Source-checkedQuality of life & UI

Combat Nouveau

by Fuzs · for Minecraft

The future of Minecraft combat has arrived! Many tweaks to make your experience more enjoyable.

668KDownloads
35d agoLast updated
MPL-2.0License
Fabric · Forge +1Loaders

About Combat Nouveau

From Modrinth

The future of Minecraft combat has arrived! Many tweaks to make your experience more enjoyable.

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Combat Nouveau brings you some of the features from Mojang's Combat Tests right now. Experience refined combat mechanics and not just that! There are also many additional new changes and settings. And of course everything is fully customizable to your desires.

  • Switching between items in your hotbar does not trigger the attack cooldown.
  • Missing a hit on a target will not trigger the attack cooldown (disabled by default).
  • Attacks when the cooldown is too low can be disabled.
  • Hold your attack button to repeatedly attack (disabled by default).
  • Swords, hoes, and tridents have an increased attack reach, meaning you can hit targets from further away (the default attack reach is not decreased though as in combat test snapshots, it remains at 3.0 instead of 2.5 blocks).
  • Tiny mobs such as fish, rabbits, silverfish and baby mobs have their hitbox inflated to at least 0.9 blocks.
  • Sweep attacks require the sweeping edge enchantment, they also only deal half the damage they normally do, and are dealt even when missing your target (meaning when hitting air).
  • Shields properly knock back attackers (actually a bug fix).
  • Stack sizes for snow balls, eggs, and potions are incerased.
  • Drinking items such as potions, milk, and bottled liquids is much faster.
  • A very brief delay is added to throwing eggs and snowballs.
  • Eating and drinking are interrupted when being attacked.
  • Shields become usable after activation without any delay (it is usually 0.25 seconds in vanilla).
  • Shield protection arc is decreased to 100 degrees.
  • Being hit by a projectile no longer grants brief damage immunity.
  • Sprinting does not stop when hitting a target, especially nice when fighting while swimming (since swimming is just sprinting, but in water).
  • Certain items such as totems of undying can be hidden when passively held in the offhand.
  • Using a shield shows an indicator similar to the attack cooldown indicator.

⏩ INSTALLATION REQUIRED ON CLIENT &amp; REQUIRED ON SERVER

⏩ REQUIRES PUZZLES LIB TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC &amp; NEOFORGE)

⏩ REQUIRES FABRIC API TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC)

⏩ REQUIRES FORGE CONFIG API PORT TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC)

Read the full description on Modrinth →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 17 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Combat Nouveau 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
26.3.0, released 2026-09-29

Game versions by loader

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

From 5 recorded builds of Combat Nouveau.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
26.3.02026-09-2926.3NeoForge
26.3.02026-09-2926.3Fabric
26.2.12026-09-2926.2Fabric
26.2.12026-09-2926.2NeoForge
26.2.02026-06-1926.2Fabric

Run Combat Nouveau 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”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Combat Nouveau 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 16 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorFuzs, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMPL-2.0Free

Combat Nouveau, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Combat Nouveau?

Modrinth lists Combat Nouveau 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. Combat Nouveau is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MPL-2.0.

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 Combat Nouveau on a Minecraft server.

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