Zav's Stamina and Abilities
by Zav
Zav's Stamina and Abilities adds a stamina bar, stamina-driven combat abilities and a learnable set of moves for Fabric players and servers.
What it does
Each ability spends stamina from a new bar, and the bar refills over time. Running stops stamina recovery until the player stops moving. Only the attack action drains stamina, so blocking and moving without attacking do not use it. Learn abilities books and learner items teach the moves, and most dungeons and mobs such as zombies and spiders drop the items needed to learn them.
The ability set covers Dodge, Kick, Parry, Backflip, Foot Stomp, Sword Dash, Full Swing, Guard Counter, Shield Crusher and Mega Dash. A Honey Fruit Punch food item temporarily increases stamina recovery. The mod requires Geckolib and playerAnimator, and the stamina bar slot in the texture pack belongs to Hecco, who gave the author permission to link it.
The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and its source code and issue tracker are public. It is published for Fabric only, for 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 across seven release versions, with the latest file built for 1.20.6. The server and every player need it. Earlier builds have a visual bug when switching dimensions.
Key features
Stamina bar
A stamina bar tracks how much energy the player has for moves, shown on the HUD.
Stamina-drained attacks
Only attacks drain stamina, and running pauses recovery until the player slows down.
Combat abilities
Eleven abilities, including Dodge, Parry, Sword Dash, Full Swing and Mega Dash, use stamina on activation.
Learnable moves
Learn abilities books and learner items teach the moves, and dungeon loot and mob drops supply them.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want combat limited by stamina and server owners who want a shared ability system on Fabric 1.19.2 – 1.20.6.
How it compares
Realistic Stamina is open source under the MIT License, client and server, with files for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1. Realistic Stamina - Extended is open source under the MIT License, client required and server optional, for 1.20.1 only. StaminUp is open source under the MIT License, client and server, for 1.19.2 only. Zav's Stamina and Abilities covers a wider range of versions and adds the ability set.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zav's Stamina and Abilities | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-09-14 |
| Realistic Stamina | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-09-02 |
| Realistic Stamina - Extended | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client required, server optional | 2025-09-16 |
| StaminUp | Fabric | 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-29 |
Questions
Does Zav's Stamina and Abilities need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod?
How does a player learn an ability?
In the catalog
Zav's Stamina and Abilities is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
This mod adds a new stamina bar. You can only drain it when you attack. Running however will stop the stamina recovery. Any version under 1.1.1 will get you a visual bug when switching dimensions!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zavs-stamina-mod
- Owner
- Zav
- Published
- 2023-10-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
