Better Zombie Animations

Zombie Animations

Your zombies finally move like zombies. Zombie Animations gives every zombie in the game new rotting textures and fully animated models with bending knees and elbows – a hunched, limping shamble, forearms raised in the classic zombie pose, a jaw that snaps when they come for you and a body that flinches and collapses when you hit back.

Animations (EMF + ETF)

• Limping walk: the striding leg lifts at the knee, the stiff one drags; the torso sways and lurches every few seconds with a head whiplash
• Forearms raised while wandering, arms stretch out and claw when a zombie spots you
• Lunge and claw swipe on every attack, the elbow straightens into the swing
• Snapping jaw, rare head twitches and a lolling head
• Flinch on hit, limp collapse on death
• Torn shirt flaps and a broken bone that move with the body
• Drowned: slow breast-stroke swimming, seaweed that sways and floats up in water, glowing eyes
• Baby zombies and armor layers use the same joints, so leggings and boots bend too

Mobs

• Zombie – 4 random variants (classic 45 %, worker 25 %, rotten 20 %, rare office suit 10 %)
• Husk – desert wanderer + mummy (about 1 in 3)
• Drowned – sailor and fisherman variants
• Zombie Villager – keeps biome and profession outfits
• Name tags force a variant: Classic, Worker, Suit, Rotten, Wanderer, Mummy, Sailor, Fisher

Works with

• Armor and held items (helmets sit on the animated head, weapons follow the clawing arm)
• Iris / OptiFine shaders (screenshots taken with Complementary Reimagined)
• Fresh Animations (load Zombie Animations above it)

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 and 26.x
• Entity Model Features + Entity Texture Features (Fabric, NeoForge or Forge)
• Without EMF/ETF the pack still swaps the textures, but zombies keep the vanilla movement

Installation

1. Install EMF + ETF for your loader.
2. Drop the zip into .minecraft/resourcepacks.
3. Enable it. With Fresh Animations, put Zombie Animations above it.

FAQ

Does it work on servers? Yes, it’s client-side only.
Can I use it in a modpack or video? Yes, please link this page.
Other mobs? Skeletons are next if people like this one!