Blue's Better ZombiesTexture packs · 1.19 – 1.21Updates zombies to look more realistic with physics-like animations
Free229,114 downloads
Overhaul your Minecraft player animations and bring them to life!
Better Animations is a texture pack made by Creatomat. Overhaul your Minecraft player animations and bring them to life!
It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 763,086 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Sep 28, 2026.
Better Animations has had 153 releases on Modrinth since Jan 14, 2024. 14 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 51.1, released on Sep 28, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.2 – 26.3. It runs on Minecraft. The download is 29 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
51.1 | Sep 28, 2026 | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Release |
51.0 | Sep 27, 2026 | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Release |
50.0 | Sep 21, 2026 | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Release |
49.2 | Sep 12, 2026 | 1.21.2 – 26.2 | Release |
49.1 | Aug 6, 2026 | 1.21.2 – 26.2 | Release |
Better Animations is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is Release BA v51.0 and BE v34.0, published on Sep 27, 2026.
Removed unused and dead variables
Removed dead code from older animations
Fixed Left arm in first person view
Fixed Elytra animations
Fixed swimming and torso when walking
Applied Same fixes to other files
Further verified that Better Combat and Not Enough Animations work again
This update, v51.0 or v34.0 depending on what pack you are using, is a milestone update representing our ongoing commitment to keeping this compatible with other mods along with keeping it fast and efficient.
The next update will include further fixes and a brand new swimming animation!!
Love ya'll :) Enjoy!!!!
Full Changelog: 49.2...51.0
Before that: Release BA v49.2 and BE v32.1 (Sep 12, 2026), Release v11.1 (May 3, 2024).
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Overhaul your Minecraft player animations and bring them to life!
Compatible with almost all animation mods! Including Better Combat, Quark and Emotecraft emotes and Parcool!
Supports both Fabric and Forge
Fabric API, Entity Model Features, Entity Texture Features
MincraftEinstein, Qboi, Prairies, Mysty, SomeOddBall, Brosiyeah, YaBoiMoh, Quackinsons, Jeanne
Works with! — playerAnimator, Better Combat, Emotecraft, Quark, 3D Skin Layers, ParCool!, Not Enough Animations, First-person Model
Doesn't work with :( — Improved Animations, Serious Player Animations and any other cem model mod besides EMF+ETF
Written by Creatomat. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.
Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.
In Minecraft, open Options, then Resource Packs, then Open Pack Folder.
Drop the .zip file into that folder and go back to the game.
Move Better Animations to the right-hand list and click Done.
It is made for Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x. On other versions Minecraft marks it as incompatible, but it often still works.
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Animationsthe one you looked at | 763K | 1.16 – 26.x | Sep 28, 2026 | Free |
| Blue's Better ZombiesMrblueyeti | 229K | 1.19 – 1.21 | Feb 22, 2025 | Free |
 Blue's Better MonstersMrblueyeti | 150K | 1.19 – 1.21 | Jan 25, 2025 | Free |
 Fresh AnimationsFreshLX | 51.8M | 1.13 – 26.x | 9 days ago | Free |
Yes. Better Animations supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.16.
Yes. Better Animations is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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