Install Fresh Animations in 3 Minutes
Instant Verification Β· Immediate Troubleshooting Β· OptiFine Route
Installation Steps (7 Steps)
Login to Minecraft Launcher and Check Version
Open Minecraft Launcher, login to your account, and check the version number in the "Installations" tab.
π‘ Tip:The game version used in this tutorial is 1.21.8
Download OptiFine
Visit the OptiFine official website, make sure the version matches your game version (1.21.8).
π‘ Tip:Here we download the latest version for 1.21.8 β OptiFine HD U J6 pre16
Install OptiFine
After installing OptiFine, restart the game, and the OptiFine configuration will appear in the launcher.
Download Fresh Animations
Visit Modrinth or CurseForge, download the .zip resource pack file for version 1.21.8. Do not extract it!
Install Fresh Animations
Click "Open installations folder" in the OptiFine launcher, then place the fresh animations.zip file in minecraft β resourcepacks.
π‘ Tip:Copy the downloaded resource pack file directly to the resourcepacks folder, no need to extract
Enable Resource Pack
Click Play from OptiFine to launch the game, go to Options β Resource Packs, move Fresh Animations to the right side.
Enable Custom Entity Models
Go to Video Settings β Quality, set Custom Entity Models to ON.
Done! Start Verification
After installing the resource pack, check the results immediately
β Vanilla Animation
Zombie arms remain static
β Fresh Animations
Zombie arms swing dynamically
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