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# Animated Blocks<\/p>\n
Blocks will now have an animation when mined and placed!<\/p>\n
| Mining Animation | Placing Animation (only in 2.0.0+) |
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## Customization<\/p>\n
The animations are fully customizable via resource packs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n **animations_config.json**: The animation files have to be under the directory ‘animations’.<\/p>\n **dirt_mining_animation.json** (example of a possible mining animation, same for the placing animation): You can have as many animations as you want! Adds customizable animations to blocks when mining and placing! (Mining Quakes successor)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102874,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"mining_and_placing_animations","_minecraft_project_id":"LKVZxR8L","_minecraft_author":"Gauraaaaaaaa","_minecraft_license":"GPL-3.0-only","_minecraft_downloads":77969,"_minecraft_follows":287,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"mining_and_placing_animations.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":8304024,"_minecraft_version_count":21,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T00:14:08.961606Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-07-27T07:19:11.806060Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-02T09:24:15.939398Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/mining_and_placing_animations","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":102874,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-05T21:55:08+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"add488ca34222583bc121fb3e5e5f5bc","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[156,97,104,158],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[36,62,37,40,41,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-102873","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-decoration","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-forge","mod_category-neoforge","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"\nexample<\/summary>\n
\n“`json
\n{
\n “global”: { \/\/ all the blocks will have these animations by default
\n “mining_animation”: “mining_and_placing_animations:animations\/global_mining_animation”,
\n “placing_animation”: “mining_and_placing_animations:animations\/global_placing_animation”
\n },
\n “specific”: [ \/\/ you can set a specific animation for certain block(s)
\n {
\n “blocks”: [
\n “minecraft:dirt”,
\n “minecraft:stone”,
\n “#minecraft:slabs” \/\/ you can use tags
\n ],
\n “mining_animation”: “mining_and_placing_animations:animations\/dirt_mining_animation”,
\n “placing_animation”: “mining_and_placing_animations:animations\/dirt_placing_animation”
\n },
\n {
\n “blocks”: [
\n “minecraft:cobblestone”
\n ],
\n “mining_animation”: “mining_and_placing_animations:animations\/cobblestone” \/\/ if you don’t put a ‘placing_animation’, it will take the global placing animation, same for the mining animation
\n }
\n ],
\n “mining_blacklist”: [
\n “#minecraft:beds”, \/\/ you can use tags
\n “#minecraft:doors”,
\n “minecraft:oak_planks”,
\n ],
\n “placing_blacklist”: [
\n “#minecraft:pressure_plates”,
\n “minecraft:rail”,
\n “minecraft:snow_block”
\n ]
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n“`json
\n{
\n “duration”: 0.15, \/\/ length of the animation in seconds
\n “pivot_point”: [0.5, 1.0, 0.5],
\n “keyframes”: [
\n {
\n “time”: 0.0,
\n “translation”: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
\n “rotation”: [-22.5, 0.0, 45.0],
\n “scale”: [0.5, 0.5, 0.5]
\n },
\n {
\n “time”: 0.05,
\n “translation”: [20.0, 0.0, -20.0],
\n “rotation”: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
\n “scale”: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
\n },
\n {
\n “time”: 0.10,
\n “translation”: [0.0, -15.0, 0.0],
\n “rotation”: [0.0, -90.0, 0.0],
\n “scale”: [1.5, 1.5, 1.5]
\n },
\n {
\n “time”: 0.15,
\n “translation”: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
\n “rotation”: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
\n “scale”: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
\n }
\n ]
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"