Hold My Items – Backport

This mod is a Forge backport of thesapling’s Hold My Items mod. The original can be found here.

You can also find the full source code on my Github.

🎮 What it does

Have you ever noticed how your Minecraft character holds items… but doesn’t look like they actually hold them?

Hold My Items fixes that!

This mod renders your character’s arm whenever you hold an item, giving you the impression that your character is physically holding it — just like in real life!
It’s subtle, but it adds a huge amount of immersion to your gameplay.

✅ Features

• Renders the main-hand arm while holding an item
• Also renders the off-hand arm with proper animation and orientation
• MB-3D Items Pack support (change config value)
• Adds contextual animations when:
  • Swimming
  • Crawling
  • Climbing
  • Holding items like lanterns or maps
• Fully client-side — does not require installation on servers
• Lightweight and compatible with most mods

🧱 Modpack Friendly

Yes! This mod is 100% client-side.

📦 Original Mod

This mod is a Forge port of the Fabric mod Hold My Items by [thesapling].
All credits for the original idea and implementation go to him!
This Forge backport was created by zadei.