Punchy!
With Punchy!, the first-person hand and held items get fluid animations and in-hand physics during combat and movement.
What it does
Punchy! changes how attacks and movement look from the first-person view. Animations for the visible hands and held items follow the player's actions, and in-hand physics adds weight to swings and motion. A real-time tuning option lets the player adjust these effects while playing, and the mod is built to leave resource pack compatibility intact.
The mod runs on the client alone, so players install it without any server-side part, and servers do not need it. It loads on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and the 2.8f-hotfix for 26.3 is the latest file on each loader, dated 2026-10-14. Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.5, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, and snapshot builds are also published. Punchy! is not open source and is released under All rights reserved. Better Combat Punchy Fix and Don't Punch My TACZ require it.
Key features
First-person animations
Hand and item animations play during attacks, blocks and other actions seen from the first-person view.
In-hand physics
Held items sway and react to movement, giving swings and walking a sense of weight.
Real-time tuning
Animation settings can be changed while the game is running, so their strength can be adjusted without a restart.
Resource pack compatibility
The effects leave existing resource packs working, and a collection of compatibility packs is maintained for combat addons.
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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.x1 of 1 version with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Required by 2 mods
How it compares
First-person Model is open source under the MIT License and loads on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.16.5 – 26.3. Outline Effects is client-side only, released under All rights reserved, and covers Fabric and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Hold My Items runs on Fabric alone for 1.19 – 1.21.11 and is also client-side only under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchy! | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-14 |
| First-person Model | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-27 |
| Outline Effects | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-09-14 |
| Hold My Items | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-25 |
Questions
Does Punchy! need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Punchy! support?
Does Punchy! work with addons that change combat?
In the catalog
Punchy! is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
transforms how combat and movement feel in Minecraft. Fluid animations, in-hand physics, and real-time tuning add weight, style, and personality to every action. It’s built to make everything feel alive without breaking resource pack compatibility. all explicit Punchy! compatibility features are maintained in a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/punchy-fpa
- Owner
- Punchy Guys Studios
- Published
- 2025-10-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15