Third-person animation overhaul
Vanilla Minecraft leaves third-person character movement stiff. When your character eats or drinks, other players see no arm action. Not Enough Animations fixes that gap. It ports first-person item handling into third-person views and adds dedicated movement animations.
The mod started as an addon for First-Person Mod. It runs fine on its own. Everything it changes is purely visual. Because no server-side logic is needed, you can join vanilla or third-party servers without issues.
Specific player movements
The mod adds several distinct visual fixes for your player model.
When eating or drinking, your character raises food or potions to their mouth. If you hold an active map, your model displays the actual map image, provided your client loaded that map earlier from your inventory or an item frame.
Combat and tool poses receive adjustments too. When you raise a shield, your body turns to match your head direction instead of locking in place. Drawing a bow or crossbow hides the item in your offhand so hands do not overlap.
Travel looks more natural. Rowing a boat moves your arms with the oars instead of leaving you frozen. Riding a horse puts reins in your hands. Climbing ladders shows an actual climbing pose. When you crawl on dry ground, the mod replaces the standard swimming posture with a dedicated crawl. Holding a compass or clock tilts the item toward your view, and you can add other items to this behavior in the config file.
Smooth transitions blend these arm positions so poses don't snap abruptly.
Configuration and server compatibility
You don't need to keep every animation active. Honestly, the mod includes an in-game settings screen accessible through ModMenu or ModList. You can turn individual visual tweaks on or off depending on your preference.
The project is strictly client-side. That server doesn't run it, and attempts to install it on a server are unsupported. So that makes it safe to run on public multiplayer servers without special permissions.
Technical details and requirements
Not Enough Animations is created by tr7zw. It falls under the Adventure and Building & Decoration categories on Modrinth.
The mod supports Neoforge, Fabric, and Forge mod loaders.
Supported Minecraft versions are 26.3, 1.21.3, 1.21.11, and 1.21.10.
Redistribution is controlled by the author under the tr7zw Protective License. You can't redistribute the files without permission, though CurseForge modpack inclusions are allowed under platform rules.
