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Spawn Animations

by Tschipcraft

Spawn Animations gives hostile mobs an entry effect: they emerge from the ground or appear in a puff of smoke when they spawn, and the effect runs on the server.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalCustom license1.16 – 26.3

What it does

Spawn Animations changes how hostile mobs enter the world. Each covered mob gets a spawn effect of its own, and while the effect plays, the hidden entity and its worn armor and tools stay invisible and silent, so the change stays as unobtrusive as possible. The mob list includes the common undead, spiders, creepers, endermen, slimes, magma cubes, striders and giants.

The mod is completely server-side, so server owners install it and players join without any client install. Settings are changed in game with /trigger tschipcraft.menu or /function tschipcraft:menu, which also resets or uninstalls the pack. Installation needs Fabric API on Fabric and Quilted Fabric API or Quilt Standard Libraries on Quilt; MidnightLib, Mod Menu, ModMenu Badges Lib, Pehkui and Spawn Animations Compats are optional. Pehkui adds smoother animations and hides entities with emissive layers on 1.20.4 or below. Spawn Animations is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 40 release versions, 1.16 – 26.3, under a custom license that is not open source.

Key features

  1. Animated hostile spawns

    Covered mobs rise from the earth or pop into view when they appear, in place of a plain spawn.

  2. Covered mob list

    The effect covers 16 hostile mobs, from zombies and skeletons to endermen, slimes and giants.

  3. In-game settings menu

    A trigger command and a function open a menu for settings, reset and uninstall, so no config file is needed.

  4. Optional global config

    Installing MidnightLib adds a global config file and a user interface for the same settings.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.31.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
26.21.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
26.1.21.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
26.1.11.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
26.11.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.101.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.91.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.81.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.71.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.61.11.6+modNot available1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.51.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.41.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.31.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.21.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.21.11.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.211.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod1.11.6+mod
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 2

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
Quilted Fabric API (QFAPI) / Quilt Standard Libraries (QSL)The standard libraries of the Quilt ecosystem. Essential for your modding experience on Quilt!
Required

Optional 5

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional
MidnightLibCommon library providing a lightweight configuration system
Optional
MB
ModMenu Badges LibMore badge!!!
Optional
Spawn Animations CompatsA datapack that adds compatibility for Spawn Animations with 50+ mods.
Optional
PehkuiLets you change the size of most entities, shrinking their scale smaller or growing them larger
Optional

Required by 2 mods

Spawn Animations Compats1.17 – 26.3Spawn Animations Cobblemon Compat1.20.1 – 1.21.1

How it compares

Full comparison

Hostile Mobs Improve Over Time is also server required with client optional, under All rights reserved and not open source, and it covers 1.19.4 – 26.3. Bogged Spawn is server-side only with versions 1.21 – 26.3. Stray Spawn is server-side only on 1.16.5 – 26.3. Poof Puuf! is the only option here that runs on the client and server, and it is limited to Fabric for 1.21.11 under the MIT License.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Spawn AnimationsFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.16 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-29
Hostile Mobs Improve Over TimeFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.19.4 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-22
Bogged SpawnFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 26.3Server-side only2026-10-02
Stray SpawnFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.16.5 – 26.3Server-side only2026-10-02
Poof Puuf!Fabric1.21.11Client and server2026-01-30

Questions

Does Spawn Animations need Fabric API on Forge?

No. Fabric API is required only on Fabric. On Quilt the required libraries are Quilted Fabric API or Quilt Standard Libraries.

Does every player need to install the mod?

No. The mod is completely server-side, so only the server needs it and players join without installing anything.

Can the settings be changed without a config file?

Yes. The trigger command /trigger tschipcraft.menu opens the in-game menu. MidnightLib adds a global config file and interface if installed.

In the catalog

Spawn Animations is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Hostile mobs dig out of the ground or poof into existence when they spawn. Works with: Zombies, Husks, Drowned, Skeletons, Strays, Bogged, Wither Skeletons, Spiders, Cave Spiders, Creepers, Endermen, Slimes, Magma Cubes, Zombified Piglins, Striders and Giants.
Tschipcraft, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Tschipcraft
Published
2022-12-31
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-29
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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