Better Mob Combat Visual
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Better Mob Combat fork that makes all Better Combat animations for mobs (and CustomNPCS) purely visual without doing any AI changes.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
I love the original Better Mob Combat mod idea for giving mobs and NPCs from CustomNPC mod, but i found it not doing great with changing NPCs and mobs combat AI so i decided to do a purely visual version of the mod, leaving only animations to play when they attack.
The way this fork does that is by changing idle, walking and attacking animations of (almost) all humanoid non-playable characters when they wield Better combat compatible weapons without touching any part of their AI so it should be practically compatible with everything.
Versions of mods i tested it with (Those mods are obviously required to run the mod):
- Better Combat - 1.8.6
- Player Animator - 1.0.2-rc1
- Mob Player Animator - 1.3.3
BMCV MIGHT work on other versions of those mods but require fixes related to the original Better Mob Combat mod.
P.S. Im not planning to port this mod to any other MC version, cause this was built for inner use but decided to share with public.
- 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 CurseForge — 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 bettermobvisualcombat-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 116 KB
- Download link checked 24 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.