Advantimations
by Yedel
Advantimations removes the swing, eating, drinking, blocking and shield animations that vanilla Minecraft plays on the player's hand, one toggle each.
What it does
Each of the five animations can be switched off separately in the mod's config screen, so a player can keep blocking animations while cancelling eating ones, for example. The changes only affect what the local client renders; the server sees no difference and runs without the mod. Advantimations is client-side only, so only the player installing it needs it.
Fabric API and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) are required, since the settings screen is built on YACL. Mod Menu is optional and, when installed, opens the config screen from the mod list. Advantimations is published for Fabric and NeoForge, with builds covering 1.21.4 – 26.3 across 13 release versions. The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code and issue tracker are public. The original texture credit goes to thebaum64.
Key features
Cancel swing animation
Removes the arm swing played when the player attacks or breaks a block.
Cancel eating and drinking
Hides the arm motion shown while the player eats food or drinks a potion.
Cancel blocking and shield
Turns off the raised-arm pose and the shield animation played while the player blocks.
Config screen
Each animation is toggled on its own through a YACL screen, reachable from Mod Menu when installed.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x8 of 8 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Use cases
Cleaner first-person view
Players who find the hand motion distracting during combat or building can turn off only the animations they dislike.
Faster-feeling combat
Players who want no delay from the swing or shield pose can cancel those animations while keeping the other visuals.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric or NeoForge who want to change how the first-person hand animates. Servers do not need the mod, so it is not relevant to server owners.
How it compares
Swing Speed is a Fabric client mod with the same environment but MIT License terms, not open source, for 1.21 – 26.2; it changes swing timing rather than removing animations. Item interactions mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, runs on Fabric and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 26.1.2, and is also client-side only. Too Many Animations targets only 1.21.3 on Fabric and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advantimations | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.4 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-21 |
| Swing Speed | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-21 |
| Item interactions mod | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-04-28 |
| Too Many Animations | Fabric | 1.21.3 | Client-side only | 2024-11-24 |
Questions
Does Advantimations need Fabric API?
Does Advantimations have to be on the server?
Can Advantimations be configured without editing files?
In the catalog
Advantimations is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
(credit to thebaum64 for original texture)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/advantimations
- Owner
- Yedel
- Published
- 2025-06-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15