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King's Better Animations

by kingmaj0r

King's Better Animations replaces the stiff default player poses with smoother, livelier character animations on the client.

FabricQuiltClient-side onlyAll rights reserved1.20 – 1.20.4

What it does

The mod overhauls Minecraft's default player animations, giving the character more motion in place of the stiff, repetitive poses of the vanilla model. It is built on the PlayerAnimator library and bundles GeckoLib and playerAnimator inside the jar, so no separate installation of those is needed. Fabric API is required, and Mod Menu is optional. Only the client needs the mod, and the server can run without it.

Files target Fabric and Quilt for 1.20 – 1.20.4, with 1.2-BETA for 1.20.4 as the latest file, published on 2024-02-01. The mod is not open source and is released under All rights reserved, with a public source code and issue tracker.

Key features

  1. Livelier player poses

    Replaces the stiff default player animations with motion that adds more life to the character.

  2. Bundled animation libraries

    GeckoLib and playerAnimator are included in the mod, so the animations run without extra installs.

  3. Client-only animations

    Changes only how the local player is drawn, so servers do not need to install anything.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.20.41.2-BETA1.2-BETA
1.20.31.2-BETA1.2-BETA
1.20.21.2-BETA1.2-BETA
1.20.11.2-BETA1.2-BETA
1.201.2-BETA1.2-BETA
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

Optional 1

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional

Incompatible 1

Real CameraMake the camera more realistic in the first-person view.
Incompatible

Embedded 2

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Embedded
PL
playerAnimatoranimate the player
Embedded

Questions

Does King's Better Animations need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency, and it must be installed alongside the mod on Fabric or Quilt.

Is it incompatible with any mods?

Yes. The mod is marked as incompatible with Real Camera, so the two should not be installed together.

What the author says

Are you tired of the boring, stiff default player animations? Well do I have news for you! This mod uses KosmX's PlayerAnimator mod to overhaul Minecraft's default animations to add more life into the game!
kingmaj0r, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
kingmaj0r
Published
2024-01-30
Updated on Modrinth
2024-02-01
Facts verified
2026-10-15
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