Visible Offhand
by MovTery
With Visible Offhand installed, a player sees the item held in the off hand on their own character while playing in first person.
What it does
The mod changes how the off-hand item is drawn on screen. Vanilla Minecraft hides the off-hand item in first-person view unless the player is in a particular state, and Visible Offhand keeps both hands on screen at the same time. Players who hold a torch, shield or map in the second hand can see it without switching the camera. The rendering code runs only on the client, so the server and other players do not need the mod to see the held item.
The mod is a client-side change to the display of held items and is released under the MIT License. It works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 21 release versions, 1.16.2 – 1.21, and Fabric API is required on Fabric. Mod Menu is optional and adds a settings screen for the mod. Visible Offhand is open source, with a public source repository and an issue tracker linked from its page.
Key features
Both hands shown together
The main-hand and off-hand items are drawn at the same time, so both hands stay visible in first-person view.
Off-hand rendering in first person
Unlike a basic hand-display tweak that only lets the first-person view show the off hand, the mod keeps it on screen in a fixed layout.
Toggle key binding
A custom key binding switches the display on and off with one click, although a default key is already bound.
Skin Customization page option
Players who prefer the vanilla look can turn off the related Skin Customization page option in the settings.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 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.x4 of 4 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
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want the off-hand item visible on their character in first-person view. The mod is client-side, so single-player players and multiplayer clients install it, and servers run without it.
How it compares
Render Offhand is a Fabric-only client mod for 1.21.10 – 1.21.11, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and not open source. HandPosition is a Forge-only client mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Real Camera covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 26.3 and is open source under the MIT License, but it changes the camera rather than the held-item display.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visible Offhand | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.2 – 1.21 | Client-side only | 2024-06-29 |
| Render Offhand | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-09 |
| HandPosition | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-05-07 |
| Real Camera | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-25 |
Questions
Does Visible Offhand need Fabric API?
Does the server need Visible Offhand?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Visible Offhand is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/visible-offhand
- Owner
- MovTery
- Published
- 2024-01-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15