Tiny Pickup Animation
Minecraft mod that replaces the default item pickup animation with a modern, satisfying effect - covering pickups, crafting, enchanting, smelting and more.
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 12.4K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 40
- versions
- 23
- Updated
- September 20, 2026Sep 20
- Published
- in 2025
At a glance
Install in the game only; not needed on the server
Tiny Pickup Animation
Tiny Pickup Animation replaces Minecraft's outdated item pickup animation with a modern, satisfying system - now covering pickups, hotbar, inventory, crafting, smelting, stonecutter, and more. v1.2.0 brings a major overhaul with improved smoothness and expanded coverage. Small detail, big difference. Enjoy!

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Features:
- replaces the default pickup animation with a smoother, modern animation for hotbar slots
- adds the same animation when picking up items directly from the ground (while opened inventory screen)
- adds animation for crafting output in both the 2x2 inventory grid and the crafting table
- adds animations for workstations, including brewing stand, anvil, loom, enchanting table, etc.
- adds pickup animation when swapping items between hotbar slots
- adds animation for furnace output when smelting completes
- adds animation when using pick block (middle click)
- compatible with Minecraft 1.20.x, 1.21.x
Future Plans/Ideas:
- add villagers and wandering traders screen animations
- add hover animation on items in menus like stonecutter, loom
My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cat_metalhead
Installation:
- Download the mod file (.jar)
- Make sure you have Fabric Profile installed
- Copy the downloaded .jar mod file into the mods folder
- Launch Minecraft using the Fabric profile
- Enjoy!
FAQ
How to install Tiny Pickup Animation?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Tiny Pickup Animation 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 Tiny Pickup Animation support?
Tiny Pickup Animation has builds for Minecraft 1.20–26.2.
Is Tiny Pickup Animation needed on the server?
Client only — no need to install it on the server