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SmoothPlayerAnimations

Mod

Creating smoother animations for players

Type

Mod

Modrinth Downloads

13

Modrinth ID

ZdlGpqTS

Last Updated

Jun 16, 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

smooth movement

Dynamic Idle Animations

dynamic idle

hold poppy

hold poppy

Combat & Item Usage

Item Usage

Mod Compatibility

Mod Compatibility

Compatibility

Built with compatibility in mind.

Works alongside many popular mods, including:

Performance

Smooth Player Animations is designed to be lightweight and suitable for:

  • Singleplayer
  • Multiplayer
  • Large Modpacks

Requirements

Note

⚠️ Some features shown in screenshots and GIFs are demonstrated using my resource pack

Smooth Player Animations works as a standalone mod, but the full experience requires the accompanying resource pack.

You can create your own animation by following the example of my resource package.

Credits

Special thanks to them for providing the animation, their animations are MIT licensed, this project license does not affect it.

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

This video was created by me and my good friend together.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric

Game Versions

1.21.1 1.21.8 1.21.9 1.21.11

Screenshots

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External Resources