Hand Sway Next
by Gelatoni
Hand Sway Next changes how the held item moves when the camera sways, so a map in hand stays readable while walking.
What it does
Walking with a map open made it hard to read, since the held item swayed with the idle hand motion and the camera bobbed as well. Hand sway is adjusted separately from the camera movement, so the hand holding a map keeps only minimal sway while the other hand follows the selected settings. The mending animation was removed and a memory-based animation was recreated in its place. Files target 26.2 and load on Fabric only, and the mod is client-side only, so servers do not need it. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Independent hand sway
Hand sway can be tuned on its own, apart from how the camera bobs while moving.
Steady map hand
The hand holding a map keeps minimal sway so the map stays readable while walking.
Recreated mending animation
The original mending animation was removed and replaced with a recreated version.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
No Hand Sway is a Fabric client-side mod under the Apache License 2.0 that covers 1.21 – 1.21.11 and is not open source. HiM/Hand Tweaks is a Fabric client-side mod for 26.2 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, also not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand Sway Next | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-16 |
| No Hand Sway | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-20 |
| HiM/Hand Tweaks | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-06 |
Questions
Does Hand Sway Next need a server install?
Which game version does Hand Sway Next support?
In the catalog
Hand Sway Next is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
I wanted idle hand sway, but I didn't like how the camera bobbed too and made me feel uncomfortable. On top of that, maps were almost impossible to read while walking. That's why I made this mod. ・Hand sway and camera movement can be adjusted independently while moving.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hand-sway-next
- Owner
- Gelatoni
- Published
- 2026-08-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15