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Better Combat [Fabric & Forge]

⚔️ Easy, spectacular and fun melee combat system from Minecraft Dungeons.

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Which Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] release matches 1.21.4 Fabric?

Updated 18 days ago
Best match for your filters bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar
Game version 1.21, 1.21.4
Loader Fabric

Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar targets 1.21, 1.21.4 with Fabric. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. 1 required mod needs a matching file.

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Is Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] required on the client, server, or both?

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

Client Source doesn’t say
Dedicated server Source doesn’t say
Loader for this release Fabric
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.

What else does Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar need?

bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar on 1.21.4 Fabric. Every mod below is checked against that same setup.

1 required mod needs a matching file

Install playerAnimator, Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge), Fabric API first, but 1 required mod has no matching file for this setup. Do not mix loader builds to force a match. 1 comes through another mod in the chain.

3 listed on this file 1 pulled in by one of those mods
playerAnimator Needed by Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar
required
Matching file found Matched file: player-animation-lib-fabric-2.0.5+1.21.4.jar
Fabric API Needed by Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar
required
No matching file
bendy-lib Needed by playerAnimator
pulled in
No matching file

1 extra mod was pulled in by another dependency. Indented rows show who needs each one. We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.

Before you install it

Add Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] without breaking your instance.

Built for Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar on 1.21.4 Fabric. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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    Stick to this file

    Use bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar. It targets 1.21, 1.21.4 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    Install playerAnimator, Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge), Fabric API first, but 1 required mod has no matching file for this setup. Do not mix loader builds to force a match. 1 comes through another mod in the chain.

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside bettercombat-fabric-2.3.0+1.21.4.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Better Combat [Fabric & Forge] add?

Better Combat

⚔️ Easy, spectacular and fun melee combat system from Minecraft Dungeons.

Discord Environment: Client Environment: Server


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🗡 Features

slash stab slam

Fancy attack animations

This mod includes several one-handed, two-handed and dual wielded attack animation resources.

Accurate weapon collision detection

No more pixel hunting with your cursor, you can now just swing your weapon and hit whatever is in the way. Enjoy playing in third person view. :)

Natural look and feel

Attacks have an upswing phase before the hit is actually performed, like in real life.

Weapon combos

Some weapons have a sequence of different attacks.

Dual wield any combination

Dual wield any set of one handed weapons! Use the attack hotkey to alternately attack with main-hand and off-hand.

Two-handed weapons

Weapons marked as such, fully disable offhand slot, when held.

Reworked Sweeping Edge

Weapon swing hitting multiple enemies deal reduced damage. To deal full weapon damage against all targets, you need to have Sweeping Edge enchantment.

Hold to attack

Hold the attack hotkey to spam attacks on cooldown (configurable).

Swing thru grass

Attack instead of mining zero hardness blocks (configurable).

Support any item from any mod (with data files)

Automatic compatibility with most mods (weapons without attribute file, will be automatically assigned a matching weapon preset, based on item id).

Super easy to add dedicated compatibility, support via Discord for partnering modders.

🔨 Add compatibility to any weapon

Add uniquely created or out of the box behaviour to any weapon from any mod, by just creating JSON data files.

Check out our integration guide here.

🔧 Configuration

Client side settings can be accessed via the Mod Menu.

Server side config can be found at:

General properties: config/bettercombat/server.json5

Fallback compatibility: config/bettercombat/fallback_compatibility.json

Automatically created with default values, upon loading any game world for the first time.

⛓ Compatibility

With an open source and modular mindset, this project is aiming for maximal compatibility. However, mods trying to change the same mechanics will never be compatible (such as dual wielding mods).

🤝 Partnerships

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Project description from CurseForge.

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