🦾 BetterArmorStands
Give your armor stands real arms — and put anything in their hands.
BetterArmorStands lets you spawn armor stands with arms, toggle arms on existing ones, and place any item — swords, signs, shields, and more — directly into their hands. Compatible with Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Bukkit and Folia on Minecraft 1.21–1.21.1.
✨ Features
- ✔ Spawn armor stands with arms instantly
- ✔ Toggle arms on any existing armor stand
- ✔ Place items into main hand or off hand via command
- ✔ Sneak + Right-click an armor stand to set the item in your hand directly
- ✔ Sneak + Attack to remove a stand
- ✔ Language support: English & Deutsch (config.yml)
🔧 Commands & Permissions
| Command | Description | Permission | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
/bas info |
Show plugin info | bas.info |
Everyone |
/bas spawn |
Spawn an armor stand with arms | bas.spawn |
OP |
/bas arms |
Toggle arms on targeted stand | bas.arms |
Everyone |
/bas item <hand|offhand> <MATERIAL> |
Set item in hand | bas.item |
OP |
Use bas.* to grant all permissions at once.
⚙️ Config
# Available: en (English), de (Deutsch)
language: en
🖥️ Compatibility
| Platform | Supported |
|---|---|
| Paper 1.21–1.21.1 | ✅ |
| Purpur | ✅ |
| Spigot | ✅ |
| Bukkit | ✅ |
| Folia | ✅ |
| Paper | ✅ |
*Plugin by Max H. · Part of MaxLabs
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as BetterArmorStands-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 14 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.