Bring Blocking Back
A small mod reintroducing 1.7's sword blocking animation.
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 2.9K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 4
- versions
- 11
- Updated
- October 10, 2026Oct 10
- Published
- in 2026
At a glance
Install in the game only; not needed on the server
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.

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