
Better Crits
Better Crits is a Better Combat addon that improves Minecraft critical hits by making them depend on accuracy and player aim 🐻👍
Features
- 🎯 Rewards accurate aim with higher critical hit chance.
- ⚔️ Rewards accurate aim with stronger critical hits.
- 🔥 Adds configurable critical hit attributes.
- ⚙️ Includes server-side gamerules for fine tuning.
- 🛡️ Fully compatible as a Better Combat addon.
How works
The closer your crosshair is to the center of the target, the higher your chance of landing a critical hit. Optionally, aiming accuracy can also increase critical hit damage.
Everything can be configured using gamerules and attributes.
Requirements
- Better Combat
- Fabric API
Gamerules
better-crits:require_crosshair_for_crit
Requires the player's crosshair to intersect the target's hitbox for a critical hit.
![]() require_crosshair_for_crit = false |
![]() require_crosshair_for_crit = true |
better-crits:use_aim_for_crit_chance_multiplier
Controls whether aiming accuracy affects critical hit chance.
![]() use_aim_for_crit_chance_multiplier = true |
![]() use_aim_for_crit_chance_multiplier = false |
better-crits:use_aim_for_crit_power_multiplier
Controls whether aiming accuracy affects critical hit power.
![]() use_aim_for_crit_power_multiplier = true |
![]() use_aim_for_crit_power_multiplier = false |
Attributes
Better Crits adds custom attributes:
crit_chance— base critical hit chance.crit_power— base critical hit power.max_crit_angle— maximum angle where accuracy affects the critical hit.max_crit_chance_multiplier— maximum critical chance multiplier from accuracy.max_crit_power_multiplier— maximum critical power multiplier from accuracy.
Support
🐻🤍 Support development:
License
See the LICENSE file for details.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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.
- Ships as better-crits-1.0.0-debug_fix.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 16 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.





