Inspect Animations
With Inspect Animations, a player can press R to play a short inspection animation on the held item, a feature modeled on the inspect action in Counter-Strike.
What it does
Inspect Animations adds animations that play on items when the player inspects them. Pressing R plays the selected animation, and holding SHIFT while pressing R cycles through the animations an item has available. Specific animations can be assigned to individual items, item tags and blocks, and the config screen can change how long each animation lasts, whether they loop or cycle, and how far a delta-time value may grow during lag spikes so playback does not skip.
Two game rules control the multiplayer side. One sets the radius within which other players receive animation packets, and the other turns the sending of inspection animations to other players on or off. Changing the setting in the config screen applies only after players rejoin the server. A configurable key binding opens the mod's settings, and a few experimental options are included.
The mod requires Fabric API, Mod Menu and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL). It is published for Fabric and NeoForge across 10 release versions, 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the code is licensed under the MIT License, so it is open source. Only the client needs it, and a server may also run it for the game rules.
Key features
Item inspection animations
Held items play inspection animations when the player presses R, which can be used for showing off equipment.
Cycling through animations
Holding SHIFT and pressing R moves through the animations available to the held item in turn.
Per-item and per-block selection
Animations can be assigned to specific items, item tags and blocks rather than applying to everything.
Timing and smoothness options
Duration, loop count and a maximum delta setting let players tune how animations play during lag spikes.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.20.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 3
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want item inspection animations on Fabric or NeoForge, and server owners who want control over who sees them.
How it compares
Extra Animations is a Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.21.7 – 26.3 that is client required and server optional, released under the MIT License and open source. Show Me Your Build is a Fabric-only mod for 1.21.1 that needs both client and server, also under the MIT License. Simple Emotes runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 26.3 with client and server, and it is not open source, as its license is All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspect Animations | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-09-23 |
| Extra Animations | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.7 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-08-24 |
| Show Me Your Build | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-02 |
| Simple Emotes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-06 |
Questions
Does Inspect Animations need Fabric API?
Does a server need to install Inspect Animations?
Why do settings not apply to players already on a server?
In the catalog
Inspect Animations is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Inspect Animations adds new animations for items, inspired by the inspect feature from counterstrike. Press [R] to play the selected animation.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/inspect-animations
- Owner
- SoundsoftheSun
- Published
- 2026-05-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15