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Bring Blocking Back

A small mod reintroducing 1.7's sword blocking animation.

Fabric
Loaders
Fabric
Downloads on Modrinth
2.9K
Followers on Modrinth
4
versions
11
Updated
October 10, 2026Oct 10
Published
in 2026
Blocking in third person · swipe

At a glance

Runs on Fabric
For Minecraft 1.21.10–1.21.11, 26.1.2–26.3
Client only — no need to install it on the server
Latest version — 2.3.0-26.3 from October 10, 2026
Requires Fabric API
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn servernot needed

Install in the game only; not needed on the server

Game versions1.21.10–1.21.11, 26.1.2–26.3

Bring Blocking Back

Bring Blocking Back (BBB) is a mod that aims to bring back the old sword blocking animation to newer minecraft versions as a simple visual, allowing players who like it to not lose the visual when updating versions.

Player blocking sword

This was made mainly with hypixel skyblock in mind, as it has recently updated to modern minecraft versions

Features

  • Visual of sword blocking
  • Config system

    • Allows the use of items, tags or skyblock id to set what items can be blocked with
  • Config prefixes

    • Skyblock id: "skyblock:"
    • Minecraft item: "minecraft:"
    • Minecraft tag: "#minecraft:"
  • Ingame command for reloading config

FAQ

How to install Bring Blocking Back?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Bring Blocking Back for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Bring Blocking Back support?

Bring Blocking Back has builds for Minecraft 1.21.10–1.21.11, 26.1.2–26.3.

Is Bring Blocking Back needed on the server?

Client only — no need to install it on the server

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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