SmoothPlayerAnimations
Modby HuaXiaoSheng
A lightweight player animation enhancement mod for Minecraft.
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
41,929
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101,874
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Last Updated
Nov 4, 2026
Description
Smooth Player Animations
A lightweight player animation enhancement mod for Minecraft.
Smooth Player Animations improves movement and action animations while staying close to the vanilla experience.
Features
- Smooth walking, running and sprinting animations
- Improved swimming and crawling
- Climbing animations
- Dynamic idle animations
- Layered upper/lower body animation system
- Smooth animation transitions
- Designed for compatibility with other animation mods
Showcase
Smooth Movement

Dynamic Idle Animations

hold poppy

Combat & Item Usage

Mod Compatibility

Compatibility
Built with compatibility in mind.
Works alongside many popular mods, including:
The following mods are supported in version 0.4.0 and above.
- Fresh Animations: Player Extension(Need to enable the CEM engine)

- Sitting+
- What Are They Up To (Watut)
Performance
Smooth Player Animations is designed to be lightweight and suitable for:
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Large Modpacks
Requirements
- Cloth Config
- Fabric API
- Mod Menu(choosable)
- Player Animation Library(Except for 0.1beta and 1.20.1)
- playerAnimator(1.20.1)
Note(!!!!!!!)
⚠️ Some features shown in screenshots and GIFs are demonstrated using my resource pack
You can create your own animation by following the example of my resource package.
Credits
Additional thanks to everyone who provides feedback, testing, bug reports, and suggestions during development.
Without their help, this project would not have been possible.
Planned Features
- Landing animations
- More contextual animations
Introduction
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tDek5ZMuOHU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vgMVHfhKYyc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Game Versions
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Enderman plush toys, and a reliable gift for a younger player.
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Screenshots
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