Better Falling
by Javac
With Better Falling, a player can slow a fall, steer in the air and land with an animation, using a key press or a command.
What it does
Better Falling changes how a fall behaves. A Freefall mode can be turned on with the V key or the Auto Free Fall command, and it can be set to activate automatically. In Freefall, a fall can be slowed down or made quicker, and sneaking reduces the air control a player has. The Aero Control chestplate adds air movement, and a higher enchantment level makes the fall slower still.
Long sneaking starts a dive jump toward the ground, and a message in the center of the screen shows when a jump off is possible. After a high fall the mod plays a landing animation, in survival or creative mode. The player then has to jump to get back up, which the screen indicates. The animations are built on playerAnimator, which must be installed alongside the mod, and they work with other animation mods and resource packs. The mod can be configured by the player to make some changes.
The mod runs on the client, and the server can leave it out. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source. Files cover 1.18.2 – 1.21.8 for Forge and NeoForge, with 3.0.0 as the latest build for both loaders.
Key features
Freefall mode
Press V or use the command to enter a slow, controlled fall, with more air control than a normal drop.
Aero Control chestplate
Wearing the chestplate adds movement in the air, and a higher enchantment level slows the fall further.
Dive jump
Holding sneak for a long time starts a downward jump, with a prompt that appears when a jump off is possible.
Landing animations
A high fall ends with a landing animation in both survival and creative mode, and a jump is needed to stand back up.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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
JumpAnimation covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.19 – 1.20.6 under All rights reserved and is not open source. FreeFallMod is a Forge build for 1.20.1 under the MIT License that is not open source. Ninja Moves works on a server alone, with the client optional, and is released under a Creative Commons license that is not open source; it covers 1.13 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Falling | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.8 | Client required, server optional | 2026-08-22 |
| JumpAnimation | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-04-17 |
| FreeFallMod | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-19 |
| Ninja Moves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.13 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-30 |
Questions
Does Better Falling need playerAnimator?
Does the server need Better Falling?
Which loaders does Better Falling support?
In the catalog
Better Falling is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
You can activate Freefall by pressing (V) while you are falling or you can activate Auto Free Fall via command, and Free Fall will be activated automatically. When you are in Freefall mode, you can either fall normally and slowly, which gives you better air control, or you can fall quickly by sneaking, but you will…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-falling
- Owner
- Javac
- Published
- 2023-08-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15