factor : vec3(0.0);
         // Non-physically emulate ambient light nearby
-        float ambiance = (dot(-wnorm, direct_light_dir) * 0.5 + 0.5) * strength * square_factor;
+        float ambiance = (dot(-wnorm, direct_light_dir) * 0.5 + 0.5) * square_factor;
         #ifdef FIGURE_SHADER
             // Non-physical hack. Subtle, but allows lanterns to glow nicely
             // TODO: Make lanterns use glowing cells instead
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/point_glow.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/point_glow.glsl
index 10127966d3..e30c67b4ca 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/point_glow.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/point_glow.glsl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ vec3 apply_point_glow(vec3 wpos, vec3 dir, float max_dist, vec3 color) {
 
             float strength = pow(attenuation_strength_real(difference), spread);
 
-            vec3 light_color = srgb_to_linear(L.light_col.rgb) * strength * L.light_col.a;
+            vec3 light_color = srgb_to_linear(L.light_col.rgb) * L.light_col.a;
 
             const float LIGHT_AMBIANCE = 0.025;
             color += light_color
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/mod.rs
index 7ca4caf4f8..dd9d8dc8c8 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/mod.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ impl Light {
     pub fn new(pos: Vec3<f32>, col: Rgb<f32>, strength: f32) -> Self {
         Self {
             pos: Vec4::from(pos).into_array(),
-            col: Rgba::new(col.r, col.g, col.b, strength).into_array(),
+            col: (Rgba::new(strength * col.r, strength * col.g, strength * col.b, 0.0) * strength)
+                .into_array(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/debug.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/debug.rs
index 747e80c364..b25da57f0f 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/debug.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/debug.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ impl Debug {
             if let Some(model) = renderer.create_model(&shape.mesh()) {
                 let locals = renderer.create_debug_bound_locals(&[DebugLocals {
                     pos: [0.0; 4],
-                    color: [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+                    color: [1.0 * 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
                     ori: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
                 }]);
                 self.models.insert(id, (model, locals));
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl Debug {
                 let lc = srgba_to_linear(color.into());
                 let new_locals = [DebugLocals {
                     pos,
-                    color: [lc.r, lc.g, lc.b, lc.a],
+                    color: [lc.a * lc.r, lc.a * lc.g, lc.a * lc.b, 0.0],
                     ori,
                 }];
                 renderer.update_consts(locals, &new_locals);
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs
index 336356d9d5..518d9e2ef2 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/mod.rs
@@ -1188,11 +1188,11 @@ impl Scene {
                         });
                         let hb_pos = [pos.0.x, pos.0.y, pos.0.z + *z_min, 0.0];
                         let color = if group == Some(&comp::group::ENEMY) {
-                            [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5]
+                            [0.5 * 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
                         } else if group == Some(&comp::group::NPC) {
-                            [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.5]
+                            [0.0, 0.0, 1.0 * 0.5, 0.0]
                         } else {
-                            [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.5]
+                            [0.0, 1.0 * 0.5, 0.0, 0.0]
                         };
                         let ori = ori.to_quat();
                         let hb_ori = [ori.x, ori.y, ori.z, ori.w];