I am not too sure about the noise in shadows

[asimard1]

Question

Is the noise in shadows normal? Is there a way to remove it without disabling too many features, or is it part of the way the shader works and that's that? Here is a picture to show what I mean; as we can see the top of the chest is very blurry.

[MangoDev1]

...You mean soft shadows? Yes, it's an intentional feature of the shader. If you don't like it, you can disable it in the shadow settings (should be something along the lines of "Soft Shadows" or "PCSS").

[asimard1]

I turned off soft shadows and it still appears, here is a clearer screenshot of the texture I don't want:

[NakiriRuri]

Turn off the variable penumbra shadows and also turn off the shader-base AO, increase the number of samples regarding rough reflection quality.