For Almost Every Minecraft Version
Actually Short Swords* is a resource pack that makes swords actually short by shortening them to 13 pixels tall (and 12 for copper/stone/wooden)
Plus, you don't even need OptiFine for this to work!
For comparison, Vanilla is 16 pixels tall and 15 pixels on copper/stone/wooden.
* 1.13- is best effort support (I can't figure out how to make short swords using 1.13 textures)
Please note: I'm lazy this project doesn't use models/blockstates and was designed for PVP texture packs.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft version listed: 1.19.4
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- 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 resource packs walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as §6Actually Short Swords 1.19.4.zip
- Download size: 5 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.