The Better Combat
Isn't Minecraft combat boring? Well with this modpack you can keep it vanilla with better movement, weapons and animations!
⬇ Download on Modrinth
This modpack improves the Minecraft combat with new weapons, animations and fixes. All mods are stable and work on the version 1.20.4.
This modpack adds the following mods/shaders/resource packs:
Fresh Animations (RP) Entity Model Features (MOD) Entity Texture Features (MOD) Eugene's Lance (MOD) Entity Culling (MOD) Basic Weapons (MOD) Better Combat (MOD) ItemFig (MOD) PlayerAnimator (MOD) WeaponWorks (MOD) Iris Shaders (MOD) First Person Model (MOD) Fabric API (MOD) Not Enough Animations (MOD) Sodium (MOD) ComplementaryReimagined (SHADERS)
This modpack also updates some existing animations with the resource pack 'Fresh Animations' and 'Not Enough Animations (MOD)'. This gives the world more character with new and updated animations.
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.4
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as The Better Combat (The Actual One) 1.0.0.mrpack
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.