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Better Combat

by ZsoltMolnarrr · for Minecraft

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

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About Better Combat

From Modrinth

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

Better Combat

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

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🗡 Features

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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 wielding

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

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.

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🔨 Add compatibility to any weapon

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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.

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🔧 Configuration

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Client side settings can be accessed via the Mod Menu.

Server side config can be found at:

  • General properties: config/bettercombat/server.conf
  • Fallback compatibility: config/bettercombat/fallback_config.conf

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

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⛓ Compatibility

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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).

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🤝 Partnerships

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We partnered up with the following mods, to fully utilise the JSON API of Better Combat:

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 24 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Better Combat on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server type needed
Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
3.2.2+26.3-fabric, released 2026-09-17

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric26.1 to 26.3 (5 versions)26.3
NeoForge26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)26.3

From 5 recorded builds of Better Combat.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
3.2.2+26.3-fabric2026-09-1726.3Fabric
3.2.2+26.3-neoforge2026-09-1726.3NeoForge
3.2.2+26.2-fabric2026-07-2226.2Fabric
3.2.2+26.2-neoforge2026-07-2226.2NeoForge
3.2.2+26.1.2-fabric2026-07-2226.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions)Fabric

Run Better Combat on a Minecraft server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

World generation

Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Better Combat as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 23 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorZsoltMolnarrr, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

Better Combat, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Better Combat?

Modrinth lists Better Combat as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Is it free?

Yes. Better Combat is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run Better Combat on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add Better Combat in one click.