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Advanced Finishers - Cinematic Kills and Combat Finishers

by akeresmods

Advanced Finishers replaces the usual enemy fall with short cinematic takedowns that play out when a kill lands in Minecraft combat.

FabricServer required, client optionalMIT License1.20.1

What it does

Each finisher is a short animated takedown with camera work, a brief field of view change, screen shake and flashes, dust, debris and cracks at the point of impact, and custom sound effects. Kills can also trigger a quick time event: the attacking player must press the mouse and controller buttons four times during a prompt to finish the attack. Finishers for humanoid mobs pair an attacker animation with a victim animation, while simpler or oddly shaped mobs use separate logic that fits their body model. Some mobs are excluded from certain finishers when the model does not fit.

The mod needs Fabric API and runs on Fabric for 1.20.1, where its single release, 1.0.0, was published on 2026-07-12 in the alpha channel. The server must run it, while players may add it for the full finisher effects, so either side alone is enough to see the basic takedowns. Multiplayer is supported, and the mod is released under the MIT License without being open source. The author also lists experimental and debug content as a separate item from the normal jar.

Key features

  1. Cinematic kill finishers

    Kills trigger short animated takedowns in place of the standard enemy fall.

  2. Paired attacker and victim animations

    Humanoid mobs play matched attacker and victim motions during a finisher.

  3. Camera and impact effects

    Camera movement, field of view changes, screen flashes, shake, dust craters and cracks accompany each impact.

  4. Quick time event prompts

    Players must press the prompted buttons four times during a prompt for the player finisher to land.

  5. Custom finisher sounds

    Dedicated sound effects play for each finisher, with different behavior by mob shape.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.20.11.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Questions

Does Advanced Finishers need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is required, so it must be installed alongside Advanced Finishers on Fabric for 1.20.1.

Does Advanced Finishers have to be on the client?

No. It is required on the server and optional for players.

Does Advanced Finishers work in multiplayer?

Yes, multiplayer is supported, and the server and clients both see the finishers when the mod is installed on both sides.

In the catalog

Advanced Finishers - Cinematic Kills and Combat Finishers is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.

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What the author says

Instead of every enemy just falling over, some kills can turn into short animated takedowns with custom camera work, screen shake, dust, debris, sound effects, and impact flashes. Mob finishers are not guaranteed with every kill.
akeresmods, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
akeresmods
Published
2026-07-11
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-12
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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