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!