Animatica
Animatica loads animated textures written in the MCPatcher and OptiFine format into a Fabric or Quilt game, with no other changes to the game.
What it does
The mod reads the MCPatcher and OptiFine animated texture format and plays those textures in the game. It handles several texture categories, and animated blocks and items are already part of vanilla Minecraft and are not handled by this mod.
Installation happens on the player's client only, so a server does not need the mod. The mod depends on Fabric API and runs on the Fabric and Quilt loaders. Files target 1.17 – 1.21.6 across 23 versions, and the latest file is 0.6.1+1.21.5 for 1.21.6, dated 2025-06-22. Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, it is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker.
Key features
Animated menu textures
Animates textures used in menus and screens that follow the MCPatcher and OptiFine format.
Animated entity textures
Plays animation frames on the textures applied to mobs and other entities.
Animated block entity textures
Animates textures on block entities such as chests and signs when a resource pack provides them.
Animated armor textures
Plays animated armor textures supplied in the same format.
Other animated textures
Handles remaining animated texture types in the format, excluding the animated blocks and items that vanilla already supports.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 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 1
How it compares
OptiGUI covers fully custom GUIs and is available for Fabric and Quilt, while Animatica only handles animated textures. [ETF] Entity Texture Features and Continuity also run on Forge and NeoForge, and [EMF] Entity Model Features adds custom entity models and model part animations in 3D, which Animatica does not provide. All of these are client-side only and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later for OptiGUI and v3.0 only for the others.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animatica | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21.6 | Client-side only | 2025-06-22 |
| OptiGUI | Fabric and Quilt | 1.18 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-18 |
| [ETF] Entity Texture Features | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-15 |
| Continuity | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| [EMF] Entity Model Features | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-15 |
Questions
Does Animatica need Fabric API?
Does Animatica have to be installed on a server?
Which game versions does Animatica support?
Does Animatica animate custom GUIs or entity models?
In the catalog
Animatica is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,625 mods support Minecraft 1.21.6.
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What the author says
A Minecraft mod for the Fabric mod loader intended to load the MCPatcher/OptiFine animated texture format. This includes: - Animated GUI textures (Use OptiGUI for other GUI features) - Animated entity textures - Animated block entity textures - Animated armor textures - Other animated textures (Animated blocks and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animatica
- Owner
- FoundationGames
- Published
- 2021-10-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15