JumpAnimation
by saltywater
JumpAnimation changes how falling and landing look and feel, adding a diving pose, a cannonball landing and a roll when the player hits the ground.
What it does
The mod replaces the default jump animation with a set of falling and landing poses. Falling from a height slows the player a little, and falling further slows them more. A hay bale negates fall damage but leaves the player unable to move for a short time. Pressing space right after a jump starts a dive, which can cancel part of the speed penalty of a high fall. Landing on the ground triggers a roll, and entering water starts a swim-up animation.
A cannonball is performed by falling at least 5 blocks and pressing space once while in the air, which switches to a cannonball pose on impact. The mod needs playerAnimator to run its animations. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Builds are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 12 release versions, 1.19 – 1.20.6, under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Falling speed penalty
Falls slow the player by a small amount, and falls from a greater height slow them even further.
Diving and cannonball poses
Pressing space right after a jump starts a dive, and a fall of at least 5 blocks allows a cannonball pose after one press of space.
Landing roll and water swim
Touching the ground plays a roll animation, and entering water plays a swim-up animation.
Hay bale landing
Landing on a hay bale negates fall damage, though the player cannot move for a short time afterwards.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 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
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want more expressive falls and landings in single-player or multiplayer worlds, and server owners who want the animations available to everyone on the server.
Questions
Does JumpAnimation need playerAnimator?
Does the server need JumpAnimation installed?
Which game versions does JumpAnimation support?
In the catalog
JumpAnimation is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Almost every animation modset out there changes everything except the one thing we do the most, the jumping animation for the player. Diving can be performed by pressing space right after the jump animation, diving can be used to negate high falls speed penalty.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/jumpanimation
- Owner
- saltywater
- Published
- 2024-02-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15