Fresh Blocks Animation

Fresh Blocks Animation is a lightweight client-side mod that makes Minecraft blocks and small interactions feel smoother, more responsive, and more alive.

Instead of blocks and certain objects appearing completely static, this mod adds subtle vanilla-friendly animations: blocks can grow, pop, fall, move from the player’s direction, pulse with music, react to slime landings, and spawn small breaking particles.

The goal is simple: make Minecraft feel more polished without changing how the game actually works.

✨ Features

• Smooth block placement animations
• Multiple placement animation modes:
  • Scale
  • Grow Up
  • Pop
  • Directional
  • Fall
  • Hand-style placement
  • Flow
  • Top Wobble
  • Slime block squash animation when the player lands on it
  • Jukebox pulse animation while music is playing
  • Note block pulse animation when interacted with
  • Armor stand placement pop animation
  • Vanilla-friendly block breaking particles
  • Adaptive lighting for animated blocks
  • Fully client-side
  • Works on servers
  • Configurable animation speed and behavior
  • In-game config screen
  • Separate fun animations config

🎮 Vanilla-Friendly

Fresh Blocks Animation does not change vanilla gameplay mechanics.

Blocks are still placed instantly.
There are no placement delays.
There are no server-side requirements.
There are no gameplay advantages.

The mod only improves visual feedback.

⚙️ Customization

You can configure:

• Enable or disable the mod
• Placement animation type
• Placement animation duration
• Interaction animations
• Fun animations
• Note block pulse
• Jukebox pulse
• Slime block bounce
• Armor stand pop animation
• Breaking particle effects

The mod also includes an in-game config screen, so you do not need to edit JSON files manually.

🧩 Client-Side

Fresh Blocks Animation is fully client-side.

You can use it on vanilla servers, modded servers, and singleplayer worlds without requiring the server to install it.

💡 Inspiration

Inspired by A Good Place, but rebuilt for modern Minecraft versions with more flexibility, better configuration, and new interaction-based animations.

🎥 Why use this?

Minecraft building already feels good, but the visuals can feel very static.

Fresh Blocks Animation adds just enough motion to make the world feel more alive while keeping the classic vanilla experience intact.

Once you try building with smooth placement animations, vanilla block placement may start to feel empty