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Kelvin's Better Player Animations (Port)

by Dented Modding

Kelvin's Better Player Animations (Port) replaces the stiff default player animations of Minecraft 1.20.x with more life-like motion.

FabricQuiltClient-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.1 – 1.20.4

What it does

Kelvin's Better Player Animations is carried over to the 1.20.x line of Minecraft for Fabric and Quilt. It changes how the player character moves, so the default animations gain more fluid motion. The mod depends on playerAnimator, which must be installed alongside it. Because only the client needs it, players join servers without installing anything. The code is open source under the MIT License. Builds cover 1.20.1 – 1.20.4, with 1.20.x-1.0.0 as the latest file for 1.20.4.

Key features

  1. Replaced default animations

    The default player animations are swapped for new motion that the mod plays on the player model.

  2. Built on PlayerAnimator

    The animations run through the PlayerAnimator library, which KosmX built to overhaul Minecraft's default motion.

  3. Fabric and Quilt builds

    Files are published for Fabric and Quilt, covering the 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 game versions.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.41.20.x-1.0.01.20.x-1.0.0
1.20.31.20.x-1.0.01.20.x-1.0.0
1.20.21.20.x-1.0.01.20.x-1.0.0
1.20.11.20.x-1.0.01.20.x-1.0.0
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

PL
playerAnimatoranimate the player
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

King's Better Animations is a Fabric and Quilt client mod for 1.20 – 1.20.4, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Animation Overhaul also runs on Forge and NeoForge, covers 1.19 – 1.20.4 and uses a custom license. Mining & Placing Animations is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and supports 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Kelvin's Better Player Animations (Port)Fabric and Quilt1.20.1 – 1.20.4Client-side only2023-10-28
King's Better AnimationsFabric and Quilt1.20 – 1.20.4Client-side only2024-02-01
Animation OverhaulFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.19 – 1.20.4Client-side only2024-06-18
Mining & Placing AnimationsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.11Client-side only2026-05-02

Questions

Does Kelvin's Better Player Animations need playerAnimator?

Yes. playerAnimator is a required dependency and must be installed next to the mod on Fabric or Quilt.

In the catalog

Kelvin's Better Player Animations (Port) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 1.20.413,907

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What the author says

This is a port of Kelvin's Better Player Animations to Minecraft 1.20.x. "Are you tired of the boring, stiff default player animations? Well do I have news for you! Introducing Better Player Animations!
Dented Modding, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Dented Modding
Published
2023-10-28
Updated on Modrinth
2023-10-28
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Decoration
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