Quick Guide

Fresh Animations Minecraft 1.21 Install & Download Guide

Step-by-step setup for OptiFine or Fabric with download links, configuration tips, and troubleshooting.

Fabric Installation Steps

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Login to Minecraft Launcher and Check Version

Open Minecraft Launcher, login to your account, and check the version number in the "Installations" tab.

πŸ’‘ Tip:The game version used in this tutorial is 1.21.8

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2

Download Fabric

Visit the Fabric official website, download the Fabric Installer for version 1.21.8.

πŸ’‘ Tip:Choose the Universal version, supports all launchers

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3

Install Fabric

Run the Fabric Installer, select Minecraft 1.21.8 version, click Install.

πŸ’‘ Tip:Select the Minecraft version that matches your game and install to the default minecraft folder

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4

Confirm Installation Success

After installation, restart Minecraft Launcher, the fabric-loader-1.21.8 configuration will appear.

πŸ’‘ Tip:If you don't see the fabric-loader configuration, try restarting the launcher again

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5

Download EMF (Entity Model Features)

Visit Modrinth, download the EMF mod for version 1.21.8.

πŸ’‘ Tip:EMF is the core mod that supports custom entity models

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Download ETF (Entity Texture Features)

Visit Modrinth, download the ETF mod for version 1.21.8.

πŸ’‘ Tip:ETF is the feature mod that supports custom entity textures

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7

Install Mod Files

Click "Open installations folder" in the fabric-loader-1.21.8 configuration. Place the downloaded EMF and ETF .jar files in minecraft β†’ mods folder.

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Download Fresh Animations

Visit Modrinth or CurseForge, download the resource pack .zip file for version 1.21.8. Do not extract it!

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Install Fresh Animations

Place the downloaded fresh animations.zip file in minecraft β†’ resourcepacks folder.

πŸ’‘ Tip:Copy the downloaded resource pack file directly to the resourcepacks folder, no need to extract

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Enable Resource Pack

Click Play from fabric-loader-1.21.8 configuration to launch the game, go to Options β†’ Resource Packs, move Fresh Animations to the right side.

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Done! Start Verification

After installing the resource pack, check the results immediately

❌ Vanilla Animation

Zombie arms remain static

βœ… Fresh Animations

Zombie arms swing dynamically

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